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Press Releases Flender Fzg Helps Bring The Limestone In Flender Power Transmission has supplied an FZG helical gear unit to Europe's largest independent quarry operator, Foster Yeoman, for the Torr Works quarry in Somerset. The quarry, near Frome, produces around six million tonnes per annum of carboniferous limestone, most of which is railed to the London area. The quarry operates with a mobile crusher and runs at an average of 2200 tonnes per hour, via a collection of fixed and field conveyors. Flender's FZG gear unit comprises a size H2 SH13 helical gear reducer with a ratio of 20:1 and a torque rating of 86,000 Nm. It has an output speed of 74rpm and is attached to a Fludex delay chamber fluid coupling and a Rupex flexible output coupling. All are mounted on a specially fabricated baseplate with input coupling guard and situated on one of the fixed conveyors, which is 300 metres long and has a 28-metre lift. All fixed conveyors on the site are totally enclosed and the field units covered too. The belts are 1.6 metres wide, running at 3 metres/second. The Flender units were commissioned in late 2002 and quarrying is currently taking place sub-water table. Foster Yeoman has several significant operations in the UK, including rail depots, marine terminals and a Scottish coastal quarry near Oban, called Glensanda. In Europe the company is involved with marine terminals and associated rail operations.
Flender managing director Nick Garthwaite confirmed the Flender units were running well: More information on Flender's FZG units is available from Flender on +44 (0)1274 657700 (fax +44 (0)1274 669836), or check out the Flender website at www.flender-power.co.uk. ENDS For further media information and 300dpi+ digital photographs please contact Bridget Summers, Footprint, PO Box 4, Colton, Leeds LS15 8WX. Tel: 0113 251 5697. Fax: 0113 251 5351. E-mail: bridget@fim.org.uk bridget@fim.org.uk . |
