Adjusting tension in a drive belt can be a lot like tuning strings on a guitar. That is given the right tools are at hand to provide correct tension readings on the belt, and accurate calculations to determine the tensioning parameters.
Why should you have your scales calibrated regularly?
Having your industrial scales calibrated regularly helps maintain their accuracy, complies with trade measurement law, and has cost benefits. Read more
Managing regulatory and environmental challenges to extend quarry’s viability
A concrete and quarrying producer has successfully sought the assistance of a consultancy and engineering specialist on a variety of complex consent applications. Read more
NSW quarries and concrete health and safety seminar talks silica
The New South Wales divisions of the IQA and Cement Concrete Aggregates Australia held the recent Quarries & Concrete Health and Safety Seminar, headlined by the NSW Resources Regulator’s Garvin Burns and HeidelbergCement’s Klaus Hormann.
3D printed concrete could be the future of construction
Engineers from Brunel University in London have embarked on a three-year project to develop 3D-printed interlocking building blocks using recycled building waste materials.
Why should you get your scales calibrated regularly?
An OEM of weighing systems explains why having accurate scales on earthmoving and conveying plant and equipment is vital to an aggregates business, especially when meeting obligations under chain of responsibility.
Moving vs fixed cones: understanding the differences
Cone crushers are an integral part of any comminution process – but how do you know if your process requires a live shaft model or a fixed shaft unit? Mark Utecht explains the differences.
More reasons to improve air quality control: Golder
When it comes to air quality control, the onus is increasingly on the quarry rather than regulators to ensure best practice is met, according to two environmental experts.
Types of funding for quarry equipment – the basics
In search of a new crusher or excavator? There are three types of finance quarrying businesses can turn to if they need to upgrade or purchase new plant and equipment entirely.
Passing on safety lessons – in the pit and on the water
Editor Damian Christie discusses the unlikely safety parallels in sailing and the quarrying industry. As on the high seas, operators across the sector should take extra care in keeping their sites safe and should pass on the lessons they learn to their peers across the industry.