CLUTCH S.H.O.T.

SHOT APPLIES MICROWAVE ENERGY TO ORE BEFORE MECHANICAL BREAKAGE.

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Companies don't operate for six decades without doing something right. For almost 60 years, Jenike & Johanson has been a global leader in bulk material handling.

The company has established such a strong legacy by constantly seeking to innovate its technology and better support its clients with products and services that understand the demands of the modern mining industry.

That spirit of innovation, collaboration and support is borne out by its recent strategic partnership with Crescend Technologies, a leader in solid-state microwave power systems, to accelerate the development and commercialisation of the innovative Selective Heat Ore Treatment (S.H.O.T.) process.

The collaboration unites two topflight technologies: Jenike & Johanson's expertise in advanced material handling design and process engineering, and Crescend's precision solid-state microwave systems.

Together, these capabilities deliver a scalable, energy-efficient solution for microwave-assisted comminution, offering the mining industry a new approach to ore treatment.

"We'd been exploring microwave treatment of ores for quite some time," Jenike & Johanson chief executive officer Herman Purutyan told Australian Mining.

"We came across Crescend, who have fantastic expertise in microwave generation and control. A big part of the challenge is being able to deliver that microwave energy to the ore in a controlled and safe way, and Crescend has great technology to do exactly that."

Purutyan said the partnership represents a significant advance for sustainable ore processing technologies.