Pit & Quarry, August 2017
PORTABLE PLANTS Productivity oductiv Plus A user friendly cone crusher boosts production capacities and plant uptime for an Arkansas producer BY CAROL WASSON 22 PIT QUARRY August 2017 pitandquarry com Photos courtesy of remco lant product ivit y gains are imperative with the current uptick in aggregate demand Productivity these days is driven by a number of factors including near record high construction contracts a healthy homebuilding market and the potential of considerable infrastructure investments over the next five years Consequently many aggregate producers are focused on improving all aspects of their mining operations while building substantial inventories of key products One such producer is Cossatot Rock a 400000 tpy sand gravel and crushed stone producer located on a 900 acre site along the scenic Cossatot River in southwest Arkansas The operation ramped up its strategic crushing circuit upgrades nearly three years ago with the installation of a new REMco 4510 PROcone crusher Prior to the installation Cossatot Rock had experienced a costly production bottleneck with the operation of an older style cone According to Cossatot General Manager Bobby Young his team is consistently evaluating crushing efficiency and performance The benefits of Cossatots new cone are significant he says Young describes the PROcone as a super user friendly unit that offers ease of maintenance and safe operation while delivering major increases in production capacities and plant uptime Since its installation the operation is realizing a much desired 150 percent increase in the production of its biggest selling product its high quality 57 concrete aggregate EffIcIENT mATERIAL fLOw The Cossatot plant uses the cone as a primary crusher much of the time according to Young P
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