CDE washing plant completed at Tooperang Quarry

Tooperang Quarry has completed a silica sand washing plant at a new site near Adelaide, South Australia. The plant has been supplied by CDE and is producing glass sands for use by Owens-Illinois at its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Adelaide . The new turnkey plant includes a range of equipment from the CDE product portfolio including the M2500 with integrated Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU); EvoWash fines recovery system; fine sand screens, attrition cells and spirals. The plant confi
December 2, 2013
CDE team at Tooperang Quarry
The CDE team at Tooperang Quarry, Australia

Tooperang Quarry has completed a silica sand washing plant at a new site near Adelaide, South Australia.

The plant has been supplied by 3702 CDE Global and is producing glass sands for use by Owens-Illinois at its glass bottle manufacturing plant in Adelaide .

The new turnkey plant includes a range of equipment from the CDE product portfolio including the M2500 with integrated Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU); EvoWash fines recovery system; fine sand screens, attrition cells and spirals.

The plant configuration also includes an AquaCycle thickener which is said to reduce the volume of fresh water required to feed the washing plant by more than 90%.