With dimensions and sizes customised to meet plant layout and material characteristics, FLS Buffalo feeders are designed for continuous use in challenging process environments. FLS Buffalo feeders offer reliable, efficient, and economical operation throughout their entire operating life, delivering controlled material transfer. They are ideally suited to the handling of soft rock minerals, such as coal, in surface and underground applications.
FLS Buffalo feeders feature a heavy-duty design with replaceable supports and parts throughout the full length of the equipment. Delivering dependable performance day in, day out, these feeders reclaim bulk materials at a continuous rate, providing a consistent material flow to onward material handling or processing steps.
The modular design of the FLS Buffalo feeder allows it to be tailored to specific plant layouts and material characteristics, making it easy to ship and install. With adaptable discharge heights, loading deck lengths, and deck widths, it accommodates a wide feeding range economically. FLS Buffalo reclaim feeders are available for both fixed and mobile installations. Mobile units can relocate as mining progresses, particularly useful in underground applications. In many cases, the feeders are self-propelled, adding flexibility in handling material as extraction locations shift.
All wear parts are of a bolted design facilitating the replacement. This includes keepers and decks. The drives are fitted with rigid couplings to facilitate removal. Sub-assemblies are easily accessible to promote ease of replacement. The operating principles and sub equipment selection has been done in a manner to minimize operator and service intervention. Maintenance access hatches allow for maintenance of the flight bars, decks, and chains. Bearings are lubricated from an accessible auto lube system.
FLS Buffalo feeders are ideally suited in soft rock applications such as coal and potash. The Feeders covers a wide range of applications in both surface and underground installations. On surface common applications include the reclaim of stockpiled or ROM bulk material, fed by trucks, front-end loaders, or dozers, they deliver consistent flow to a conveyor belt, crusher, sizer, or other processing equipment. FLS Buffalo Reclaim feeders are an ideal backup system for stacker and reclaimer systems, and they can be implemented for side tipping or back tipping applications to reduce double material handling. In underground applications the feeders most commonly form the interface between shuttle cars and the section conveyor belt ensuring steady flow of material. In these applications breakers are regularly employed to reduce product lumps to manageable sizes.
We approach your bulk material project as partners, invested in your success, ready to provide complete lifecycle support to help your plant achieve its full potential. Our experts deliver tailored solutions and are always on hand to provide expert inspection, assessment, troubleshooting, and optimisation, including operator training for safe and more production operations. We also offer full aftersales support, including installation, commissioning, maintenance contracts, and supervision. Spare parts are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, while our global presence allows timely response to requests. Open dialogue between customers and sales representatives helps planning spare part inventories for faster delivery time with minimal downtime of equipment.
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