New crushing plant
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New crushing plant
Image: © David Lally Taken: Unknown
An internal shot of the crushing shop at Ferro Alloys and Metals Ltd (FAM). Taken just before the commissioning of a new system. This was designed to crush up to 25 tonnes of ferro molybdenum per day an increase of some 300% over the previous plant which had been removed about three weeks before this picture was taken. The older plant however included a mixing plant ensuring consistency across all 80 drums of a 20 tonne lot, this new plant had no mixing so the Fe/Mo was crushed and packed sequentially from the ingots. The view here is from the platform by the feed to the primary crusher. The belt to the left will take the crushed alloy to a three deck screen on the platform ahead. Oversize material will be passed to a secondary crusher under that platform and be carried up the belt on the right and drop to the bottom of the first belt to pass over the screen again. Although FAM is long-gone Image the company which built these platforms and conveyors - Geo. Robson & Co. (Conveyors) Ltd of Sheffield is, I believe, still going strong on Coleford Road, Sheffield.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.44528
Longitude
-1.956149