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Apron Feeders Parts, Refurbishments and Engineered Upgrades Brochure

Apron Feeders Parts, Refurbishments and Engineered Upgrades Brochure
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Apron Feeders Improved equipment availability for higher production

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With Metso’s deep equipment knowledge, coupled with access to original design specifications and specialized parts – older apron feeders can be refurbished back to their original capabilities.

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Meeting your aims You aim for increased production, higher equipment availability and better reliability. Metso's apron feeder parts, upgrades, repairs and refurbishments can help you to achieve these aims with smoother operations. Overcoming your challenges Many mines and quarries struggle with the limitations of older apron feeders and have to worry about potential breakages, which can impact throughput or even risk a catastrophic breakdown in production. Unplanned downtime due to excessive repairs can keep your operations running at half speed or worse. Sourcing hard to find obsolete...

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More than just a repair company Detailed drawings and accurate information on original specifications for your apron feeders make the big difference in guaranteeing proper design and fit of spare parts. With additional capabilities for 3rd party equipment, Metso brings technical and machine know-how together with high-quality components and service to safeguard your machines and maximize the life of your equipment. Spare and wear parts All Metso replacement parts are OEM and designed to meet the precise specifications of the components of your feeders. Original equipment replacement parts...

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Apron feeder major components Designed to fit your needs 7. Head shaft and main drive system Head shaft bearings Drive sprockets Return (bottom) rollers Pans (flights) Impact rail Chain take-up Dribble Belt Accessories (safety guards, speed switches, etc.) Main drive and complete guarding system not shown for clarity.

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Upgrades and refurbishments Metso can offer cost-effective components and parts to repair, modernize and upgrade your machine, bringing it back to its original capabilities. Enjoy a fast payback, simplified maintenance and spare part requirements, as well as boosted availability and performance.

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Main drive and head shaft assembly Drive system and head shaft assembly upgrades are a key upgrade opportunity for older apron feeder models. The apron feeder is a high-torque low-speed application, and older models use multiple reducers, chain and sprocket sets, open gearing, countershafts, etc., to achieve the necessary mechanical advantage. With so many moving parts, spare parts inventory requirements are high and need constant lubrication and care. Older parts can often become obsolete and difficult to source. The new design does not require mounting to the customer's floor steel, since...

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Parts that perform Additional upgrades and refurbishments Head shaft bearings Improved availability with longer life Older head shaft bearings can come out of alignment as they experience wear, causing stress on the machine. Head shaft bearings are often included when the drive and shaft assembly are refurbished. Upgraded head shafts are mounted on large, double-row, self aligning spherical roller bearings, selected to provide long-life to minimize maintenance requirements and downtime. The bearings are mounted in cast steel housings and fitted with dual purgeable (Taconite-type) seals for...

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Parts that perform Additional upgrades and refurbishments Manganese pans* Built strong for high-impact operations Cast steel pans often experience severe wear during day-to-day operation, becoming thin or even flexing, which can cause lengthy downtime to service. Metso can upgrade pans to cast manganese pans, which can be ‘work hardened’ to achieve up to 500 Brinell, perfect for high-impact loading and abrasive operations. The pans are cast from highquality austenitic manganese steel with a stiffened underside for additional strength. A longitudinal center rib provides close tolerance to...

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Parts that perform Additional upgrades and refurbishments Return rollers Simplified parts requirements Metso can provide an upgrade to the return rollers to a ‘sealed-for-life’ lubricated track style roller and thus eliminate any long shaft, wheels and outboard pillow block bearings that were used for many years on older feeders. Reduced parts make service easier overall and reduces the number of spare parts needed for inventory. Dribble conveyor Minimized downtime from shutdowns Underneath older apron feeders, fine material often builds up under the machine, requiring the equipment to be...

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Life Cycle Services Life Cycle Services (LCS) take the entire range of Metso services and conveniently bundles them into customizable, easily manageable packages, ranging from the basics to more complete solutions, depending on the scale of your needs. Packages are equipped to cover single-event equipment shutdowns or span multiple years, measured against strict KPIs. metso.com/services/life-cycle-services-for-mining Field services Metso offers a comprehensive set of field services to help meet your maintenance, repair, installation and refurbishment needs. Each service is fully...

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Read more at: metso.com/showroom Customer success cases 20% increase in production capacity Background • Canada-based Kinross Gold Corporation established in 1993 • In focus: Gold mine in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, established 1987 • Upgrade apron feeder in the crushing sector that takes in the ROM and feeds the crusher • Replace the pans and the other parts as quickly as possible with as little disturbance as possible to mine’s production • Goals to optimize production and capacity Our solution • Improvements to apron feeders using Metso technology • Tailored replacement operation...

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ORead more at: metso.com/showroom Customer success cases Complete feeder upgrade to current design standards Mine was experiencing high downtime due to unplanned maintenance and hard to source parts. Steel pans were experiencing heavy wear, older style drive system had multiple hard-to-source parts and roller modules were difficult to access during maintenance. Our solution • New head shaft assembly with modified frame and wear-resistant cast manganese pans and impact rails • Modular top rollers for easier servicing • New tractor-type return rollers and 'shaftless' tail wheel for...

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