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One Si n g u l a r So l u t i o nSeveral years ago, the CarmeuseLime and Stone Quarry inCedarville, Michigan, hit a door-diepoint—“either rebuild its entirecrushing facility, or flounder,” says SiteManager Ray LeClair, who was hired onas the go-to-guy to get a new plant upand running. The challenge was replacingequipment from the 1930s which hadbeen relocated to Cedarville in the 1950swhere it had operated with no upgradesother than maintenance for the next 50-plus years. The original primary crusherwas located nearly a mile and a half fromthe quarry face requiring three costly150-ton trucks to haul material from theface to the primary feeder. “The planthad experienced numerous breakdownswith equipment that was just worn out.Upgrading was the right thing to do.We could reduce hauling, energy andA heavy-duty, 8’ x 20’, double deck scalping screen processes as much as 1,600 tph of 12” minus stone.10 volume 3, number 1 | Today’s aggregate & mining solutions