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Hillhead 2024
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The McLanahan UltraWASH and UltraCRUSH plants will allow Cemex to produce essential building materials to support local infrastructure demands.
“We are proud to be continuing to form strong relationships in the U.K. with companies like Cemex, and we look forward to seeing where this partnership can take both companies,” said Donal McNicholl, McLanahan’s Director of Sales for the U.K and Ireland.
McLanahan is also committed to supporting customers who need bespoke solutions, whether for new builds, plant upgrades or retrofitting equipment into existing setups. An example of this can be found in just one of McLanahan’s many recent screen sales.
New Milton Sand and Ballast needed to replace a primary rinsing screen that had reached the end of its usable life, but the company did not want to change the main frame on which the screen was installed.
McLanahan engineers worked with New Milton Sand and Ballast to design an Inclined Screen that was tailored to fit into the existing plant structure. They also interviewed New Milton Sand and Ballast about its pain points with the old screen to determine how to best design the screen to meet the company’s needs.
The solution was a 1.8m x 5m double-deck Inclined Screen outfitted with spray bars on the top and bottom decks that were tailored to alleviate challenges New Milton Sand and Ballast had with its old screen.
One of these challenges was the clearance between the screen decks, which made changing the screening media a hassle.
McLanahan increased the clearance between the top and bottom deck to improve maintenance access for New Milton Sand and Ballast.
Another issue the company had with the old screen was increased wear from the sand slurry mix hitting the first few panels of the screen media on the bottom deck. McLanahan decreased the aperture size in the first few panels to allow for even wear.
McLanahan also increased the aperture size of the spray nozzles so that they wouldn’t clog up from the grit and organic matter in the recycled water New Milton Sand and Ballast uses for rinsing the aggregate on the screen.
It was these and other screen design updates reflecting McLanahan’s commitment to supporting its customers that impressed New Milton Sand and Ballast the most throughout the project.
Besides supporting customers throughout the design, installation and commissioning phases, McLanahan also provides after-sales service and support for the lifetime of the equipment. This after-sales support includes everything from supplying spare parts, to sending technicians to perform plant audits and make recommendations for operational improvements, to offering field service assistance for component repairs or replacements.
Visit McLanahan at Hillhead, Stand J4, in June to learn more about the company’s commitment to supporting aggregate producers in the U.K. and Europe and to see McLanahan’s UltraSCRUB Modular Scrubbing System on display.
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