Construction Machinery

by Maxim Gots PhD, PE

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Flip Screen Expands Internationally

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Flip Screen, an Australian manufacturer of material handling attachments, has announced that its Flip Screen portable screener is now being exported to 14 countries around the world. The material handling attachment is suitable for a variety of applications including steel recycling, construction and demolition, according to a press release.

The Flip Screen can be attached to excavators, wheel loaders and skid steers in order to screen material while collecting or moving material. According to the diagram below, the attachment works by scooping material, rotating counter-clockwise to screen the material and finally ejecting the remaining material by rotating the Flip Screen clockwise.

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November 19th, 2009 at 11:42 am

Finedoor add to their portfolio.

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Finedoor have agreed to represent Sotres S.A. of France in the UK to distribute their range of sand washing and effluent treatment equipment.  A well established company Sotres has been a specialist in washing and treating sands in quarries and pits for more than 25 years. With many years of working in the industry the company have a number of blue chip clients on the continent and indeed world wide including Lafarge, CEMEX, Holcim etc. 

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August 18th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

Posted in Aggregates

Extensive range of Trommel screens available from Graepel

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Graepel Perforators and Weavers have years of experience in supplying to the quarry and recycling markets throughout the UK and Ireland. They supply a range of perforated and woven wire Trommel screens. They also have a selection of access walkway, steps, ladder rungs and machine guards used in the industry. 

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August 10th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

Posted in Aggregates

Mobile processing replaces stationary plant: Kleemann now also links up Scotland

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In the Scottish county of Lanarkshire, Patersons Quarries Ltd. gives a truly impressive demonstration of what comes of operating a mobile plant combination from Kleemann comprising a jaw crusher, two cone crushers and two screening plants: six high-quality end products in all specified grain sizes.

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July 28th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

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Sandvik continues gaining ground in China with more semi-mobile crushing stations

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An order for a semi-mobile crushing station for processing lignite has been signed by the Chinese company Shenhua Baorixile Energy Industrial Co., which is part of the Shenhua Group. The order was signed on 10 June 2009, with a delivery date set for February 2010 and commencement of operation planned for March 2010. The semi-mobile station will operate in the Baorixile mine, an open-pit mine with a production of 5.8 mtpy, situated in Inner Mongolia.     Read the rest of this entry »

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July 28th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

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Orders roll in for Osborn’s Track-Mounted Crushers

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Osborn supplied three 3042 track-mounted jaw crushers, as well as a 44SBS track-mounted cone crusher. 

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July 28th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

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New mobile Gipo Crushing and Screening Plant for Ewenny Quarry.

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Aggregate, Processing and Recycling Ltd (APR) – as the UK and Ireland agent for GIPO, has recently supplied a GipoCOMBI RC130FDR mobile crushing and screening plant to Ewenny Quarry in Bridgend, South Wales. 

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July 24th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

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First in Secondary Aggregates

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The processing of construction and demolition waste and the production of secondary aggregates places very specific demands upon crushing and screening equipment. So when Sandvik Mobile Crushing and Screening (formerly Extec and Fintec) set about upgrading its market-leading C-10 and C-12 track mounted mobile crushers to the QJ240 (Extec C10+) and QJ340 (Extec C-12+) specifications, manoeuvrability, productivity and reliability were top of the design agenda.

 

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June 21st, 2009 at 11:03 pm

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