CANTOMA Increases the Capacity and Quality of Aggregates Production with a Complete MEKA Plant

Due to the high demand for aggregates in southeastern Anatolia Türkiye, CANTOMA, wanted to install a new crushing plant in the limestone quarry to increase production capacity and the quality of the end products. MEKA has been chosen as partner for this new strategic project. A complete new crushing plant with 1000 tons/hour capacity was delivered for the production of concrete aggregates and manufactured sand.

Old Site in Need of an Upgrade

Despite numerous re-constructions, the old plant had started to fall behind. The modifications and adjustments over the years had resulted in the production process being slightly off-balance and the daily run-time of the plant was less than expected. Aware of the problems, the CANTOMA site managers started looking into ways of investing in a new plant.

CANTOMA contacted MEKA to explore ways of solving the current problems at the site.Through mutual discussions and on-site inspections, it became clear that whatever the solution would be, it should allow CANTOMA to produce multiple end products sold to ready-mix plants,construction companies, the asphalt industry, and other end-users.

Furthermore, the production volumes of different grain sizes should be adjustable according to current demand, and the production capacity of the most popular end products ought to be increased considerably.

MEKA experts assessed all the production parameters and proposed the installation of a plant with three crushing and screening stages. In the first stage of the project, Primary Impact Crusher is chosen for the maximum reduction of the feed material size; and horizontal shaft impact crushers for upgrading the final product were laid in the second and the third stages. It was suggested to include screening on the horizontal screens in the process line for better material separation, including the small sizes. The conventional three-staged process flow diagram guaranteed the production of high-quality aggregates, optimize the shape of the end products and increase the capacity of the most valuable sizes.

Good Teamwork Brought the Desired Result

All involved in the project have been satisfied with the smooth cooperation and the performance of the new plant.

“The collaboration has been very good from the planning phase and delivery to assembly, start-up, and training. We had some challenges, but we solved them together, we have received good feedback on how the plant is operating, its capacity, and so on’’ Site Manager notes.