SCS crusher gets Tasmanian quarry’s aggregate up to spec

Quarry manager Brett Hoyle said, The cone crusher has helped Stornoway become one of the leading quarries in northern Tasmania. The contract crushers the quarry used previously, produced much less aggregate in a given time, and it was rarely to specification, Hoyle said. But with this SCS machine it comes into specification automatically.
So the quarrys aim in investing in new SCS equipment, specifically to improve efficiencies and
operations, has paid off.  The new machine (with direct feeder and right-angle hopper) is part of the first stage of the infrastructure companys $1.25m investment in new rock crushing and screening equipment. The three-stage $5m plan, will more than double the quarrys workforce.
Features of the mobile SCS TC1235 Cougar include its reliability and durability, large feed size, increased crusher reduction, good clearance under the cone for discharging crushed material and a large, 40-litre accumulator.
Even with his extensive experience in the industry, Hoyle had not previously used Christchurch-based SCS before purchasing the TC1235.  I spent about four months researching cone crushers from suppliers all over the world but had never been involved with SCS until now, says Hoyle.
He eventually settled on the NZ machine, mainly for its flexibility, feed size capability and depth of crushing within the cone chamber.
The company uses the cone crusher in its own quarry about 80% of the time, and uses it for outside contract crushing the remainder of the time. 
We liked the flexibility to be able to add and remove an extra feed hopper as needed. That made our machine the first SCS one to do so. We recently moved it off site for the first time for a contract crushing job and had to take the feed hopper off. Within an hour and a half it was ready to load onto the truck, mainly because the feed hopper is high off the ground and it is a difficult job removing it.
But as the feeder was not required for the off site job, due to the rock being small - it simply went straight over the screening plant and into the crusher - the machine was ready to go five minutes after it was unloaded.
Hoyle says Stornoway would definitely consider purchasing another SCS cone crusher in the future.
Its a machine that SCS is new in developing (see Earthmover, October 2008, page 64). I feel that another 12 months down the track SCS will become one of the leading suppliers of these machines, due to their robustness. I cant see any reason for them not to be on top.
The 1235 Cougar Cone is a high production crushing cone, based on a top bush/bottom bush configuration.  The machine features a large feed size and high reduction rate.
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