Sandvik Mining and Construction

Narrator: One of the key roles of the Sandvik VSI crusher is in the manufacture of sand. Sand has been used as a building material for thousands of years. It is used to make cement mortar and concrete.

Sandvik Mining and Construction

Narrator: Sand is widely available in the natural environment and has traditonally taken from natural deposits in places such as river beds, and from material left by glaciers from the ice age. So why should people want a crusher that produces sand?

Sandvik Mining and Construction

Narrator: To answer that question we need to understand that sand plays an important role in the environment as a filter for water as it soaks down from the surface into the underground aquifers that we use for our drinking water. Because of this many countries are now restricting the amount of sand that can be dug up from the natural environment. The Sandvik VSI crusher offers a solution to this problem! Case story Hawaii?

Sandvik Mining and Construction

Narrator: The sand produced by Sandvik’s VSI is very similar in structure to natural sand, as you can see here.

Narrator: In fact, sand produced by Sandvik’s VSI crushers is the only manufactured sand that is acceptable for for today’s premium concrete projects such as dam and bridge construction.