Previously, a US produced separator was in place at Tugnuyskaya CPP, but it constantly required attention due to frequent breakdowns and low servicebility of the chain (the chain ran for 2.5 months). We replaced the old equipment with a DRMSDRMS-3673 heavy-medium separator. Now the chain has to be changed once every 6 months. Also our separator shows excellent efficiency, even during an overload (with a standard load of 400 t/h, but in fact the client loads it up to 800-850 t/h).
The company also installed TAPP Group centrifuges, which are superior to competitors, producing lower moisture content (competitors' centrifuges produce moisture content of 24% vs. ours - 14%).
Tugnuyskaya concentrator is a company that believed in our equipment first, so as of today they have 24 units from TAPP Group in operation and 70% of all their spare parts are supplied by us.
We helped to fine-tune the plant's maintenance system on an ongoing basis, and the supply of heavy-duty spare parts and equipment has reduced downtime to 842 hours per year. The best plant in Australia has a downtime of 920 hours and Tugnuyskaya is 120 hours ahead. If you translate that into product volumes, they are producing 200,000 tons more concentrate.