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TerraSource™ Global’s New Demonstration & Development Center to Be Completed May 2014

22nd April 2014

  

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When the U.S. office of Jeffrey Rader, a brand of TerraSource Global, relocated from Woodruff, SC to Hillside Park in Duncan, SC in 2012, a plan was put in place to create a single facility for all TerraSource Global material tests, demonstrations and product development.

“Our expectations are that this facility will become a global resource,” said Tony Lubiani, Vice President of Forest Products. “We expect clients from around the world in various industries to visit and test their materials. To date, we have had clients from China, Russia, Poland and Chile, as well as the US and Canada visit the DDC.”

Bryan Lanham, Director of Product Development for TerraSource Global, was charged with the task of bringing together three brands’ machines and auxiliary equipment from three existing test labs and designing the layout of the new 9,000 square feet [836 square meters] lab space. The entire project is expected to cost about $800,000.

“The project was broken into two major phases,” Lanham said. “The first phase was moving the Jeffrey Rader brand equipment from Woodruff, which was completed in September 2013. The second phase was the relocation of equipment from our Belleville, IL and Broomall, PA test labs, which is nearly complete.”  With one of the machines being displayed at Coal Prep International (April 29 to May 1 in Lexington, KY), the last machine won’t be installed until early May.

While the DDC remains a work in progress, more than two dozen trials have been performed in the new lab. “The results of these trials have been valuable to both our customers and to us internally,” said Lanham. “We are looking forward to the upcoming opportunity to evaluate the Gundlach, Jeffrey Rader and Pennsylvania Crusher brands against each other. This will help us to do a better job for future customers’ applications and point us in the direction for new product development projects.

According to Vice President of Power and Mining Doug Sublett, “One of the biggest advantages our new test lab offers is that we can test material on a range of equipment rather than just one piece.” Material can be run through Wood hogs, Hammermills, Sizers, Granulators, Roll Crushers, Impactors and Cage-Paktors®. No other crusher manufacturer offers such a variety of testing equipment. TerraSource Global wants to eliminate any question in the customer’s mind that the equipment selection is the correct selection.”

Adjacent to the DDC, a 1,800 square feet [167 square meters] Training Center is also available for sales, customer testing meetings and conferences. Private office space, phones and wireless internet access is available in the Training Center. Anyone who sends in raw materials to be tested on TerraSource Global equipment will also be invited to visit the office and watch the testing live. (For more information about product testing, please visit www.terrasource.com to find a local sales representative.) The Greenville/Duncan, SC area is also home to the BMW & Michelin North America headquarters, GE gas and wind turbines manufacturing center and ICAR (International Center for Automotive Research).

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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