The demand is for bigger capacity plants of above 250 to 400TPH.

Venkata Ramana,
Manager Accounts,
Puzzolana Machinery Fabricators.

Puzzolana today is the leading supplier of crushing plants with more than 4000 plants in India.

Puzzolana utilizing indigenously available sources and expertise developed complete technology for aggregates / mining ores crushing and screening and developed itself in to an engineering organization engaged in the design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of crushing and screening plants on turnkey basis. “We have experience with all types of rocks and minerals in India so as to decide the configuration of plants,” states Venkata Ramana, Manager Accounts, Puzzolana Machinery Fabricators. Excerpts from the interview

How do you assess the growth potential for static and wheeled / tracked plants from various sectors such as realty, rail corridors and irrigation projects?

The growth pattern with 40 plus kilometres of road per day, the major demand is for construction machinery with increased plant capacity like 300 to 500 TPH of fine aggregates (-) 20mm and sand plants. Three stage and four stage crushing plants of higher capacity +300TPH plants are in demand with an emphasis to produce manufactured sand and (-) 20 mm aggregate for Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) roads. In case of hilly areas and green field projects crawler mounted crushers with 3 – stage application ie  – jaw, cone and VSI with screens are in demand. In case of rail projects the aggregate required is from 9-060 to 25 mm and balance material is sand. Quality is vital. The capacity of the plant is +300tph of 4 stage plant.

Tell us the unique features of Sander for manufacturing sand?

Puzzolana Sander works on floating shaft principle. The main advantages of this Sander is that it works on gyratory motion similar to cone crusher, and has a higher reduction ratio ensuring high productivity of sand at a low operating cost. Sander can be installed in any existing crushing plant as a standalone unit to produce sand. Sander eliminates the need of classification as the micro fines generated is within the permissible limits of IS 383 Zone II.

What is the trend with regard to machine control technologies in your range?

All our equipments are maintenance friendly and all necessary indications and alarms are in built and provision of extra terminals are there for conversion / incorporation of automation  as per the demand of our customers.

Tell us about the growth prospects of crushers and screens and what is the CAGR expected?

The growth pattern for new roads is grown from 18 km/day to 38 km/ day in last 4 years and the government’s plan is to make it +50km /day. In case of coal, to increase mining to such an extent, slowly coal imports to be reduced to minimum. This has created an increasing demand for bigger capacities of plants above 250 to 400TPH plants.   The current CAGR is pegged at plus 15% and expected to reach to maximum up to 25%.

Brief us on the steps initiated to enhance aftersales / back up support?

We have located our service team almost at all crushing zones and also separate teams at Puzzolana branch offices at all regions and also with all our associates locations. We have enhanced the in house foundries capacities to take care of wear parts needs. We have added manufacturing facilities and stock points to handle the spares requirements.

What is scenario looks like with regards to the availability of skilled operators?

Puzzolana has the IESC (Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council ) approved Training Partner  for  training of operators &  Orientation  & Alignment as Trainer and Assessor for Recognition of Prior Learning 4 (RPL 4) scheme of NSD.

What do you think the major parameters a customer looks into while opting for a crushing plant?

Aggregate requirement and time period of the project

• Availability of quarrying and aggregates decide the type of plant – mobile / skid /stationary, capacity of plant 200 / 300 /450 / 600 TPH etc.
• Number of stages – 2 or 3-stage plants. If sand requirement is there, then consider fourth stage with Sander.  (Jaw + Cone + VSI + Sander) for concrete sand and plaster sand to ensure cost effective production
• Through improved design and materials of wear parts
• Better utilization of connected load (Power).
• Reduce the re-crushing in each stage and add another stage
• Ensure that minimum wastage of crushed material

Why should a customer opt for your range of crushers / screens?

We have located our service team almost at all crushing zones and also separate teams at Puzzolana branch offices at all regions and also with all our associates locations. We have enhanced the in house foundries capacities to take care of the wear parts needs. We have added manufacturing facilities and stock points to handle the spares requirements. We have also entered into parts agreements to stock the parts at the plant locations. We always meet the plant operators / site managers and explain them if there is any improvements with respect to maintenance and operation practices.

Puzzolana utilizing indigenously available sources and expertise developed complete technology for aggregates / mining ores crushing and screening and developed itself in to an engineering organization engaged in the design, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of crushing and screening plants on turnkey basis. We have experience with all types of rocks and minerals in India so as to decide the configuration of plants and Puzzolana today is the leading supplier of crushing plants with more than 4000 plants in India.

What do you think the major challenges for the healthy growth of the crushers and screens industry?

The growth of country is rated by the growth in infrastructure in the form of smart cities, super express ways, dedicated railway corridors and high speed trains, power plants, hydro, thermal and nuclear plants. The government needs to speed up the approval processes, pollution clearances, and mining leases. Settlement of NBFC in terms of financing of crushing plants can boost the industry growth.

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