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CONEXPO LIVE: CDE Global

CDE, a leading manufacturer of wet processing equipment for materials processors, has unveiled its new 500 tonnes per hour (tph) Combo X900 at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas, USA. The X900 is the latest in CDE’s range of revolutionary Combo all-in-one wet processing and water management solutions. The Combo was first launched in Europe at Bauma in April 2019.

With an increased capacity of 500tph, the new Combo X900 is the largest in the series to date, as Kevin Vallelly, Director of Engineering at CDE, explained. “With our new Combo X900, we’ve doubled its capacity and created a next-gen solution for materials processors. The Combo X900 can process 500 tonnes per hour of feed material, including natural sand and crushed rock, containing unwanted clay, silt and other organic contaminants to extract quality in-spec washed and graded sand products that are market-ready straight from the belts.”

As well as its increased capacity, the Control Cabin of the new Combo X900 has been repositioned to sit on top of the water tank. “Plant and machinery are subject to major temperature extremes and fluctuations across different regions,” Vallelly continued. “By positioning the Control Cabin on top of the water tank we’re able to better protect the operational heart of the plant and offer a solution that can be adopted across all of the markets we operate in and where high and low temperature extremes are recorded.”

Furthermore, where traditional washing systems typically have a separate standalone water tank, the new Combo X900 has integrated this into the design of the AquaCycle thickener tank resulting in a peripheral wall for water storage, which has significantly reduced the overall footprint. It provides customers with almost total independence of water supply and minimises the requirements for costly site engineering due to its significantly smaller footprint which is, on average, 30% smaller than other traditional wash plant set ups. The result, reckons CDE, is 15 times less water usage than a traditional washing system, with 90% of process water recycled for recirculation.

With its single chassis design, the Combo X900 incorporates all essential processes – washing, dewatering, water recycling, and stockpiling – onto one single, interconnected and pre-assembled unit. A plug-and-play system, it arrives on site pre-wired and pre-tested, ready to process material within just five days as a standalone plant or as part of a larger turnkey solution. Its single chassis design means the Combo X900 is portable and can be rapidly deployed or relocated to remote locations with minimal foundations and pipework. Coupled with its significantly reduced footprint, the Combo X900 is also ideal for compact quarries in urban settings.

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