Hardcore mobile scalping from Anaconda

First published at CONEXPO-CON/AGG - March 12, 2020

Hardcore mobile scalping from Anaconda

Anaconda has launched a DF518 Tracked Scalping Screen for hardcore and demanding applications. The McLanahan-owned manufacturer, which is based in Northern Ireland, says the mobile heavy-duty scalping screen is the largest it has yet produced and rounds off its range of small, medium and large screens.

It is suitable for use in quarrying, mining, construction and demolition and can be used as a standalone primary screen or paired with the new Anaconda Tracked Jaw and Impactor line.

The DF518 is designed to process vast quantities of product under testing conditions where bulky overs may create an obstacle. It is the company’s third major product launch over the last year following the TR100 Tracked conveyor and SR520 Tracked Finishing Screen.

The DF518 Tracked Scalping Screen is available in apron feed or belt feed models and comes with a generic 18ft (5.5m) x 5ft (1.5m) top and bottom deck screen. This gives the operator a full 90ft2 (8.25m2) of screening area on the top and bottom deck. The screen also comes with 8in (200mm) passing clearance between the underside of the screen centre tube and the bottom deck screen allowing for primary splits to occur on the top and bottom decks.

The mid-size product conveyor and fines product conveyor are overhead folding channel frame heavy duty designs, both featuring 42in (1.05m) heavy duty belts to achieve maximum tonnage capacities regardless of the material percentage splitting from the screen box.

Anaconda says it is especially suited to applications where a heavy-duty and productive scalping screen is required, particularly those involving stubborn hardcore or bulky aggregates.

Jonathan Scott, Anaconda engineering manager and designer of the DF518, commented: “The new conveyor folding mechanism allows for very quick and simple set up while creating a stable and structurally strong discharge route. On the screen box itself we were able to achieve an 8in [200mm] clearance on the bottom deck to the pipe unit, thus eliminated blocking and enabling us to screen larger sizes.”

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