The company unveiled four new Nordberg HPe series crushers at two trade shows
Metso has nearly doubled the number of cone crushers in its Nordberg HPe series in recent months.
At World of Asphalt in St. Louis, Missouri, Metso announced the HP450e, the sixth model in the lineup. Then, two weeks later, Metso unveiled the HP600e, HP800e and HP900e at bauma in Munich.
First introduced in 2023, the HPe series has quickly established itself in the industry. Now, just two years later, the HPe lineup has grown to nine models, covering a wide range of size categories and process stages, from secondary to tertiary and quaternary crushing.
“This continues the product launches we started two years ago when we introduced HP200 as the first crusher in the range,” said Ilkka Somero, Product Manager of HP Cones at Metso’s Aggregates business area.
“At that time, we communicated that it is not only one new crusher, but a whole range of modern and innovative cone crushers.”
The HPe series builds on Metso’s industry-leading Nordberg HP cone crusher technology, which is widely recognized for its reliability and performance.
The market response to the new HPe models highlights an industry shift toward higher efficiency, safety and sustainability in crushing operations. To date, more than 200 units have been sold globally, and old HP models have been retrofitted with the upgrade kits, enhancing customers’ existing operations with the latest advancements in crushing technology.
Across the Nordberg HP and HPe Series more than 13,000 units have been sold.
“With the latest addition of the Nordberg HPe crusher series, we are able to offer customers the ideal balance of power and efficiency for their specific crushing needs. The HP450e, as a mid-range unit, is designed for customers who require reliable, high-capacity crushing without excessive energy consumption,” Somero said.
“With this unit, we have further improved its application flexibility so that customers get the maximum production and yield of wanted end products.”
Evolution in motion
The new Nordberg HP450e offers enhanced performance, higher uptime, wider application coverage, faster and safer serviceability, and a series of other improvements, making it the perfect choice for diverse rock processing operations.
The HP450e cone crusher is an environmentally friendly option as backing material is not required. As well, it offers several unique benefits including 10 per cent more head motion; 13 per cent more power (in kW and HP); and 20 per cent more force. The cone crusher also features:
- New, more efficient chambers
- Head spin brake for higher uptime
- Serviceability improvements
- Feed cone lifting tool
Overall, Somero said the cone crusher is 20 per cent more productive.
“Such a big improvement is not coming from one single improvement or enhancement. It’s coming from many different things done in product development,” he said. “It’s coming from new kinematics, it’s coming for the new chambers, it’s coming from the new balance between power and available force.”
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Metso’s new next-generation, HP600e, HP800e and HP900e cone crushers maintain the trusted HPe features while extending the series to larger crushing capacities for both aggregates production and high-demand mining applications.
“The evolution of Metso’s cone crusher technology brings multiple benefits and presents a true step change in terms of performance, uptime, serviceability and application coverage,” Somero said.
“We are excited to expand the Nordberg HPe series and bring to market a wider offering of these high-performance crushers fit for different production purposes.”
The HP600e and HP900e are an evolution to the existing range, built and based on proven technology.
The HP800e is a new addition to the series with a crushing size option of 800 hp.
All three units come with two modern automation platform options: IC70C and MCP. Metso’s modern automation systems provide better visibility, monitoring and control of the crushing process, and enable connection to remote monitoring and further digital services.
“Efficiency is the key to meeting the industry’s needs. With the robust new HPe units, we can offer performance, longer lifetime and higher cost efficiency to our customers”, said Nicolas Gallay, Director of Gyratory and Large Cone Crushers at Metso.
Improved performance
The Nordberg HP600e, HP800e and HP900e deliver higher level in performance, uptime and application coverage. The three cone crushers deliver up to 15 per cent more capacity and 35 per cent greater crushing force, thanks to enhanced kinematics and higher power installation.
As well, the new optimized crushing chambers, head spinning reduction and ring bouncing detection achieve optimum capacity and maximum wear life.
A complete drive and sub-frame provide safe and faster installation while reducing dynamic load by up to 70 per cent. For improved safety in maintenance when changing wear parts, Metso developed a new feed cone lifting tool.
“The focus of development is the same for all models, whether we talk about small crushers or bigger crushers,” Somero said. “The focus areas being performance, uptime, application coverage and serviceability. All innovations are related to these four focus areas.”
Upgradability
Upgradability is a core philosophy of the HPe Series. Previous-generation crushers can be enhanced with the latest e-features or upgraded with modernized components.
Metso offers a range of upgrades for existing Nordberg HP Series cone crushers, allowing operators to boost performance and efficiency by integrating the newest HPe features or other advanced options.
Due to innovative product development and interchangeability of parts, upgrading is seamless and cost-effective.
As well, Metso provides installation and commissioning, inspections, refurbishment and shutdown support, life cycle services agreements as well as a comprehensive wear and spare parts offering.
With many of the HPe crushers, a wide range of 10 different chamber profiles and advanced simulation software, customers can optimize their operations and achieve their production targets.
Designed for versatility, Metso’s HPe crushers can be configured for various applications, from wheel-mounted Nordwheeler setups to modular Nordplant installations and track-mounted Lokotrack units.
