Atlas Copco crusher, screen demoed at dealer event

Aggregate producers and recycling professionals saw new crushing and screening equipment in action at Pine Bush Equipment’s Holmes, N.Y., location. The event introduced Atlas Copco‘s PC2 jaw crusher and HS1 screen to Pine Bush customers and served as a step in the training process for the dealership’s sales force.

Pine Bush Equipment specialist Dave Ewald says the Powercrusher PC2 is a great fit for rental or purchase, in both recycling and small job aggregate work.

“The PC2 and HS1 have a small footprint, and that is important to a lot of customers who have sites where other screens might not fit,” Ewald says.

The Powercrusher PC2 crusher features quattro movement, which causes a figure-eight motion in the moving jaw. This increases feed capacity and produces a post-crush at the crusher outlet, according to Atlas Copco. The initial swing-stroke movement of the jaw gives 100 percent crushing across the entire surface of the jaw plate, the company adds. The PC2 material inlet measures 40 in. x 28 in., with a capacity of 330 tph.

As a supplement to the Powercrusher, the single-deck HS1 screen enables customers to produce two salable products. The screen box has large clearances to help eliminate blockages, Atlas Copco says, even when the crusher is producing a high output volume. The recirculating conveyor option deposits oversize materials back into the crusher’s hopper.

Ewald says the HS1 screen can provide both fines for pre-pavement work and aggregates for drainage or fill.

Eric Amberson, Atlas Copco’s Powercrusher product line manager in the United States, says the versatility of the equipment is a key feature.

“The screen offers the advantage of being able to produce two products from one machine,” he says. “The PC2 can also create its own spec product out of the end of the jaw when the screen is not attached.”