Sooraj Cherukat, Head - Sales & Business Development, Hailstone Innovations
What new crushing, screening, washing and M-sand solutions are you offering to address customer's varied requirements?
Hailstone has developed wheel-mounted jaw and cone crusher solutions, with a focus on mobility, flexibility and reduced operating costs. The wheel-mounted jaw crusher is designed for customers who require a crushing solution that can be transported and deployed relatively quickly between locations. It is particularly relevant for contractors, infrastructure projects, quarry operators and customers working across multiple sites, where a permanent stationary plant may not always be practical.Hailstone’s cone crusher solution, with a floating-shaft design, is aimed at secondary and tertiary crushing applications requiring consistent reduction, controlled product shape and reliable production.
Overall, these solutions are designed to provide application-specific crushing systems based on feed material, capacity, product requirements and site conditions, while offering greater mobility, lower operating expenditure and flexibility across road construction, aggregate production, quarrying and project-based applications.
What advantages do your solutions offer in terms of energy efficiency, wear-part and component life, manpower, uptime, and resale value?
At Hailstone, we increasingly see customers evaluating equipment based on total cost of ownership and cost per tonne, rather than only the initial capital investment. Our primary focus is therefore on reducing operating expenditure (OPEX) while maintaining reliable production and product quality. We address this through efficient equipment selection, appropriate plant configuration, application-based wear-part selection and process engineering. Correct sizing and design help ensure that available power is used effectively, while proper operating practices and preventive maintenance can improve component and wear-part life.Uptime also depends on plant design, preventive maintenance, critical spares availability and technical support. Hailstone supports customers with spares, wear parts, technical assistance, troubleshooting and after-sales service, while our process engineering approach focuses on maximising saleable output rather than simply total tonnes processed.
Performance such as fuel consumption, wear life and production vary depending on material, configuration and operating conditions, so we evaluate each application individually rather than applying one universal figure. Our overall objective is to reduce cost per tonne while maintaining reliable production and saleable output.
What progress has your company made in product engineering, manufacturing quality, testing, automation and application expertise to meet international standards?
Hailstone has been strengthening its capabilities across product engineering, manufacturing, quality control and application engineering as we expand into international markets. Our products and manufacturing systems operate within an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality framework, and our export-oriented products include CE-certified equipment, supporting customers in markets where such compliance is required.Our focus is not simply to manufacture individual machines but to develop complete solutions around the customer's application, considering feed material, capacity, reduction requirements, product specifications, plant layout and operating conditions. Hailstone manufactures solutions across crushing, screening, washing, conveying, recycling and complete plant applications, including stationary, wheel-mounted and track-mounted configurations. Our objective is to combine Indian manufacturing capability with internationally relevant engineering, quality systems and application expertise to serve diverse operating environments.
How do you ensure that locally sourced components and vendor-manufactured parts consistently meet your design & quality specifications?
For critical components, consistency is particularly important because component reliability directly affects plant performance and equipment availability. As Hailstone expands its product range and international presence, strengthening the vendor ecosystem remains an important area of focus, including improvements in manufacturing capability, quality consistency, process control and technical understanding. Our objective is to develop a reliable and technically capable supplier ecosystem that can support Hailstone's quality requirements and international growth.
Do you offer repair, rebuilding or remanufacturing of crushers and major components? How much can rebuilding reduce customer cost and turnaround time, and what performance assurance or warranty is provided?
Hailstone provides after-sales service, spare-parts and wear-part support, technical assistance and maintenance support for its crushing and screening equipment. For major components, the appropriate approach depends on the equipment condition, application, component involved and technical assessment. Where technically suitable, repair or rebuilding can provide customers with a more economical alternative to complete replacement and can potentially reduce the time required to restore the equipment to operation.The actual saving in cost and turnaround time varies from case to case, depending on the extent of damage, component condition, availability of replacement parts and work required. Hailstone therefore assesses the component technically before recommending repair, rebuilding or replacement. Where rebuilding is undertaken, the applicable performance expectations and warranty or service terms are determined based on the scope of refurbishment and the specific component. Ultimately, our objective is to extend equipment life, reduce unnecessary replacement costs, and minimise customer downtime.
