Churston Expands Its Product Range

Formed in 2020 to manufacture and supply parts for underground/surface coal mining and power generation industry, Churston focuses on feeder breakers, plant feeders, reclaim feeders and mineral sizers. The company has recently expanded its product range – at the request of valued customers – into the supply of complete machines, feeder breakers (low/high seam), reclaim feeders, plant feeders, sizers overhauls/spares/repairs and services.

Based in Boksburg, the company prides itself on producing quality parts that perform to the expectations of customers.

Churston believes it is of paramount importance for the coal mining and power generation industry in South Africa to have access to readily available, locally manufactured, quality products, which will result in huge cost savings, and will create jobs.

Feeders and feeder breakers

The company’s constant product development and innovation has ensured that the Churston feeder breaker is now an industry standard. The feeder breaker is traditionally used as an interface between mobile mining machinery and the processing systems. The main function of the feeder breaker is to reduce the product down to a conveyable size and facilitate the smooth transfer of material onto the mine’s conveyor belt system.

In addition to Churston’s standard design feeder breakers, the company also offers customised designs – in terms of feed rate, end product size, mobility, ancillary machinery and mining conditions – according to the customer’s specific requirements.

Churston also offers a range of modular design reclaim feeders, which are ideal for a number of minerals handling applications. These offer clients customisable, economical, and productive solutions for minerals handling applications of all sizes.

Reclaim feeders and feeder breakers are used to reclaim stockpiles and run-of-mine (ROM) mining at a continuous feed rate. These reclaim feeders function as the interface between trucks, front-end loaders, or dozers suppling material, and essentially reclaim material in a controlled process to a conveyor belt, sizer, or other process equipment.

The Churston reclaim feeders are an ideal backup system for stacker and reclaimer systems, and can be used for side-tipping or back-tipping applications, to reduce double handling of material, a move that will also help to lower costs.

Plant feeders and plant feeder breakers

Plant feeders and plant feeder breakers are traditionally used for ROM mining and processing systems. The main function of the plant feeder breaker is to reduce the product down to a conveyable size, and to allow for smooth transfer of material onto the mine’s conveyor belt system.

In addition to Churston’s standard range of plant feeders and feeder breakers, the organisation also offers customised designs to the customer-specific requirements, in terms of feed rate, product size, and feed
bin design.

Finally, Churston sizers – developed for primary sizing applications lower than a 1 000tph – are also used at ROM tips and process plants or underground applications. These Churston sizers are constructed to superlative durability, with low maintenance requirements, resulting in cost-effective operating expenditures.