As Portable Plants’s editors traversed ConExpo-Con/Agg earlier this month, they met with a number of exhibitors who shared details about their latest wares and the experience at the March 14-18 trade show. Portable Plants editorial advisor Kevin Yanik caught up with Russ Burns, sales director at Terex MPS, on the second-to-last day of the show. Burns shared details about two pieces of equipment Terex MPS launched in Las Vegas, and he touched on trends in crushing and screening.
Yanik: From what’s been shared previously with us, it sounds like the new Cedarapids CRC1350S portable cone crushing plant fits a niche in the market. What’s the niche Terex MPS is targeting here?
Burns: The CRC1350S is a high-production, high-mobility, closed-circuit cone plant. It’s the first 400-hp, closed-circuit cone plant on the market. Because of our customization capabilities on the screen side, we were able to design a screen that allows us to keep within strict travel restrictions while remaining highly mobile along with the high-production capacity of the 400-hp cone.
Our advantage is the ability and experience to engineer and design custom-built screens and feeders. This can be a challenge – especially in the triple-shafts arena. That enabled us to put a high-horsepower cone onto a chassis and still maintain the weight and height restrictions that allow us to be portable. Now, we’re the only ones on the market with this style plant. Actual output percentages will vary based on the application, but we’re probably 20 to 25 percent higher production than the 300-hp cones. So, we’re offering more horsepower and more screen capability on a portable chassis.
Yanik: What kind of interest are you getting in the plant, and how has ConExpo-Con/Agg been overall?
Burns: It’s been great. We’ve had a lot of people who are surprised to see it. Nobody expected this combination. When customers come up and realize it’s a 400-hp cone and a 7-ft. screen, the gears start turning in their heads. They realize how much more they can do with a plant like this. Having that type of feedback has been absolutely amazing.