Extec Screen Helps Safeguard Italian Ceramic Heritage
A new Extec E-7 heavy-duty screen is helping to safeguard the future of fine Italian ceramics. Owned by Modena-based clay excavation specialist Fercav srl, the new unit replaces an older Extec unit and has almost doubled output whilst maintaining operating costs.
Modena-based Fercav srl, a long-established excavation company specialising in clay extraction, has purchased a new Extec E-7 heavy-duty, track-mounted mobile screen. The 28.0 tonne unit replaces an Extec Robotrac screen and has already doubled its production levels.
Long-Established Company
Fercav srl was founded in 1964 by the father and uncle of present owners, Corrado Ferrari and Luigi Portano. Located in Modena at the heart of Italy’s world-famous ceramics industry, the company today employs seven people and is a key supplier of clay to the Marazzi Group, recognised as the world’s largest ceramics producer. The company reports that approximately 95% of its annual production is used by the ceramics sector and with demand running high, the company decided to invest in a new heavy-duty scalping and stockpiling machine.
A longstanding Extec user, the company approached local dealer MAIE spa about a combined rental/demonstration of a suitable machine prior to purchase. With the assistance of MAIE, Fercav decided that the Extec E-7 best suited their higher production needs.
The Extec E-7 is a heavy-duty, track-mounted mobile screening and stockpiling system that is designed for use in the most demanding customer applications. Carried on a sturdy, crusher-type chassis and featuring an adjustable heavy-duty hopper, double-plated apron feeder, and adjustable incline heavy-duty screen box with high throw and vibration characteristics, the E-7 is purpose built for arduous duties. These include the screening of heavy overburden at a quarry face, pre-screening and scalping, recycling of construction and landfill waste, and separation of cohesive aggregates.
Doubling Production
According to Corrado Ferrari, the test was so successful that he immediately stopped renting the machine and decided instead to purchase one of his own. The company says that the most impressive aspect of the Extec E-7 is that it has effectively halved the cost per tonne of production. “The Robotrac was an excellent machine and easily averaged a production level of over 300 tonnes/hour,” Ferrari says. “The new Extec E-7 costs almost exactly the same to operate but it has almost doubled our production levels.”
Although clearly impressed by the output to cost ratio of his new purchase, Ferrari is similarly pleased with many other aspects of the Extec E-7, particularly the machine’s mobility. Ferrari states that the machine’s exceptional manoeuvrability ensures that the loading shovel used to feed it never has to travel more than 10 metres, thereby minimising owning and operating costs still further.
Extec Screen Helps
Extec Screen Helps Safeguard Italian Ceramic Heritage
A new Extec E-7 heavy-duty screen is helping to safeguard the future of fine Italian ceramics. Owned by Modena-based clay excavation specialist Fercav srl, the new unit replaces an older Extec unit and has almost doubled output whilst maintaining operating costs.
Modena-based Fercav srl, a long-established excavation company specialising in clay extraction, has purchased a new Extec E-7 heavy-duty, track-mounted mobile screen. The 28.0 tonne unit replaces an Extec Robotrac screen and has already doubled its production levels.
Long-Established Company
Fercav srl was founded in 1964 by the father and uncle of present owners, Corrado Ferrari and Luigi Portano. Located in Modena at the heart of Italy’s world-famous ceramics industry, the company today employs seven people and is a key supplier of clay to the Marazzi Group, recognised as the world’s largest ceramics producer. The company reports that approximately 95% of its annual production is used by the ceramics sector and with demand running high, the company decided to invest in a new heavy-duty scalping and stockpiling machine.
A longstanding Extec user, the company approached local dealer MAIE spa about a combined rental/demonstration of a suitable machine prior to purchase. With the assistance of MAIE, Fercav decided that the Extec E-7 best suited their higher production needs.
The Extec E-7 is a heavy-duty, track-mounted mobile screening and stockpiling system that is designed for use in the most demanding customer applications. Carried on a sturdy, crusher-type chassis and featuring an adjustable heavy-duty hopper, double-plated apron feeder, and adjustable incline heavy-duty screen box with high throw and vibration characteristics, the E-7 is purpose built for arduous duties. These include the screening of heavy overburden at a quarry face, pre-screening and scalping, recycling of construction and landfill waste, and separation of cohesive aggregates.
Doubling Production
According to Corrado Ferrari, the test was so successful that he immediately stopped renting the machine and decided instead to purchase one of his own. The company says that the most impressive aspect of the Extec E-7 is that it has effectively halved the cost per tonne of production. “The Robotrac was an excellent machine and easily averaged a production level of over 300 tonnes/hour,” Ferrari says. “The new Extec E-7 costs almost exactly the same to operate but it has almost doubled our production levels.”
Although clearly impressed by the output to cost ratio of his new purchase, Ferrari is similarly pleased with many other aspects of the Extec E-7, particularly the machine’s mobility. Ferrari states that the machine’s exceptional manoeuvrability ensures that the loading shovel used to feed it never has to travel more than 10 metres, thereby minimising owning and operating costs still further.
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