pilot news: Pilot Crushtec at BAUMA 2010
3 February 2010: South African based Pilot Crushtec is the world leader in tracked mobile VSI crusher design. To date over 50 of Pilot's award winning tracked TwisterTrac VSI crushers and over 500 static Twister VSI crushers are in operation around the world, including Europe, Africa, Australia The Middle East and Asia. This April, the 29th Bauma Trade Fair will be your chance to see these award-winning machines in action.
“As the world leader in tracked mobile VSI crusher design, we can truly offer the international market a full range of cost effective, heavy duty, fit for purpose, vertical shaft impact crushers,” says Sandro Scherf, Pilot Crushtec’s CEO. And, Scherf can say this with confidence, knowing that his Twister VSI crushers have been tested in the most challenging environments the world has to offer. “We have exported over 50 crushers to Korea, and currently our main export markets are Europe, Australia, Africa and the Middle East,” explains Scherf. The field-proven Twister VSI crushers are used in these markets in aggregate, industrial milling, recycling and mineral processing applications.
Revolutionary rotor technology
“In the twenty years we’ve been in business, it’s been our rotor technology that has provided the leading edge we have been able to offer our international clients”, says Scherf. “Our rotor design has always been revolutionary and to date none of our competitors have been able to offer the same precision engineering.” Twister VSI crushers use two variations of crushing. The first involves vertical shaft impact crushing, with rock being fed into a table type rotor which then accelerates and discharges the rock at high speed, against steel anvils, in the crushing chamber. The impact of the rock hitting the steel anvils induces fractures, causing the rocks to break apart. The second variation called vertical shaft autogenous (VSA) crushing sees the rock being fed into a multi-port rotor which accelerates and discharges the rock at high speed against a rock filled crushing chamber. The impact of the rock on rock fractures, breaks and shapes the rock. This unique crushing action has found favour globally due to its low wear costs and high reduction ratios.
Low wear costs and high reduction ratios
This same design philosophy can be found in Pilot's award-winning TwisterTrac AC210, which will be exhibited at the 29th Bauma Trade Fair in Munich this April. This fully mobile, diesel hydraulic driven, remote controlled, tracked VSI crusher features variable rotor speeds and boasts a throughput capacity of up to 250tph. It’s can be used on its own or easily integrated into mobile crushing plants. A major feature of the crusher’s modular rotor configuration is its ability to be controlled via a PLC, which automates the crusher’s features and facilitates ongoing monitoring of its operations at all times.
Rubble Buster hard at work in Europe
Bauma will also see the exhibition for the very first time of Pilot's exciting RubbleBuster, which offers a cost-effective, and quality solution to Europe’s tough new construction and demolition waste legislation. The RubbleBuster allows for the reprocessing of waste material on site and its compact design allows for easy access and storage on tight sites. Pilot Crushtec's RubbleBuster is already working on a number of sites throughout Europe, proving that Pilot’s crusher technology is truly world class
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