Pit & Quarry, December 2014
WASHING Butler Brothers is a family owned producer thats been serving the South Vancouver Island area since the early 1940s uously cracked the steel and concrete meaning constant repairs and lost time and money Gerbrandt was intrigued for some time by the spiral shaft design on KPI JCI and Astec Mobile Screens log washer which uses spiraling shafts with overlapping paddles to produce an enhanced scrubbing action When it came time to look for replacement parts Gerbrandt turned to Lonetrack Parts Inc his dealer and began the process of retrofitting the logs into the old unit According to Jeff Wendte product manager for washing and classifying at KPI JCI and Astec Mobile Screens the paddles on his companys spiral shaft design are continuously in the material The material is always being scrubbed he says There is no lift and drop action so the unit uses less energy The unique reverse involution spiral paddle configuration found in our Series 8000 log washers reduces shock loading of the logs bearings stub shafts and the tank Wendte says This does several things It increases the service life of the unit reduces power peaks and valleys resulting in less horsepower and more tonnage produced increases retention time which improves the scrubbing action achieved and reduces wear on the individual components Lloyd Gerbrandt manager of Butler Brothers Supplies is happy with the equipment retrofit noting that both the cleanliness of the rock and the volume of material have met the companys expectations 40 PIT QUARRY December 2014 www pitandquarry com
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