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M413 Processing Overburden

A Customer’s quarry in Austria contained a large amount of un-used overburden material that needed to be processed.

Location: Austria

Application: Rip-Rap

Machine: M413 Trommel

The Challenge

The overburden material that had been previously classed as waste was taking up a large area of the quarry. This was making it difficult for the customer to expand. They needed to process this material to access a new area of the quarry, but they knew there was also a lot of good useable aggregates contained in the overburden.

The M413 Heavy Duty Trommel Solution

Our MDS M413 offered the customer a unique solution to processing the overburden material. The 80mm (3”) fully welded drum removes the fines material from the overburden and the drum cleaner means the customer can continue to run even when they encounter very sticky clay-bound material. The heavy-duty design means the M413 can accommodate large in-feed material up to 600mm without the need to pre-process and a changeable mid-product screen gives the customer the versability to make different sized saleable products.

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Job Requirements

Process the Quarry overburden to accommodate quarry expansion

Create a clean over-sized product that can be further processed by a crusher without causing blockages and excessive wear

Produce a mid-product correctly sized for direct sale

Key Benefits

1. The Fully welded drum and drum cleaner combination helps to keep the openings clear in all conditions. Meaning efficient screening all year round even in the stickiest material.

2.Extension plates on the feed hopper increase the capacity to accommodate a larger excavator bucket and deflector plates help protect the engine cabinet from any accidental spillages.

3.Changeable screens in the mid-product drum gives the customer flexibility in the size of their material. Allowing for changes in the top size of their mid-product and bottom size of the oversize material.

Conclusion

The M413 gave the customer a solution to processing their overburden. Scalping screens had been tried previously but failed because the large material caused excessive wear and the screens would blind over in the sticky clay-bound material. By effectively processing the overburden, the customer was able to minimize waste and access new areas of the Quarry.

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