Removing damaging tramp metal from aggregate processing streams is one of the most important measures taken to not only enhance product purity but protect expensive downstream equipment.
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Can an old plant learn new tricks?
If you bought equipment for aggregate production in the 1980s, chances are you now need different options from the equipment. Luckily, there are plant optimisation solutions that can enable an old plant to learn new tricks, to boost productivity and drive down costs.
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Does the industry need mascots to refine its message?
Damian Christie considers the potential role of mascots in the quarrying industry.
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?Smallest of quarries? devises innovative, award-winning solution
A small quarry operation run by a medium-sized Australian aggregate company has received one of the IQA’s highest honours after it devised an innovative solution to a critical safety dilemma. IQA member Daniel Reed discusses the evolution of the Emergency Response and Safety Station.
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Bespoke solutions that assist tailings pond, slime management
One of the world’s largest wet processing equipment manufacturers is encouraging sand and aggregate producers to maximise their returns on investment and gain significant competitive advantages while minimising environmental impact.
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Supplier plays in its own sandbox, replicates customer experience
A supplier of screening, crushing, washing and conveying equipment has found it is very worthwhile owning its own extractive operation. The quarry has given the supplier the chance to field test its inventory of new plant and equipment, and to step into its customers’ shoes.
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When to use polyurethane screen media
Quarry managers and operators generally have a choice between three types of screening media: polyurethane, rubber and wire.
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Feeding your plant the right ?diet?
Feeders, like various glasses to drinking beverages, are receptacles for the processing of different specs of aggregate. Paul Smith argues matching the right feeder to the right raw materials is vital to saving crusher wear costs and boosting plant capacity.
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CONEXPO 2017: An immersive, futuristic showcase
The world’s second largest construction trade show opened its doors again in ‘Sin City’ in March. Our ‘Las Vegas correspondent’ Jim Hankins was on the show floor to view the latest innovations and equipment solutions.
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The many elements of oil analysis
There are various tests that can be performed by original equipment manufacturers when checking oil samples in earthmoving plant and equipment. These are essential to reducing breakdowns and downtime.
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