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As populations grow, housing needs increase and available building land contracts, the imperative to 'replace old with new' is becoming more pronounced.
So says Metso distributors in the UK and Ireland, McHale Plant Sales, pointing to what they call 'the growth opportunities this presents for contractors working in the fields of demolition, building and infrastructure renewal'.
Welcoming Metso's introduction of two new Lokotrack crushers — the all-new 70-tonne LT400RS diesel-electric mobile impact crusher and the Lokotrack LT200HPX mobile cone crusher with integrated screening for aggregate production — McHale, who attended the recent launch at Steinexpo in Germany, said the additions strengthen a portfolio 'tailor-made to handle demanding demolition and aggregate recycling applications at their core'.
Engineered to address the realities of urban development and infrastructure renewal, both machines are described by McHale sales director, Denis McGrath, as 'two very significant additions' to the Finnish manufacturer's Lokotrack mobile crushers range. "Together, the LT400RS and LT200HPX both bring customers purpose-built solutions in two expanding and important areas: recycling and aggregates production," he said.
Geared to process materials such as concrete, asphalt and mixed demolition waste — in what McGrath said 'is fast becoming a growing materials stream more difficult to process than quarry rock' — the LT400RS is designed to help recycling contractors handle contaminated inputs that may include rebar, wood and other impurities, doing so more efficiently while cutting fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
Combining high crushing and screening performance, dependable high capacity and efficient material separation with an electric grid connection and site-to-site mobility, the LT400RS enables contractors to raise productivity, improve separation quality and reduce operating costs, while delivering lower emissions.
Key highlights include its new 250 kW Nordberg® NP1213MR impact crusher with 430kW genset rating and heavy-duty blow bars for recycling, a large 2-deck product screen (6.4 m2), powerful wind sifter, adjustable electromagnet, wide conveyors, generous clearances and improved cleaning access.
The Lokotrack LT200HPX pairs a high-capacity Nordberg HP200e cone crusher for hard rock duty with integrated screening: a 2-deck pre-screen and a large 2-deck product screen (5.6 m2) in a single track-mounted package. Wide conveyors support high throughput and smooth material flow, while smart folding functions simplify transport between sites.
