One of the largest spares to be ordered and manufactured by Tenova TAKRAF Africa, a top and bottom shell for a 60/109 primary gyratory crusher, will be delivered to Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine in the Northern Cape in 2016.
One of the largest spares to be ordered and manufactured by Tenova TAKRAF Africa, a top and bottom shell for a 60/109 primary gyratory crusher, will be delivered to Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine in the Northern Cape in 2016.
Tenova TAKRAF Africa (then known as Bateman Engineered Technologies before Tenova purchased the Bateman group in 2012) supplied the crusher more than four decades ago and has supported the crusher with spares since then. Used in recent years as a back-up primary crusher to the plant in the pit, the gyratory crusher is now in increasing use, resulting in a greater demand for spares.
The crusher is supported by Tenova TAKRAF Africa’s regional office in the Northern Cape, which, staffed by experienced technical personnel and positioned close to the client base in that region, is able to provide fast response aftermarket services, based on an in depth understanding of local mining conditions.
With a total weight of 580 t and a throughput of 3,500 t/h, the machine is a superior gyratory crusher with a 1.5 m feed opening and 2.8 m mantle diameter at its widest point. Since its installation at Sishen, it has been setting milestones in the supply of spares. For example, an eccentric phosphor-bronze bush, with a diameter of 1 m, a height of 2 m and a weight of 2.3 t, was supplied in 2004 and was at the time the largest phosphor-bronze component to be cast anywhere in Africa.
Top and bottom shells for the Sishen mine gyratory crusher in manufacture.
“The longevity of this primary crusher is testimony both to the ruggedness and durability of the equipment we supply, as well as our ability to continually support our products,” says Paul Davies, General Manager: Client Support Services, Tenova TAKRAF Africa. “Our clients have the assurance of stable and ongoing aftermarket support from Tenova TAKRAF Africa, an important factor when considering the massive capital investment in mining operations.”
Tenova TAKRAF Africa and Tenova Delkor Sub-Saharan Africa will be moving to new offices in Spartan, Gauteng at the end of January 2016. Located at 96 Loper Street, Aeroport, Spartan, Kempton Park, the building provides a dedicated office space, as well as sufficient space for the spares stores and test work laboratory, thus integrating the entire team under one roof. Telephone and email contact details will remain the same.
The stores facility holds spares for all Tenova TAKRAF Africa equipment and capital projects. It is equipped with a computerised inventory system, remote camera monitoring of all stores and a 10 t overhead crane with a 29 m span to facilitate efficient turn-around of spares requirements.
Fully equipped with sample preparation and mineral processing equipment, the laboratory provides a convenient facility for the sizing of Bradford Breakers and other comminution test work, saving on the expense of on site test work and reducing turnaround time. Through a partnership with Greentechnical, the laboratory also provides material flow laboratory test work to determine the flow of solid material through chutes, and into storage vessels – information required to accurately determine equipment design parameters.
Tenova Delkor’s solid/liquid separation test work includes sedimentation, filtration and clarification test work for equipment sizing such as Thickeners, Horizontal Belt Filters, Filter Presses, Pinned Bed Clarifiers and Flotation Cells. The Tenova Delkor laboratory also has testing facilities to determine the rheological behaviour of various slurry materials and is equipped for static and dynamic sedimentation testing, with capabilities to perform on-site test work globally.
Tenova TAKRAF is a key supplier of equipment and systems for open pit mining and materials handling, having provided hundreds of complete systems, as well as individual machines to clients all over the world in all climatic conditions. Globally sourced air pollution control, specialised handling equipment, and technology for the cement and fly ash industries ensure selection of optimal processing options.
Tenova is a worldwide supplier of advanced technologies, products, and engineering services for the metals and mining & minerals industries. More information is available at www.tenova.com.
Technical Enquiries: Contact Paul Davies, General Manager Client Support Services, Tenova TAKRAF Africa, on +27 11 201 2300 or email [email protected].