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The AggMax is suitable for various material streams.
The AggMax plants are modular, economical and innovative in design, and robust in terms of general maintenance.
The AggMax 83SR used in a secondary scrubbing vegetation removal application on kimberlite in Botswana.
The unique spiral alignment of its paddles reduces the shock of intermitting loads on the gearbox, motor and bearings. This design ensures consistent material loading and the unique paddle shape ensures maximum attrition with even the heaviest clay-bound feed material. Engineered to maximise the operational life of the plant, Xtryl paddles are extremely durable and incorporate integrated wear protection plates to protect fixings. Xtryl is a CDE-developed material for maximum wear properties to be used in abrasive applications such as AggMax paddles. It incorporates CDE’s pioneering Infinity Screen technology, which offers greater screening capability and reduces power consumption. Its effectiveness at scrubbing heavy clay-bound material liberates the valuable materials, removing waste and vegetation to protect the downstream systems, which means XRT sorting systems are also considerably more efficient especially as the plant incorporates a trash screen to float off organic contaminants that are often classified incorrectly. CDE’s regional manager for the Middle
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East and Africa, Ruchin Garg, said the partnership with Consulmet was an opportunity to drive innovation in the region. “It’s a very exciting partnership and one that provides both companies with the opportunity to grow our presence further in sub-Saharan Africa. CDE is supplying Consulmet with world-class processing technologies that are being widely adapted by mining operations throughout the region. “Our equipment is delivering major efficiencies, particularly in the diamond industry, through projects delivered by Consulmet. Their success is our success. These projects are demonstrating the capabilities of our technology and the industry is noticing the benefits to be had.” Derek Lahee, Consulmet’s managing director, said the partnership with CDE had been mutually beneficial. “Partnering with selected and innovative original equipment manufacturers has been a strategy of Consulmet’s for a number of years now, with the CDE partnership being one of the www.samining.co.za
first that we formalised. “One of the challenges that we encountered in some of our early diamond plants was heavily clay-bound particles not completely breaking down and carry-over vegetation contaminating our XRT circuits. The AggMax technology proved to be a perfect solution to both of these challenges and the CDE team’s professionalism in assisting us to solve these challenges was most gratifying.” Wildu Mostert, Consulmet’s operational director, says the units are modular, economical and innovative in design, and robust in terms of general maintenance. “Consulmet and CDE also worked together to deliver a solution to a longstanding South African client in the coal industry. The materials handling project included two CDE-supplied R4500 apron feeders, complete with 90m3 feed reception hoppers, allowing direct tip feed, which in turn minimises materials handling. “These units transfer to two Consulmet conveyors, handling 450tph, crossing a road, with a gantry span of 42m, for transportation of coal to the other side.” ■
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