Metso : The new Nordberg® NP13(TM) impact crusher takes customers forward again

Press release October 26, 2015 12:30:00 PM CET

The new Nordberg^® NP13^(TM) impact crusher takes customers forward again

Metso Corporation's press release on October 26, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. EET

Nordberg NP13 offers increased efficiency and patented Metso innovations for easy and safe maintenance. NP13 is the second addition to the renewed NP Series, which started with the NP15 launched in 2014.

Metso is now introducing the new Nordberg^® NP13^(TM) impact crusher, the newest addition to a field-proven range of NP Series impact crushers. Designed for increased safety and performance, NP13 is the perfect choice for secondary and tertiary applications.

The new Nordberg NP13 uses the same design as the NP15 but for smaller capacity requirements.

Caption: The new Nordberg® NP13(TM) impact crusher provides significant improvements for your productivity.

'Performance, profitability and maintenance of the crushing plants are at the heart of this new crusher,' says Vincent Schmitt, Metso's Product Manager for NP Series impact crushers.

More throughput, less recirculation

To improve crushing efficiency and produce more end products with less recirculation load, NP13 features a steeper feed angle. This increases material penetration into the rotor and makes the discharge curve less sensitive to blow bar wear, enabling more consistent end products over time without having to change blow bars.

NP13 accepts feed material up to 350 mm (14') and can be equipped with a 315 kW (400 hp) motor on a single drive. Its maximum throughput capacity is up to +20% more than that of the existing NP1213, and it can be installed on a lighter steel structure.

Automation and smart wear part arrangement increase cost efficiency

The number of different side liners has been cut by nearly half compared with the NP1213. NP13 only requires seven different liners. This clever wear part arrangement means more flexibility in the use of the side liners and less need for parts in stock.

Thanks to Metso IC crusher automation, product quality is both predictable and consistent. The Metso IC crusher automation system is available for NP13 as well as for all of Metso's crushers to give accurate control of the crusher parameters for a high-quality product and improved plant profitability.

The wide selection of blow bars ensures that customers always have the right tool, regardless of the abrasiveness of the crushed material. Metso's triple-wedge blow bar attachment system is the easiest on the market and provides a very rigid assembly that allows the use of blow bars with ceramic inserts, even with coarse feed material.

Metso innovations make maintenance safe

To make maintenance safer and easier, NP13 has a new two-part rear frame that combines safety with easy, wide access. The operator can choose which way to open the frame, depending on where access is required.

The removable breaker plate cassette on NP13 ensures the safe replacement of breaker plate liners. This patented innovation consists of a removable assembly so that the breaker plate liners can be changed in a safe place outside the crusher. An additional spare cassette can be prepared in advance to further ease and speed up liner changes.

The NP13 maintenance bridge is an innovative and professional solution that provides safe and easy access to both the highest side liners and the rotor. This means that the operator performing the maintenance is always working under safe conditions.

The patented Self-Rotation Rotor (SRR) system is the centralized point for the setting adjustment and blow bar change, and further increases safety during maintenance operations. Thanks to its automated turning, the rotor provides a safe environment for changing the blow bars without any risk of injury for the operator.

In addition to these benefits, NP13 offers numerous customization options to help customers fit the crusher to their specific technical and business needs. These include a fully hydraulic setting adjustment, third breaker plate, drive equipment, sensors and automatic greasing, among others.

Metso is the world's leading industrial company in the mining and aggregates industries and in the flow control business. Our knowledge, people and solutions help drive sustainable improvements in performance and profitability in our customers' businesses.

Metso has an uncompromising attitude towards safety. Our products range from mining and construction equipment and systems to industrial valves and controls. Our solutions are delivered and supported by decades of process knowledge and a broad scope of services backed by a global footprint of over 90 service centers, thousands of service employees, and an extensive logistics network.

Metso is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland. In 2014, Metso's net sales totaled EUR 3.7 billion. Metso employs approximately 14,000 industry experts in more than 50 countries. Expect results.

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For further information, please contact:

Vincent Schmitt, Product Manager, NP impact crushers, Minerals, Metso,
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Anne Rantanen, Director, Global Communications, Metso Corporation,
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Related links:

http://www.metso.com/products/impact-crushers/nordberg-np13-impact-crusher/

Image captions:

Picture 1: Metso introduced the new Nordberg® NP13(TM) impact crusher in SIM 2015 Exhibition, Belgium.

Picture 2: Metso developed an advanced two-part rear frame for the NP13(TM). The extra large opening of the new frame gives greater access to the breaker plates during wear part replacement.

Picture 3: The new Nordberg® NP13(TM) impact crusher provides significant improvements for your productivity.

Picture 4: The new maintenance bridge gives safe access to the rotor while changing blow bars. The maintenance bridge also gives easy access to the side liners, including the ones located highest.

Picture 5: The new Nordberg NP13(TM) and NP15(TM) impact crushers provide significant improvements for your productivity, safety and uptime.