CDE unveils Combo Multi – its latest manufactured sand plant with internet

CDE Asia, a leader in inventing wet processing equipment, has launched its new multiple-product manufactured sand plant, christened as Combo Multi. The demand for sand and aggregate is growing exponentially with rapid urbanisation in India and the whole of South East Asia. The need of the hour is to have an eco-friendly solution capable of producing superior quality manufactured sand and clean washed aggregates from a mixed feed grade. Combo Multi is designed to equip users do just that; it comes with the cutting-edge Command Center that allows users to oversee the entire production from anywhere in the world - contact-free.

Produce Several Products from Single Feed
Combo Multi builds upon all the innovations of the original Combo and makes it more robust and smart. It has the ability to process a variety of mixed feed grades and produce two washed aggregates and two manufactured sand out of it. Its inbuilt Turbo Dual Wash Technology ensures that the sand is of high quality and specifications. Combo Multi can produce 4 different types of sand and aggregate products simultaneously from a single feed. This is extremely useful, especially where the quality of feed is of mixed nature, allowing the customers to produce washed aggregates in addition to manufactured sand.

Like all other Combos, it combines feeding, grading, washing, water recycling and stockpiling onto one compact chassis. And it does all this, with an impressive capacity range of 100-200 tph depending on the feed characteristics.

Simple Process. Powerful Processing
Combo Multi uses CDE’s patented washing technology. The raw feed is fed into the equipment through the Hopper Feeding System. The feed hopper features an integrated belt feeder to ensure efficient transfer of material from the hopper to conveyor to screening and the segregation process. Ultra-fines sticking to the surface of the aggregate are blasted with high pressure water jets, after which, two products of required sizes are discharged as cleaned washed fractions.

The balance smaller size particles along with water are passed on to the sand washing and processing zone. This material is thoroughly washed, graded, and dewatered, then stockpiled through two dedicated product conveyors for two different qualities. Rejected silt particles along with wastewater, move to the water management system where 95% of the process water is recycled for reuse, while the ultrafine materials move to the sludge collection bay as a waste. CDE Asia’s unique sludge management technology accelerates the drying time of the tailings for a smaller footprint and allows recycled water to be returned to the Combo washing plant quickly and efficiently.

“We wanted to give our customers even more reasons to include Combo in their fleet,” says Manish Bhartia, MD of CDE Asia. “CDE promotes new technologies and our R&D team is constantly innovating to exceed customer expectations. Our customers wanted a solution that would help them produce washed aggregates and high specification sand using a single equipment. The Combo Multi delivers it all with an added advantage of contact-free remote monitoring capability, which is an essential feature during these Covid times. It is also an eco-friendly solution that recycles up to 95% water and is extremely energy efficient.”

Smart Contact-Free Technology with Internet Inside
The Combo Multi is pre-installed with multiple IoT sensors and internet capability that communicates with CDE Command Center servers throughout its operations. This allows customers to operate their business from anywhere in the world. They can start and stop their Combo remotely, receive daily report of production, power usage, water usage and more, all from the comfort of their homes/offices. Combo Multi is always connected with CDE Command Center by internet, making it possible for the CDE Service Team to assist its customers 365 days a year.

Focus on Continued Innovation
The Combo Multi is the latest addition to the formidable Combo range that was first introduced 7 years ago. Over the past 7 years, Combo has seen major performance upgrades and new feature additions. Today, it is one of the most robust mobile washing plants available in the marketplace and CDE’s dedicated product development team is constantly working to keep its customers steps ahead of their competition, both in terms of quality and efficiency.

Founded in 2006, CDE Asia is one of the leading manufacturers of wet-processing equipment serving a constellation of 24 countries in the Indian subcontinent and South-East Asia, and is part of the CDE group that has its global headquarters in Northern Ireland. The company provides best-in-class breakthrough solutions for the growing shortages of natural sand, recovering value from low-grade minerals through beneficiation, and solving the age-old industry problem of C&D waste disposal by offering novel recycling techniques to recover useful construction materials.

Over the years, the Group has invented and patented many technologies in the above fields and demonstrated its ability to create new products that have redefined the construction, mining, and waste management industries. Solutions are designed to suit local conditions, and they enjoy the irreversible tailwinds of government policies of supporting the green way forward. It is exporting its products to 11 countries, including technologically advanced countries like Japan and South Korea.