George Beattie and Sons Ltd choose an R400 mobile jaw crusher

Blue Machinery Scotland has delivered a Powerscreen Premiertrak R400 Pre Screen mobile jaw crusher to George Beattie & Sons, one of the biggest demolition contractors in Central Scotland. This new high-capacity processor joins a modern fleet of mobile machines which forms the backbone of the contract business George Beattie & Sons has developed over the years

The mobile jaw crusher was purchased to crush the brick bat and concrete material, up to 400mm in size, from the various demolition projects the company is currently undertaking. It is processing at between 200 and 250tph, recycling the stone to a 6F2 which can be used for a number of different purposes including road highway works, in trench fills, backfills and over-site fills.

George Beattie & Sons Ltd was founded in 1990. Previous to that the Beattie family had worked for many years within the construction industry helping to make the company instantly recognizable within the sector. Today the services offered include total and partial demolition of single and multi-storey domestic, commercial and industrial properties as well as the dismantling of structural steel bridges. The business also undertakes facade retention work to listed historical buildings as required by Historic Scotland and National Heritage, as well as licensed asbestos removal and disposal, as specified by the Health & Safety Executive Excavations. Ground reinstatement is a further service, including the removal of contaminated material and the business has recently added a diamond drilling division to their ever expanding list of specialisms.

The latest addition to the George Beattie & Sons business fleet continues the company’s principle of ensuring that the plant and equipment is modern, highly productive, reliable and versatile…key attributes owner Alan Beattie clearly knows the importance of. “Being in the market for a jaw crusher, we looked long and hard at what was currently available on the market and decided to take a few in on demonstration. We soon came to the conclusion that the Premiertrak R400 jaw crusher offered a number of benefits over its competitors, one being the pre-screen, which helps offer a great throughput and quality of product as well as the ability to produce a sized aggregate from the side belt, all from one machine”.

David Beattie, who also runs the business with his brother, added “The production rate is the most impressive aspect of the mobile jaw crusher, but this is all aided by the high clearance of the jaw from the belt and the hydraulic adjustable deflector bar. The ability to drop the main belt for clearance of metal or maintenance was of specific benefit due to the applications in which this machine will work”.

The Powerscreen Premiertrak R400 mobile jaw crusher model with hydraulic release is exceptionally quick and easy to set up, allowing the operative to hydraulically adjust the crusher settings and providing total control over the product size. The overload protection system prevents damage by uncrushable objects while the aggressive crushing action with high swing jaw encourages material entry into crushing chamber. The machine allows excellent under crusher access for the removal of wire due to a lower product conveyor which can be raised hydraulically. It also boasts a robust, wear resistant hydraulic folding feed hopper with wedge fixing system.

Commenting on the deal, Dermot Donaghy Sales Manager at Blue Scotland highlighted, “We are delighted to complete this first deal with Beattie and Sons, a company who are renowned in Scotland for their exceptionally high working standards. Alan and David place considerable emphasis on buying the best machines in the market for their requirements, so it is testament to the quality of Powerscreen that they have chosen the R400 mobile jaw crusher. Throughout the demonstration process it clearly outperformed its competitors in terms of tonnage on C&D material containing a significant amount of rebar… and with no downtime. We hope this deal and the visible productivity of the machine is a stepping stone to further sales across Scotland.”