Rockster hybrid crusher nominated for innovation award

Rockster Recycler R1100DE hybrid impact crusher.

Austria-based manufacturer of track-mounted crushers and screens, Kormann Rockster Recycler GmbH, has announced that its new R1100DE hybrid impact crusher has been nominated for the Innovation Award as part of the World Demolition Awards. Award winners will be announced at the 2014 World Demolition Summit Nov. 6 in Amsterdam.

The sixth consecutive World Demolition Awards are intended to reward best practice and innovation within the demolition industry.

The judging panel is made up of eight highly respected figures from the global demolition sector, including the current president of the European Demolition Association, Pilar de la Cruz.
Hybrid crusher R1100DE is one of six nominees worldwide in the Innovations category.

Rockster says its latest project is the first parallel hybrid impact crusher worldwide. Features of the company’s new crusher include:

• a Power Caps system allows the machine to store electrical energy to manage demand peaks for a smooth and continuous production of up to 450 tons per hour;
• the unique design incorporates the permanent magnetic drive technology with the Power Caps system, allowing to decrease the fuel consumption up to 30 percent;
• hydrostatic pumps supply only the oil flow needed, reducing system heat and saving costs;
• through the new control display, the R1100DE has the possibility of continuous, fully hydraulic gap adjustment;
• the hydraulic overload protection assures a prevention of blockages and the automatic, continuous control of the adjusted feeder speed;
• the R1100DE also is equipped with the unique, double-functional return belt system, meaning it can be used as a discharge conveyor to produce two final products in one workflow, as well as for return of oversized materials directly back to the feeder for a closed circuit; and
• can be converted from an impact crusher into a jaw crusher with its patented Duplex system.

The innovation award is an award open solely to manufacturers and unique in the respect of being the only global award to be judged by the demolition industry itself. There are six companies that are in the running for the innovation award this year. In order to be shortlisted, the products have already gone through a rigorous judging process.

The winners of each category will be announced at the 2014 World Demolition Summit that will be held at the NH Grand Krasnapolski Hotel in Amsterdam, with the World Demolition Awards being presented at the gala dinner.