Specialist vibrating equipment supplier Joest (Pty) Ltd, renowned for its product quality, robustness and reliability, were proud partners with DRA in Assmang’s Khumani BKM Iron Ore Project. Joest secured the supply of 23 linear motion vibrating screens and 26 brute force feeders for the arduous iron ore beneficiation process. These units employ oil splash lubricated geared exciters and out-of-balance motors which are imported from our licensor.
Applications include single deck scalping and double deck classification screens, with reverse slope dewatering. Units range from 0,9m up to 3,66m wide and 8,5m in length.
Being of a heavy duty design the 2,44 x 8,355m ROM scalping screen in particular, is capable of handling a peak tonnage of 3000tph at 90% efficiency in terms of fines removal. Treating lump sizes in the order of 800mm, rubber panels were the preferred screen media for the production of the minus 80mm product on the unit which is declined at 10° to ensure optimal performance. ensuring maximum uptime. [Click here for full story]
Sishen Expansion project (extract from Modern Mining. By: Sylvester Haskins 15 August 2008 Edited by: Laura Tyer (Engineering News)
The world’s fourth-largest supplier of seaborne iron-ore, Kumba Iron Ore’s (KIO’s) Sishen Expansion Project (SEP) will see the extraction of an additional 10-million tons of iron-ore from its Northern Cape operation. This will bring KIO’s total extraction volume to 38-million tons, by next year.
“A critical aspect in determining the successful implementation of the diverse range of screens for the multitude of applications throughout the plant was the close relationship fostered between Kumba Resources, the screen cloth supplier, and the different original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) on site,” says manufacturer and supplier of vibratory screens and feeders Joest sales director, Malcolm Skeen.
Joest holds the licence and distributorship of Joest technology for the sub-Sahara Africa region. Skeen says the company has the necessary resources to design, manufacture and test equipment at its facility in Spartan, Johannesburg.[Click here for full story]
Reviving old technology
Besides the healthy export figures South African coal enjoyed in 2008, the energy crisis early in the year helped to create an upswing in the demand for coal and led to the industry seeking better and more efficient processing equipment. Stricter and more precise classification of the different grades of coal is just one of the requirements that end-users are starting to ask for, which has led to the revival of some of the ‘old’ technology that had faded into the background over years.
Roller Screens used to be quite popular some years ago and local companies who originally installed them, like Joest (Pty) Ltd, have been servicing them all these years, in spite of few new installations. However, due to problematic screening of damp coal, Joest is reviving interest in the application of these machines. [Click here for full story]