County Tyrone based Irish Manufacturing Services (IMS) has elevated the quarrying industry to the next level with the PM1200-20TB Blender Pugmill.
Working alongside an industry leading contractor in roadbuilding, construction and remediation IMS have been able to tailor their machine to bring a lot of advantages to and meet the demands of the extractive industry.
The PM 1200-20TB Blender Pugmill is equipped with two five-metre-long feed hoppers holding 12m3 each, both with separate feed hopper conveyors fitted with belt scales.
These features enable operators to blend two raw materials, as well as liquids, or powders, at once when the PM 1200-20TB is running at full capacity.
Quarries can add an optional vibrating hydraulic tipping grid to the feed hoppers. This feature helps remove oversized raw material and release lumps.
“The PM1200-20TB is the prefect machine for those businesses that work in recycled materials like recycled asphalt, or crushed concrete” Joseph McMeel of IMS said.
IMS is a Northern Ireland-based manufacturer that develops durable equipment for the extractive industries. Since the company was founded in 2010, the company has built a portfolio of standard and bespoke equipment with a reputation for cost-effective equipment.
IMS developed the PM1200-20TB following the success of the IMS-PM1050-16TB pugmill, having delivered over 50 IMS-PM1050-16TB pugmills into the market.
McMeel said “the IMS-PM1050-16TB pugmill has been crucial to several major infrastructure projects, as a market leader in this type of machinery we are always thinking of the next step and the PM1200-20TB is bringing us to even bigger projects and into new markets.”
“The options the PM1200-20TB offers the industry are not limited to just quarry operations and the construction industry, but also in in remediation projects,” he said.
“It can also blend recycled material into road base blends on an accurate and controlled basis, ensuring the product meets specifications”
McMeel said that by investing in pugmills that meet main road specifications, operators can make their operations more efficient, saving time, money and also contribute to a circular economy by reusing recycled materials.
The PM1200-20TB comes with a three-metre long pugbox to ensure a quality mix and the option of two augur designs to suit the raw material being processed.
The industry has seen recent demand for a higher percentage of blended cement and powder.
To meet the needs of the modern quarry, the PM1200-20TB can have two powder hoppers, which offer operators the ability to blend two powders or a higher content of one powder.
IMS are also able to offer mobile 45 tonne bulk silos tonnes and create a total storage and material production solution.
Using the bulk storage solution from IMS, quarries could have one powder hopper dispensing material while the other is being refilled from the mobile silo.
IMS has equipped both feed hoppers with sensors to stop the plant before the hopper is empty and will automatically restart once refilled.
The operator maintains control of the process with a stop-and-start remote, which is linked to the pugmill.
“The loader operator can control the batch mix and load trucks and multiple trailers directly from the pugmill, stopping automatically after each unit has been filled to the programmed amount,” McMeel said.
“The batch report is important for the operator as on sites it is required for the contractor to meet the regulations.
The plant will automatically stop if the percentage is not within the programmed allowance so it ensures that no costly powder is being wasted and that the specifications are being met at all times.”
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