Helsinki, Finland-based Metso’s Lokotrack Urban series mobile crushing plant can be used in densely populated environments, such as city centers by incorporating noise protection and cutting dust emission.
“We developed this new solution to make it possible to run crushing operations in the most heavily regulated urban environments. Obtaining environmental permits is very tough when crushing in densely populated areas. The new Lokotrack Urban series, however, provides robust crushing power while minimizing the impact for people and communities around the site,” says Jouni Hulttinen, product manager of Lokotrack mobile crushing plants at Metso.
Environmental permits usually regulate the noise level caused by the crushing operations. From occupational health and safety perspective, 85 decibels is the most common level defined that requires ear protection, although even much lower levels can be disturbing for people living or working around crushing sites. With the noise-protected Lokotrack Urban LT106, the required protection distance is designed to drop up to 60 percent from 82 feet to 36 feet.
“The test results are impressive. Naturally, we need to keep in mind that process noise is also highly dependent on other equipment used on site. The new Urban series is first of its kind that adapts to all crushing operations and actively protects the health and safety of the plant personnel and civilians,” Hulttinen says.
In addition to noise emissions, the Lokotrack Urban series includes a dust suppression system. The dust is funneled to stay inside the mobile crushing plant and a high-pressure water spraying system absorbs dust particles from the air. The environmental features integrated into the mobile plant do not require any special maintenance.
“We developed this new solution to make it possible to run crushing operations in the most heavily regulated urban environments. Obtaining environmental permits is very tough when crushing in densely populated areas. The new Lokotrack Urban series, however, provides robust crushing power while minimizing the impact for people and communities around the site,” says Jouni Hulttinen, product manager of Lokotrack mobile crushing plants at Metso.
Environmental permits usually regulate the noise level caused by the crushing operations. From occupational health and safety perspective, 85 decibels is the most common level defined that requires ear protection, although even much lower levels can be disturbing for people living or working around crushing sites. With the noise-protected Lokotrack Urban LT106, the required protection distance is designed to drop up to 60 percent from 82 feet to 36 feet.
“The test results are impressive. Naturally, we need to keep in mind that process noise is also highly dependent on other equipment used on site. The new Urban series is first of its kind that adapts to all crushing operations and actively protects the health and safety of the plant personnel and civilians,” Hulttinen says.
In addition to noise emissions, the Lokotrack Urban series includes a dust suppression system. The dust is funneled to stay inside the mobile crushing plant and a high-pressure water spraying system absorbs dust particles from the air. The environmental features integrated into the mobile plant do not require any special maintenance.
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