Powerscreen Chieftain 1700 & 1700X

The Powerscreen Chieftain 1700 is a mid-sized track 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 screen mesh access system to aid screen media changes and a transverse powerunit arrangement to simplify servicing.

Features & benefits:

  • Output potential: up to 500 tph
  • 2 or 3 deck
  • Radio controlled tipping grid
  • Integrated high capacity variable speed belt feeder
  • Grease filled 2 bearing screen box
  • Heavy duty single shaft screenboxes with adjustable stroke, angle & speed
  • Hydraulic screen tensioning (Bottom Deck)
  • Screen walkway and access ladder
  • Hydraulic folding conveyors with excellent stockpiling capacity
  • Patented fully mounted hydraulic folding auxiliary stockpile conveyor (3 deck)
  • Engine protection shutdown system

The Chieftain 1700X Hybrid boasts a highly aggressive screenbox with a patented 2/4 bearing drive system and improved screening angle. Growing on the Powerscreen legacy of high performance 4 bearing screen boxes, the new screen on the Chieftain 1700X leaves us with a package that will outperform any similar sized screenbox on the market, and many larger machines.

The 3 Deck machine is available with a hydraulically folding extended auxiliary conveyor, complete with a transfer conveyor that allows easy re-circulation with the entire range of Powerscreen crushing machines. Alternatively, the conveyor can run in reverse with a quick valve change, effectively turning the machine into a 2 Deck screen, allowing maximum versatility with a single plant.

The Powerscreen Hybrid option gives customers an alternative energy source, choosing which fuel to use depending on cost, location and availability.