Metso launch ‘community friendly’ mobile crushing plant
New Lokotrack offers environmental benefits including reduced noise and dust emissions
ACCORDING to Metso, their new Lokotrack Urban series mobile plant has been designed to revolutionize crushing operations in densely populated environments, most notable city centres. The crushing plant simplifies operations, provides significant noise protection and reduces dust emissions, minimizing the impact for local residents and workers near construction sites.
‘We developed the new machine to help contractors run crushing operations in the most heavily regulated urban environments,’ said Jouni Hulttinen, product manager for Metso Lokotrack mobile crushing plants. ‘Obtaining environmental permits is very difficult when crushing in densely populated areas. The new Lokotrack Urban series, however, provides robust crushing power while minimizing the impact for people and communities around the site.’
Environmental permits usually regulate noise level caused by crushing activity. From an occupational health and safety perspective, 85dB is said to be the most common level that requires ear protection, although, in some cases, lower levels is considered noise pollution for people living or working around building sites. Metso say with their environmentally considerate Lokotrack Urban LT106, the required protection distance drops to 60% from distances up to 25m.
‘The test results are impressive,’ commented Mr Hulttinen. ‘Naturally, we need to keep in mind that process noise is also highly dependent on other equipment used on site. The new Urban series is a first of its kind that adapts to all crushing operations and actively protects the health and safety of the plant personnel and residents.’
In addition to very low noise emissions, the Lokotrack Urban mobile plant is equipped with an advanced dust suppression set-up. The dust is funnelled to stay inside the crusher while a high-pressure water spraying system absorbs most dust particles from the air.
Other key benefits of the Lokotrack include reduced maintenance and easy transportation so it can be moved from one site to another quickly and efficiently.
