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Process Industry News -
Solids Handling and Processing
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Friday, 03 July 2009 10:38 |
 Procon Engineering have won a prestigious £500K contract to supply their high performance Inflo Resometric Beltweighers and instrumentation to Swedish high-tech mineral group LKAB for their new concentrator and pelletizing plants, at Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost town.
LKAB is one of the world’s leading producers of upgraded iron ore products for the steel industry, specializing in customized iron ore products for blast furnaces and direct reduction. These new plants have a combined annual capacity of 5 million tonnes of pellets, complementing the existing concentrator and pelletizing plants.
Commissioned in 2008, the beltweighers are being used for weighing a variety of materials, ranging from mined magnetite ore through to finished iron ore pellets. Crucial data from the beltweighers is transmitted from the EP50 weighing terminals via the plants’ Profibus network.
The Inflo Resometric Beltweighers have an exceptional track record for reliability and accuracy, especially in such demanding applications. They provide a unique combination of features that ensure the key factors influencing belt scale performance are maintained in service over long periods of time. At the heart of the scale is the Digital Resometric force transducer or resonator, which provides unequalled levels of measurement performance that are repeatable for extended periods.
Lateral chains are fitted between the weigh carriage and the rigid conveyor to prevent any unwanted side forces being introduced through factors such as poor belt tracking or material asymmetry. As a result, once the weigh carriage is installed and aligned, it only sees the vertical forces produced by the material being weighed. Periodic calibration checks can be carried out simply and expediently by utilising the built-in roll-over calibration weights.
Procon’s Product Specialist Joe Naylor is justifiably proud of his company’s achievement in gaining the contract and as he concludes: “Environmental conditions are very tough at Kiruna, which is 145 km inside the Arctic Circle. LKAB already operate a number of our beltweighers and their ongoing confidence in our products stands testimony to the reliability of these units.”
For more information contact;
Procon Engineering Ltd, Sevenoaks, Kent
Tel: 01732 781300 Fax: 01732 781311
E-mail:
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Web: www.proconeng.com
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