Sustainable Crushing with ROCO

It's fair to say that a successful business is one that is always striving to be more efficient, therefore making the best efforts to improve their bottom line. Efficiency can be easily achieved in many forms, required staff personnel, transport and indeed the equipment to get the job done.

With costs at an all-time high and the introduction of tough new government fuel laws in 2022 the time has never been more right to make the switch to sustainable electric powered crushing.

Family-owned ROCO have put their 40 years of vast crushing experience to good use over the last 2+ years and developed the very impressive RYDER 1000 Hybrid powered jaw crusher. This first in class 29t diesel electric super-sized permit free RYDER 1000 ticks all the boxes when it comes to size, performance and efficiency. Customers are offered the Dual-Powered build as standard. This means they have the option to power the crusher via fuel or 100% electric mains power.

The RYDER utilises an onboard CAT generator which is unbeatable in the 30t category when it comes to fuel burn. Strenuous tests have been carried out over the last 2 years via Finnings-UK in hard rock quarries to various recycling centres and mixed material applications. The average fuel burn per working hour in Recycling was only 10 litres per hour and an average of just 15 litres per hour in natural virgin aggregates. This is on average a massive 40% fuel savings in comparison to typical diesel hydraulic driven crushers.

It doesn't end there; customers now have the option to plug the RYDER into their onsite mains electric power supply and no longer burn any fuel whatsoever as the RYDER is 100% electric driven. This in return offers the customer a crusher that not only can now work indoors in a recycling centre but also ideally suited to work on the end of a washing plant for crushing the oversize product with minimal running costs. While using onsite electric supply the business can cut out daily engine checks, re-fuelling, dust issues / air filters while not burning any fuel and creating a much safer environment for staff to work in that is free from carbon monoxide.

Using electric power also improves the residual value of your crusher dramatically as no hours are being clocked on your engine and with a separate hour meter installed to the crusher you are sure to monitor the plant with ease.

All Roco RYDER 1000 crushers are built with FULL spec as standard so no extra hidden costs or paying extra for the electric plug-in option. The crushing plant also boasts super advantages over its rivals with its 180-degree radial conveyor which has the option to install a pre-screen mesh to regulate a second product. Furthermore, it has a dual directional powerful overband magnet combined with a very generous 1000mm wide discharge conveyor meaning it is sure to maximise the recovery of steel ferrous material from your crushed product.

Roco's crushing experience can really be seen when it comes to maintenance and access to all service-related areas. There is a massive 2ft clearance underneath the crushing chamber combined with a deflector plate to cater for Recycled material. The discharge conveyor also lowers down via hydraulic cylinders for any visual or maintenance requirements. Fixed, trouble free hopper with wear liners and 5 cubic metre capacity also means the RYDER is the ideal size for wheel loader or excavator feed.

With a big global push to go Green the time is right to take advantage of the UK’s lucrative tax incentives while also avoiding rising fuel costs, more importantly invest in a sustainable crusher that will hold a much better residual valve over its less desired hydraulic driven rivals in the years ahead.

Associated Businesses

  • Newry, BT35 9JD