Stevens: premium brands, almost 50 years’ experience

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Stevens Group is a third-generation family-owned business founded in 1973, importing, distributing, and manufacturing world-class machinery throughout New Zealand.

New Zealand market

The company, which started as a small, father and son manufacturing and engineering business, has today turned into an enterprise that offers a portfolio of internationally known brands. Now operating out of a brand-new, purpose-built 7000 sqm facility in Auckland, the business is achieving new heights.

Experience

Founded in 1973 by Hayward and Brian Johnston, Stevens has almost 50 years’ experience in the industry, across manufacturing, research & development, importing, wholesale, and retail.

Pictured outside the Auckland office
L-R; Tim Johnston, Stevens Group CFO; Joe Cassidy, Powerscreen international sales director; Lincoln Rayner, Stevens Group sales director; Ken Johnston, Stevens Group general manager

Stevens becomes sole distributor of Powerscreen in NZ

Stevens Group has recently become a fully authorised distributor for Powerscreen in New Zealand.

“We are pleased to welcome Stevens Group to the Powerscreen family and look forward to a successful partnership,” says Joe Cassidy, international sales director at Powerscreen – leading providers of mobile crushing, screening, and conveying equipment.

The company is responsible for sales of the entire product portfolio of Powerscreen machines.

“We are delighted to be representing Powerscreen in NZ,” Stevens Group general manager Ken Johnston says.

“Powerscreen is an expert in the design and manufacture of mobile crushing and screening equipment, and Stevens Group is proud to be one of its 120 plus global dealers.

"This recent business transaction fits perfectly with our aspirations to grow our already successful machinery and equipment business into the quarry, mining, and recycling sectors. Key for us is that we only represent world-class brands and have the right people with the right knowledge to best serve the customers.

"These rights as NZ dealer distributor strengthen Stevens Group's market offering and adds to its positioning and goal of being the market leader for crushing, screening and materials handling equipment in New Zealand.”

Product focus

Powerscreen Trakpactor 230

Trakpactor 230: Tracked mobile impact crusher – compact, productive and versatile

The Trakpactor 230 & 230SR have been designed to offer both excellent reduction and high consistency of product yield. With their compact design and ease of mobility, these machines are primarily suited for recycling, demolition, and mining applications. The Trakpactor 230SR includes a post screen system and recirculating conveyor which allow oversize material to be passed back to the crusher for further sizing.

In addition to this, these machines offer superior crushing productivity, unrivalled versatility, and exceptional fuel efficiency in comparison to similar sized machines on the market.

Both the Trakpactor 230 and 230SR machines are suited to small to mid-sized operations that require a reduced footprint without compromising on output performance. The Trakpactor 230SR has the ability to convert to the Trakpactor 230 in minutes thanks to the quick-detach SR section. Furthermore, these units have been designed to promote optimal flow of material and offer excellent serviceability, ultimately maximising uptime for our customers.

The Trakpactor 230 & 230SR crushers both use an 860mm x 720mm (34” x 28”) impact camber with an output potential of up to 250ph of crushed material. They can be utilised in a range of applications including aggregate, recycling, and mining.

Features & benefits:

• Proven impact crusher with hydraulic overload protection
• Fully enclosed hopper to eliminate spillage
• HPTO clutch & highly fuel-efficient direct drive system
• Powerscreen Pulse intelligent monitoring as standard
• Excellent, unrestricted access to all key maintenance points
• Product conveyor can be lowered during operation to avoid blockages and can be removed when servicing
• The post-screen system and recirculating conveyor of the Trakpactor 230SR allow oversize material to be passed back to the crusher for further sizing

Powerscreen Trakpactor 230/230 SR technical specification

• Post Screen: Single deck screenbox Top deck: 2.44m x 1.2m (8’ x 4’) Drive: Hydraulic motor
• Crusher: Feed opening: 860mm x 720mm / Min. CSS: 40mm upper apron / Min. CSS: 20mm lower apron

Product focus

Powerscreen Trakpactor 290 – in stock in NZ

The Powerscreen Trakpactor 290 & 290SR impact crushers perform in the most challenging of applications such as construction and demolition, asphalt, concrete, and natural rock. The compact design allows them to operate in small landing spaces and be easily transported from site to site. The integrated system ensures the required product specification is achieved with oversize material either being recirculated back to the crusher or stockpiled.

“The Trakpactor 290 has telemetric functionality which allows satellite information like fuel usage, hours crushed, hours idle, tracking hours and more to be sent to mobile devices,” Stevens Group sales director Lincoln Rayner says.

"This is supported by Powerscreen and comes as standard on all crusher models Stevens Group supplies.”

Trakpactor 290SR – at work in New Zealand

Powerscreen Trakpactor 290 technical specification

• Output potential: 290 tph
• CSS Range: Min lower: 20mm / Max lower: 75mm / Min upper: 50mm Max upper: 150mm.
• Chamber infeed opening: 1030mm x 790mm.
• Rotor speeds: 630-800 RPM.

Powerscreen Pulse Digital technology – Pulse Intelligence system

All Powerscreen crushers come with the ground-breaking Pulse Intelligence system as standard, with data available anywhere at any time – on a PC, tablet or smartphone. The system provides comprehensive information on the GPS location, start and stop times, fuel consumption, tonnages, cone settings, wear ratings, operating hours, maintenance status, and much more.

Powerscreen has been the pioneer of digital technology since 2014, and was the first mobile crushing and screening manufacturer to offer customers a complete machine telematics solution. Powerscreen Pulse is a remote monitoring, fleet management system allowing crushing and screening equipment operators and owners to have unrivalled access to key data. This data has the power to revolutionise operations and analysing it can mean improved machine operation, increased uptime, in-depth reporting, and fleet management.

“No matter where you are in the world, Pulse lets you stay on top of production by giving you accurate up to date information direct to your PC, tablet, or smartphone. This robust platform will generate massive cost and time savings for equipment owners and operators alike,” Powerscreen general manager & product line director Sean Loughran says.

Product focus

Powerscreen Warrior 1800 – in stock in NZ

Warrior 1800 – tough, heavy duty, 3-way split scalping screen. Captured screening crushed rock ‘basalt and lime’ – South Island NZ.

Designed for medium to large operators, where high capacity and throughput are paramount, the Powerscreen® Warrior 1800 is a tough, heavy-duty machine built for screening, 2 or 3 way splitting and stockpiling – lending it to quarrying, recycling, construction and demolition aggregates and topsoil applications.

With low ground pressure crawler tracks the Warrior 1800 is highly mobile. The versatile screen accepts a wide range of media options including bofor bars, finger screens, woven mesh and punch plates.

Warrior 1800 technical specification

• Hopper Capacity: 6.8m3
• Hopper – Hydraulic folding wing plates
• 2 bearing, 2 deck, high amplitude screenbox
• Screenbox Size: 4.88m x 1.5m (16’ x 5’)
• Adjustable screen angle 14°-18°
• Heavy duty belt feeder
• Side Conveyor (Fine-size) Discharge height: 3.7m / Width: 900mm
• Side Conveyor (Mid-size) Discharge height: 3.44m / Width: 900mm
• Tail Conveyor: Discharge height: 3.73m / Width: 1400mm

Warrior 1800 features & benefits

• Suits medium to large operators wanting high capacity and throughput (up to 600T/hr dependent on material/loading)
• Heavy duty, incline belt feeder with hydraulic hopper wings
• Hydraulic folding conveyors with excellent stockpiling capacity
• Hydraulic screen angle adjustment
• Heavy duty, adjustable angle, grease lubricated 2 bearing 2 deck screenbox
• Jack up screen facility to aid mesh changes
• Hydraulic 'slide out facility' on oversize tail conveyor to ease mesh changes
• Engine protection shut down system
• 2- or 3-way split configuration

Warrior 1800 options

• High-capacity incline apron feeder
• Dual power (additional electric hydraulic drive)
• Auto lubrication system
• Wide range of screen media
• Quick release screen wedge tensioning
• Dust suppression
• Telescopic side conveyor option

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Powerscreen Chieftain 1700X – in stock in NZ

The Powerscreen® Chieftain 1700X is a mid-sized tracked mobile screen aimed at end users requiring high volumes of finished products in applications including topsoil, coal, crushed stone, recycling, iron ore, sand and gravel. User benefits include a quick set-up time, drop down tail conveyor and the patented 4 bearing screenbox with the ability to switch to a 2 bearing setup in less than 3 hours, making the Chieftain 1700X highly versatile.

Chieftain 1700X Features & Benefits

Chieftain 1700 working in basalt and lime application.

Increased productivity

• The Chieftain 1700X screenbox comes with 4 bearing as standard, ideal for a wide range of applications as the screenbox will not dampen under load – giving increased tonnages and higher quality material splits

Versatility

• The patented 4 bearing to 2 bearing screenbox makes the Chieftain 1700X highly versatile and the ideal machine for rental markets and contractors
• Optional hydraulic extended auxiliary conveyor on the 3 deck Chieftain 1700X allows it to recirculate with any machine in the Powerscreen range of crushers

Serviceability

• Self-tensioning side conveyor paddles reduce spillage into the feed boot. They also reduce set up time as they do not need to be removed for transport
• The Chieftain 1700X has hydraulic raising/lowering of the main conveyor for top deck mesh access, aiding service and maintenance

Chieftain 1700X technical specification

• Screen box: 2 Bearing, 2 or 3 deck screenbox Size: 4.8m x 1.53m (16’ x 5’)
• Hopper Capacity: 7.5m3 (9.8yds3)
• Output potential: up to 500 tph

Parts and backup

Stevens Group parts facility is world-class and has 20,000+ different line items.

Excellent in-house workshop facilities and manufacturing capability aid the ability to act quickly and help the customer.

The three rules that Stevens Group general manager Ken Johnston’s Dad and Grandpa instilled into the business hold true today: “You must have parts on the shelf in NZ when you are at the bottom of the world; You can’t sell from an empty barrow; Look after the customer, and he will look after you”.

Get in touch

For more information on sales, parts, service, and hire, call 0508 STEVENS or email sales@stevensgroup.co.nz.

Visit stevensgroup.co.nz to find out more.