Producers, dealers and other industry professionals got the chance to see some of Anaconda Equipment’s latest offerings at its first U.S. open day.
The event, hosted at Baschmann Services in Elma, New York, was an opportunity for Anaconda to showcase several pieces of equipment. The highlight, however, was the demonstration of the I14R, Anaconda’s latest mobile crushing plant.
Additionally, the open day was an chance for Anaconda to spotlight its longstanding relationship with Baschmann. The New York company has sold Anaconda equipment since 2012 and was the company’s first U.S.-based dealer.
“We’re looking at how we can be a value-added supplier for a lot of our dealers,” says Alastair Forsyth, group president of Anaconda. “How can they help their customer bases and get more information about the products we have available. We’re going to the shows – ConExpo, AGG1 and everything else. We’re now starting to look at open days worldwide.
“We try to move them around to our dealers, so it made sense for us to have our first one in North America at our longest-standing dealer in North America,” Forsyth adds.
Prior to the open day in New York, the company held one in the UK.
For Zach Manz, president of Contractors Sales Co., which owns Baschmann Services, the open day was a chance to showcase its partnership with Anaconda.
“We’re fortunate that the facility we have here in Elma allows us to bring in dealers, customers and some of our industry partners to see these units in operation,” Manz says. “We have a longstanding relationship with Anaconda, so we like to help promote their products. It’s nice to be able to have the first I14R in the States here, show it off and make a little material with it. We’re extremely proud to participate in these events with Anaconda and host it here.”
Event draw
Along with being Anaconda Equipment’s latest mobile impact crusher, the I14R is the company’s largest impact crusher to date. It features a 47-in. x 51-in. McLanahan Universal impact crushing chamber and a 6-ft. x 14-ft. double-deck screen.
Forsyth says Baschmann isn’t just selling the I14R, but was also involved in the R&D of the crusher along with other dealers.
“It’s not just us developing it, putting it out to the customer and saying ‘make it work,’” Forsyth says. “In everything we do, we get our dealers involved.
“For the I14R, Baschmann and several dealers were heavily involved in the R&D,” he adds. “They have a long history of putting impactors into upstate New York with 4250s. What they wanted from this machine was a 4250 killer.”
Anaconda says the crushing plant is designed to meet the needs of large-scale producers and contract crushing customers across applications, including aggregates, C&D recycling, asphalt processing and concrete recycling.
“Contractors are more under pressure than they’ve ever been, because the value of their tons per hour has not gone up at the same rate as inflation,” Forsyth says. “As a contractor, you need single pieces of equipment to generate as many tons per hour so you’re only moving one piece from site to site and job to job.
“Because the I14R remains under 125,000 pounds – which is a key facet to the machine – that allows it to move around with minimal permits,” he adds. “At the same time, having 14-ft. screens on the top and bottom gives you a true 300-tph closed circuit. It helps contractors maximize efficiencies and minimize costs.”
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