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Processing equipment solutions for the aggregates industry

Aggregates are the most mined materials in the world, and high throughput is vital to stay competitive. We are the preferred partner for aggregates operations all over the world, offering equipment for feeding, crushing, screening, washing, dewatering and thermal processing.

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Experience you can trust

  • 100+years of process equipment experience

    More than a century of experience across mining and adjacent industries, transformed into value for aggregates customers.

  • 12equipment categories for aggregates

    From primary crushing to final dewatering — covering the key processing stages of your aggregates operation.

  • 3sub-markets served

    Wash plants, sand plants and frac sand operations — each with specific process requirements that our equipment is designed to meet.

  • 24/7global lifecycle support

    Spare parts, field service, upgrades and digital monitoring — keeping your operation running at peak efficiency.

Frequently asked questions

FAQ

Wash plants use wet processing to remove clay, silt and other contaminants from aggregate and sand, producing clean product for construction use. Specialty sand, including frac sand operations, produce high-purity, precisely graded silica sand to API specifications for use in hydraulic fracturing — requiring tighter process controls, thorough washing, precise classification and thermal drying.

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Which type of aggregates operation are you running?

We focus on mined aggregates such as sand, gravel and stone. Whether your operation is dry, wet or a combination, we have equipment and expertise to match.

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Recovering quality product while managing water and waste

In aggregates operations focused on sand and gravel, washing or wet processing is required to obtain the highest level of output quality.
As with our dry processing products, we utilise achievements from other industries to provide premium solutions in the wet stage. Proven solutions in this area include slurry pumps, hydrocyclones, knife gate valves, filters and filter presses, screens, attrition scrubbers, clarifiers and thickeners.
Water recovery and responsible discharge are increasingly critical in wash plant operations. Our thickeners and clarifiers support both product quality and environmental compliance.

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Recovering saleable sand from waste streams

In an aggregate plant, cyclones are most commonly used to recover saleable sand from a waste stream. Recovering sand from the classifier or sand screw overflow stream can add a significant amount of otherwise wasted material to the product.
In a typical sand recovery system, the sand screw overflow reports to a sump. A pump feeds the overflow to an elastomer-lined cyclone. The cyclone underflow contains the sand — it can be returned to the sand screw about three-quarters of the way up the screw, or stacked as a fine sand product. The cyclone overflow typically reports to the waste pond

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Precision sizing, purity and drying for API-grade frac sand

Specialty sand, including frac, production requires tighter tolerances than standard aggregate processing. API specifications govern particle size distribution, crush resistance and turbidity — all of which depend on precise classification, thorough washing and effective drying.
The process typically involves scrubbing (to remove silica coatings), precise wet classification, dewatering and thermal drying to achieve the moisture content required for transport and use. Each stage demands equipment that can maintain consistency at high throughput.

The process

FLS equipment at every processing stage

Dry processing makes up the core of all aggregates operations. In operations focused on sand and gravel, washing or wet processing is added to obtain the highest level of output quality. FLS equipment covers feeding through to final dewatering and drying.

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    Feeding

    Feeders control the rate and flow of raw material into the crushing circuit, protecting downstream equipment and ensuring consistent throughput.

    Apron feeders, Vibrating grizzly feeders, vMAX, Belt feeders, Hybrid apron feeders 

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    Crushing and screening

    Whether the task at hand is processing coarse feeds, intermittent feeds, high yields or simply high throughputs, our Raptor cone crushers and jaw crushers combine proven and modern technology to meet any needs.
    Raptor® cone crushers, Jaw crushers , millMAX-e, ABON® sizers, Gyratory crushers

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    Washing

    Our wide range of screening solutions merge high throughput with high output quality in the classification processing stages, and our products are among the most durable on the market. Attrition scrubbers clean material surfaces before classification.
    Screens, gravelMAX, slurryMAX, Attrition scrubbers , millMAX, gMAX

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    Dewatering and water recovery

    Solutions for washing and wet processing include hydrocyclones, density separators, centrifuges, filters and filter presses, clarifiers and thickeners — covering every stage from sand recovery to final water treatment.

    KREBS® gMAX® cyclones, Centrifuges, Filters,  slurryMAX, millMAX, millMAX-e,  vMAX, Thickeners & Clarifiers

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    Other

    For operations producing dried product — particularly frac sand — rotary dryers and kilns remove residual moisture to meet product specifications for transport and end use.
    Rotary dryers, Kilns

Built for throughput, reliability and the long term

  • Throughput and uptime

    In the aggregates industry, productivity is essentially a combination of tonnes per day and end output quality. As aggregates belong in the heavy-duty end of mining materials, machines must be able to handle high and constant loads.

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  • Proven and scalable

    We offer proven, reliable and scalable productivity solutions — extremely durable equipment, industry-leading service and support, and high-performance parts ensuring that the productivity of your operation is second to none.

    Our parts and services

  • Total cost of ownership

    Aggregates operations are very capital-intensive. We help your business maintain a competitive edge by enhancing efficiency, durability and safety, as well as reducing downtime and total cost of ownership.

    Lifecycle services

  • Digital integration

    With the latest digital technologies, we help you translate data from equipment sensors into productivity-enhancing solutions — diagnosing equipment health, anticipating failures, predicting spare parts needed and optimising processes.

    Digital services