Bedeschi SpA has been manufacturing, designing and marketing raw materials handling equipment since 1908 and has thus gained extensive expertise in the cement, bricks, mining, minerals, power, wood, pulp and paper, ecology and waste recycling industries. It fabricates, machines, assembles and test all of its machines in its manufacturing facility which covers in excess of 500,000ft2.
Bedeschi’s line of products encompasses apron feeders, crushers, extruders, stackers (linear and circular), reclaimers (linear, circular and blending), shiploaders and ship unloaders; all equipped to handle a wide range of raw materials from extremely hard, dry materials to wet and sticky ones. Bedeschi has a service organization of field technicians for the erection/assembly phase of the machines, along with providing start up, commissioning and training.
Throughout its history, the company’s first priority has always been to improve the quality of its products and the service to its clients. This has allowed it, even in the face of fierce competition, to supply equipment to well-known companies around the globe.
In February 2012, Bedeschi signed a contract with Indocement (Heidelberg Group) to supply a cement additives crushing storage stacking/reclaiming and transport system. The system will improve capacity at the existing plant located in Citeureup Indonesia. As part of the collaboration between Bedeschi and its subsidiary, CTP Team has supplied all the filters for all groups mentioned below. The project includes the supply of:
- one crusher facility;
- one TRASS storage with pit reclaimer;
- one circular limestone storage system;
- several belts conveyors and filters to serve the machines above mentioned. Noteworthy, are the crushing group in which the primary roller size has been installed above the secondary one, together with an apron feeder and the circular limestone storage that will replace an existing one supplied by a competitor. The complete supply is made in Italy as well as in Asia as requested by the client.
Bedeschi signed a contract for a transshipper cargo handling system with PT. KARTIKA SAMUDRA ADIJAYA. The supply is one conveyor belt handling system, including all its components as detailed below:
- two 70m3-capacity receiving hoppers;
- two feeder belts;
- one fixed conveyor belt system;
- one set of transfer points between conveyors;
- one slewing/luffing and telescopic type shiploader;
- one banana trimming device, for S/L discharging head;
- one weighing device and metal detector; and
- one wiring/MCC/control system
Holcim Group asked Bedeschi to solve some major handling issues and bottlenecks at the Shurovo Russia plant. Bedeschi supplied and successfully commissioned, to the complete satisfaction of the client, a new crawler crushing unit as well as specially designed apron feeders to withstand and handle extremely sticky materials.
In early 2013, Ciments du Bizerte awarded Bedeschi a contract for the supply, on a turnkey basis, of the new terminal inside the cement plant of Bizerte. The terminal will import coal by unloading 30.000dwt vessel and export cement or clinker from the plant. Bedeschi will supply all the machinery and equipment. Start-up is scheduled within 18 months from contract signature.
Medcem Turkey awarded Bedeschi a contract for the supply of the designing engineering manufacture
inspection of local manufacturing, testing and start up of the following plants: coal/petcoke stacking and reclaiming system, iron ore clay stacking and reclaiming system, limestone/circular stacking and reclaiming system. This new greenfield will be the biggest operating in Europe with a capacity of 10,000 tonnes a day.
CMT contract Bedeschi to supply of a completely new 6,000tph shiploading system for coal to be installed in USA.
Sinoma Group awarded Bedeschi the contract to supply a limestone stacking and reclaiming system and shale stacking and reclaiming system. This new project is the second line and it is identical to the first line already supplied by Bedeschi few years ago. It is a further confirmation of continuity of relationship and reference values. The supply consist in two trippers, six stacking bridges and four pit reclaimers. Stacking capacity 1,860tph (tonnes per hour) and reclaiming 720tph.
Bedeschi owes its success and reliability to the expertise it has gained during its 100 years in the market.