FEATURE POWER PLAY
CENTRAL STONE POWERS PORTABLE ROCK CRUSHING PLANT WITH ONSITE ENERGY GENERATION.
By Mark S. Kuhar
CHALLENGE: Choosing the best
option for remote power generation.
SOLUTION:
A 1.5 MW MTU onsite energy generator set.
TIP: The Series 4000 has
experience operating day in and day out under extreme conditions.
from a number of separate opera‐ tions. Aggregate produced by Central Stone is used to build homes, roads and a wide variety of public and pri‐ vate construction projects in its mar‐ ket area.
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The quarries are largely in rural or remote areas where utility power is not always available, so Central Stone generates the power it needs to run the rock‐crushing plant on‐ site using a diesel generator set.
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entral Stone Co. operates quar‐ ries in Illinois and Missouri, producing aggregate products
When one of the company's rock crushing plants was recently up‐ graded and required more power, the company turned to MTU Onsite En‐ ergy for a complete remote power solution.
"We have a 1.5 MW prime‐rated MTU Onsite Energy generator set that powers the portable rock‐crushing plant for about ten and a half hours every day,"
said Dell Moss, quarry superintend‐ ent for Central Stone. "The plant has
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