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Quarrying News
One company who is reaping the reward of upgrading to the CDE R-Series is JA Jackson. Established in 1967, J.A. Jackson is a supplier of building materials, aggregates and ready-mix concrete as well as providing skip hire and haulage services. Working out of sites in Preston, Leyland and Lancaster, J.A. Jackson supply quarried and recycled aggregates.
JA Jackson was undertaking an overall plant upgrade project with CDE but and had initially intended to opt for a mobile screening unit, however during site visits to existing CDE plants Malcolm Construction and Brewster Bros, the company saw how an integrated R4500 would be beneficial to their own plant design.
Speaking about the decision, David Scott Health Safety and Operations Manager at J.A. Jackson comments: “After visiting several cutting edge CDE sites in Scotland, we began looking at the addition of an R4500 primary scalping unit to our system.
“We were about to invest in a 20 tonne excavator and a new mobile screen which would have been costly, before adding plus the diesel and staff costs.
The return on investment was clear, with those savings and the added benefit is that this is integrated into the plant and connects to our electricity supply.”
The ability to use clean electric power, rather than diesel generators will become increasingly important for UK operators. In June 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to pass laws guaranteeing an end to its contribution to climate change by 2050. The target requires the UK to bring all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, compared with the previous target of at least an 80% reduction from 1990 levels.
David Kinloch, Director of Business Development, UK & Ireland is encouraging other operators to look for areas of their quarrying or recycling wet processing plants which could be optimised both in terms of cost savings and efficient operations.
“CDE is focussed on supporting customers to maximise their natural resources in the most sustainable way possible with greater efficient and less waste. We have continually invested in R&D to create a range of future-proof products which are now allowing our customers to make significant energy savings.”
About the R-Series
The R-Series combines a feed hopper, screen and conveyors in a variety of different configurations. The feed hopper on the R1500 has a maximum capacity of 7 tonnes when fitted with the optional extendable hopper sides while the hopper capacity on the R2500 unit rises to 20 tonnes. Both machines can be provided with either a belt feed or apron feed. The hopper has been designed to allow for feed to be delivered to the R-Series from three sides to allow maximum flexibility to cope with specific site conditions.
For more information visit cdegroup.com
Feed material entering R4500 primary scalping unit at JA Jackson plant
Malcolm Construction Loanhead Quarry R4500
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