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Efficient compaction BRAZIL: Learn about the world’s largest mobile crushing project URUGUAY: Accelerated investments in road infrastructure TUNISIA: Strong local partner for Ciber asphalt plants October / 2013 Number 28 www.ciber.com.br Luiz Marcelo Tegon, President of Ciber >>> E D I T O R A L COMPACTION EFFICIENCY he special report in this edition of Usina de Notícias is dedicated to earth compac- tion. The stages of this process are fun- Tdamental to making sure the other stages of the work are not damaged by sinking, cracking, cre- vices or other types of deformation. It is always important to study the earth before starting a project, paying close attention to the fact that wing demand for new technology and equipment that serves each type of soil requires a different compac- different solutions innovatively. Hamm offers all the know- ter and that characteristics such as climate also ledge of its more than hundred years in the compaction bu- have an influence on quality compaction. In siness and its lineup includes over 90 models of compaction this report, we also include technical informa- rollers, combining performance efficiency and savings, in this tion, such as recommendations on which types way always ensuring superior results. of compaction roller are best for each situation, We have dealers spread out all across Brazil, with delivery so as to ensure greater productivity and fuel sa- agility and the availability of a large parts inventory. Our te- vings. chnicians are also fully prepared to supply the best product Many of our clients in Brazil and around the support to you and your company. You can rely on Hamm for world are aware of the incomparable quality of all your compaction demands, be they for earth or asphalt. We Hamm compactors. 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Usina de Notícias / CIBER - No. 28 - October / 2013 03 table Special of RECYCLED ASPHALT IN DEALERS IN AFRICA RIO GRANDE DO SUL 16 infrastructure CASTELLAR ENGENHARIA WORKS ON PROJECT TO RENEW HIGHWAY COMPACTION SARL TRACTOR PARTS SERVICES TPS Phone: 213 21 44 54 89/31 IN CORONEL BARROS, IN RURAL AREA FOR ALL TYPES Fax: 213 21 44 81 72 OF EARTH E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.tps-algerie.com he main shipping method in Brazil is via highway. vides site leveling, signage, drainage, and maintenance and This process is crucial to road building Operating region: Algeria With a road network of approximately 1,6 million repair services, to name just a few. and requires attention and the T km, some of them paved and others not, it is extre- Among its current jobs, the firm is repairing pavement WIRTGEN SOUTH AFRICA PTY LTD. mely important for the national roads to be in good condi- on highway BR-285 in Coronel Barros, Rio Grande do Phone: 27 11 452 18 38 right equipment tion for this process to take place quickly and without losses. Sul. The work is already in its final stage and is scheduled Fax: 27 11 452 48 86 for completion in December of 2013. According to Ivaldo E-mail: [email protected] At the end of 2012, the Federal Government launched a Website: www.wirtgen.co.za program to invest in logistics that will direct BRL 133 billion Deoud, equipment director at Castellar Engenharia, the Operating region: South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, to modernizing and expanding highways and railways, fur- progress of the work has been entirely satisfactory and is on Africa Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, ther proving the importance of applying funds to infrastruc- track to meet their deadline. He also pointed out the work 10 Namibia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya ture. they are doing is fundamentally important to the highway’s Castellar Engenharia, headquartered in the city of Curi- users. MOVITER EQUIPAMENTOS LDA. Among the equipment they use, one standout is the TUNISIA Phone: 351 244 850 240 tiba, is one of the companies that contributes to keeping hi- contents Fax: 351 244 850 241 ghways in good conditions for traffic. The company operates Vögele Super 700 paver, which assists in the process of ap- E-mail: [email protected] all across Brazil, with special attention to the Southern and plying pavement to small repairs (potholes). The Super 700 UACF 15P-1 plant a standout Website: www.moviter.pt Southeastern regions. In addition to paving work, it also pro- is a paver that moves on crawler tracks. It’s perfect for filling Operating region: Angola trenches with asphalt, covering paths or paved areas or hi- >>> ghway with traffic. For Castellar, its performance has been extremely important. “It surpassed our initial expectations, SMDM – SOCIÉTÉ MAROCAINE DE Other work in the Southern Brazilian Infrastructure DISTRIBUTION MATÉRIEL so much so that we purchased another and now have two,” 14 Phone: 212 5 23 31 88 00 city should end in December 2013 stated Deoud. Fax: 212 5 23 32 63 96 E-mail: [email protected] TWO IN ONE Operating region: Morocco Paver applies asphalt and base layer SOTRADIES Phone: 216 71 771366 Fax: 216 71 798966 E-mail: [email protected] Operating region: Republic of Tunisia Latin America 26 SCOA TRAC Phone: 234 1 2802072 / 234 8034087262 Fax: 234 1 4521683 URUGUAY E-mail: [email protected] Operating region: Nigeria Ciber: the plant preferred by Uruguayans 04 Usina de Notícias / CIBER - No. 28 - October / 2013 Usina de Notícias / CIBER - No. 28 - October / 2013 05 EFFICIENCY: THE WORLD’S LARGEST MOBILE CRUSHING mobile crushing mobile PROJECT IS IN RJ, USING KLEEMANN MACHINERY EIGHT PIECES OF KLEEMANN EQUIPMENT TAKE PART IN THE WORLD’S LAR- GEST MOBILE CRUSHING PROJECT IN RIO DE JANEIRO, PRODUCING 900 TONS/HOUR he worldwide trend to replace fixed plants with Currently, their two new crushing lines produce 900 mobile ones for crushing projects is here to tons of product per hour, and they can even reach 1,000 T stay in Brazil. This initiative in particular has tons/hour. brought together no fewer than eight pieces of mobile Their fleet of mobile machinery consists of the follo- crushing and screening equipment. The machines work wing models: MCO 13 (cone crusher), MCO 13S (cone for Tamoio Mineração S.A., in Jacarepaguá, in the city of crusher with triple-decker screen unit) and the MS 23D Rio de Janeiro. The company is the city’s only gravel sup- (mobile triple-deck screening unit on crawler tracks). For plier, which gives it extremely important competitive ad- the first step of crushing, the plant relies on the following vantages to stand out in supplying large local urbanization models: MC 140 Z (jaw crusher on crawler tracks with and infrastructure works. integrated pre-screening system and hydraulic crusher In order to meet such high demand, Tamoio Mine- coupled to the feeding inlet) and the MC 120 Z (jaw cru- ração S.A. chose equipment by Kleemann, which belon- sher on crawler tracks with integrated pre-screening sys- gs to the Wirtgen Group, alongside the Wirtgen, Vögele, tem). Hamm and Ciber brands. “With our need to evolve, to One of the main advantages in replacing stationa- innovate, we invested in Kleemann products,” said Or- ry plants with mobile ones is that they reduce operating lando Ribeiro, vice-president of Tamoio Mineração S.A. costs. The high cost of transporting rocks to the crushing 06 Usina de Notícias / CIBER - No. 28 - October / 2013 Usina de Notícias / CIBER - No. 28 - October / 2013 07 plant becomes a thing of the past with mobile crushing. “Our production speed is exceptional, in addition to SAVINGS their added mobility, meaning we can make any changes that become necessary,” emphasized Orlando Ribeiro. In Another advantage lies in lowering opera- the opinion of Jorge Sales, regional sales consultant for ting costs. Their Dual-Power system makes it Wirtgen Brasil, another highlight is the added value of the possible to operate Kleemann machinery on equipment: “With these mobile machines, at the end of a either diesel fuel or electricity, external sour- ces of energy that make them more versatile. mobile crushing mobile job you can use them on other projects, which gives them a higher added value.” Also regarding costs, one common wor- Tamoio Mineração S.A.’s choice of Kleemann machi- ry among companies purchasing crushers is nery arose from its visits to other large miners around the Orlando Ribeiro, vice-president of premature wear to parts. Answering this con- cern perfectly, Kleemann’s mobile units are world in North America, Asia and Europe and learning Tamoio Mineração S/A designed to avoid such deterioration.