Cloburn Quarry Company go mobile with Powerscreen

The Cloburn Quarry Company has earned an international reputation as Europe’s leading provider of red aggregates. Their red quarry stone complies with all relevant UK and EU specifications and have been used around the world, travelling as far as Japan and the USA.

Cloburn’s red granite is globally acknowledged as having the best combination of colour, surface texture and strength of all red aggregates. Their product has been used in sporting surfaces, driveways and a decorative stone. Over the last 12 months Cloburn Quarry have invested in an entire new fleet of industry leading Powerscreen mobile crushing and screening machinery from Blue Scotland. To supplement the existing static plant and help meet demand, they are now running; a Powerscreen Premiertrak 600XL jaw crusher, a Powerscreen 1300 Maxtrak cone crusher, a Powerscreen Chieftain 2100X inclined screener and a Powerscreen CT80 tracked conveyor. Cloburn Quarry has been supplying high specification railway track ballast since 1896 and is recognised as the country’s number one supplier. The company are now using their Powerscreen crushing and screening train to produce this track ballast, whilst the undersize is sold as a type 1 product. The full process is as follows: • The virgin granite material is fed into the PT600XL which crushes it down, before being fed into the 1300 Maxtrak • The 1300 Maxtrak cone crusher reduces the material size down further and then feeds into the Chieftain 2100X • The 2100X screens the material into three sizes; 31.5-50mm (railway track ballast), 40-80mm oversize and <30mm (Type 1 product) • The <30mm then moves onto the CT80 tracked conveyor which creates a large stock pile The most recent addition of the new line-up was the Premiertrak 600XL, which was delivered back in May. Designed for medium and large scale operators in quarrying and demolition, the PT600XL is a high performance jaw crusher built for the toughest of applications. With a 1200mm x 820mm Terex crushing chamber, its robust construction and modern design ensures optimum performance, reliability and efficiency. The XL model features a bigger infeed hopper, offering even higher throughput levels than the standard PT600. Quarry Manager at Cloburn, Andy Steele explains why the company chose Powerscreen for their mobile crushing and screening equipment: “We opted for the Powerscreen brand for several reasons, with the main factor being Blue Scotland’s reputation for back up and support. They are well known in the Scottish market for their excellent level of aftermarket service. We also knew that the Powerscreen machines are quality, reliable products that are built to last and Blue Scotland offered good availability on the machines that we were interested in.”

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