New Modular Wash Plant for Breedon Aggregates

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London, United Kingdom
1st November 2019
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New Modular Wash Plant for Breedon Aggregates

Washing Systems

Breedon Aggregates has installed a Terex® Aggresand 165 Wash Plant at their Capo Quarry, Edzell, by Laurencekirk, Angus

The new wash plant was supplied and installed by authorised distributor Blue Machinery Scotland and is a fully modular system capable of processing in excess of 200 tonnes per hour of quarried sand and gravel feed material. The Aggresand 165 is producing a range of aggregates and concrete sand for Breedon at their multi-disciplined operations at Capo Quarry.

The Aggresand 165 is of modular design and construction, meaning that installation is simplistic enough to ensure that the plant can be readily set up for material production. An additional benefit is that it can be containerised for ease of transport and comes fully pre-wired and pre-plumbed, making the installation process as straightforward as possible for operators.

The washing process at Breedon’s Capo Quarry sees the quarried aggregates fed into the plant’s 9m³ feed hopper, which features a remote control tipping grid. The material is then fed onto an inclined conveyor which delivers it to the first processing stage of the Terex® Aggresand 165 – a 4.8m x 1.5m triple deck rinsing screen box. Equipped with individually controlled spray bars on each deck, the two-bearing screens are fitted with polyurethane modular screen media on all three decks which wash and separate the material, leaving three sizes of high quality aggregates – 100-24mm, 24-12mm and 12-6mm. The remaining 6mm-0 is pumped to a cyclone system which retains all material above 75 microns and produces two grades of sand. Any residual material moves on to a lagoon to be filtered, with the resulting clean water recirculated into the system, improving water recycling and reducing waste in the process.

Breedon Aggregates is the largest independent aggregates business in the UK, operating 53 quarries and employing more than 1,200 people in England, Wales and Scotland. Breedon supplies an extensive range of products and services to the construction, building and civil engineering industries, including sand, gravel, crushed and sized aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt and agricultural lime. Capo Quarry produces sand & gravel, decorative aggregates and ready-mixed concrete. Their new Terex® Aggresand 165 Wash Plant is fulfilling a need for increased volumes of sand following the company’s recent success in winning concrete sand supplies to the AWPR contract in the region.

When asked about the best features of the Aggresand 165 for them, Bob Hare, Company Production Manager for Breedon Aggregates commented: “We are very pleased with the large tonnage produced by this versatile wash plant and the modular nature of the Aggresand is a real benefit, giving us the capability of relocating the plant throughout our various sites to accommodate the production demands of current contracts. Another excellent feature is the accessibility to all parts of the plant, meaning that maintenance is straightforward. This plant’s excellent performance is proving to be a major contribution to our requirement for increased volumes of high-quality end-products”.

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We are very pleased with the large tonnage produced by this versatile wash plant and the modular nature of the Aggresand is a real benefit, giving us the capability of relocating the plant throughout our various sites to accommodate the production demands of current contracts.

Bob Hare, Company Production Manager for Breedon Aggregates