Pit & Quarry, October 2017
WASHING CLASSIFYING Says Dave Blake of the wash plant The AggreSand is extremely quiet running has no spillages and the belts run very smoothly with no rollback that can be a typical problem with some plants The access and serviceability features of the machines along with the rollout centrifugal pumps and rollout chute work were especially valuable features concrete aggregate and fine concrete sand C33 spec The sand is also being sold for septic sand and equestrian sand When we were considering purchasing a wash plant we were keen to find a solution that would achieve efficiencies as well as a seamless easy setup something with a reduced footprint and the capability of producing two grades of sand Blake says According to Blake the plant arrived at his site on a Monday and the operation was making product on the ground by that Friday Powerscreen Washington the Terex Washing Systems TWS distributor within the state of Washington assisted Blake Sand Gravel throughout the process as did TWS applications and engineering teams P Q The operation has achieved a more effective fine sand recovery halving the frequency of pond clear outs The operations new wash plant produces five clean products ABOUT BLAKE SAND GRAVEL Charles and Margaret Blake founded Blake Sand Gravel In 1953 in Sequim Washington selling readymix concrete sand and gravel Their son Dave became president in 1980 In 2002 the Blakes sold the concrete portion of their business but they continue to operate the gravel pit located on Cays Rd providing customers with a variety of materials Daves daughter Casey has since become a third generation Blake to lead the business 52 PIT QUARRY October 2017 pitandquarry com
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