KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens released a new portable tow-behind conveyor, designed to eliminate the costly double-handling of material and built as a perfect match for the manufacturer’s exclusive FT line of continuous crushing and tracking impactors. The tow-behind conveyor is constructed with a hitch that can attach to a track plant and easily travel behind the plant as it…
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Metso Introduces HP5 Cone Crusher
Metso has introduced a new cone crusher to the global market. Metso designed the new HP5 with safety, simplicity and eco-efficiency in mind, the company said. Automatic settings, specialized maintenance tools, reduced emissions and energy-efficient motors are just a few of the improvements built into this new cone crusher. The Nordberg HP5 follows the successful HP3, HP4 and HP6 as…
Read MoreMcLanahan Freedom Series Jaw Crusher Offers Higher Capacities
Since being first introduced in 1906 by Universal Engineering Corp., the jaw crusher design has remained pretty much the same over the last century – until now. McLanahan Corp. spent two years collaborating with customers to fully understand their needs when it comes to primary crushing. Since the concept for the Freedom Series Jaw Crusher design was first introduced at…
Read MoreCaterpillar Updates Medium Wheel Loader Product Line
Caterpillar announced the 2016 product update to its Cat M Series medium wheel loader product line (950M, 962M, 966M, 972M, 966M XE, 972M XE, 980M and 982M). Dedicated to responding quickly to customers’ needs, these product updates enable Caterpillar to bring new features and product improvements to market more rapidly and with greater frequency than the traditional machine development cycle, the company…
Read MoreHyundai Construction Equipment Adds HL955TM Wheel Loader
Hyundai Construction Equipment Americas introduced the Hyundai HL955TM wheel loader, the newest addition to its HL900 series of Tier 4 Final-compliant wheel loaders. The HL955TM joins a family of six other Hyundai HL900 wheel loader models the company began introducing in 2015 to U.S. and Canadian markets. The new model was among more than 20 Hyundai construction machines on display…
Read MoreLaser Technology Inc. Offers Blasting, Profiling Solutions
Whether you are measuring a stockpile volume or designing the perfect blast, using Laser Technology Inc.’s (LTI) reflectorless laser technology is by far the quickest and safest method available, according to the company. Take the TruPulse 360R, in conjunction with the Archer 2 data collector and LTI’s MapSmart + Volume software, and you’ll be able to accurately measure the volumes…
Read MoreDoofor Penetrates Market With DF560L-2M Drill
Doofor Inc. launched a new version in its DF550/560-series drill. Manufactured with premium quality components and innovative in-house technology, the new DF560L-2M is now the most powerful rock drill available in the Doofor product line, according to the company. The new Doofor DF560L-2M is a high-frequency hydraulic rock drill, specifically designed for production drilling on the surface, underground and in…
Read MoreRock Products 120th Anniversary – Part 11
IN THIS SPECIAL YEAR-LONG SERIES CELEBRATING OUR 120TH YEAR PUBLISHING MILESTONE, ROCK PRODUCTS PRESENTS A HISTORY OF THE AGGREGATES INDUSTRY. In This Issue, We Cover The Years 1990-1999. With little doubt, automated production became more prevalent for aggregate and cement companies of every size beginning in the 1990s. Prior to this period, companies may have had aspects of plant operation, such as…
Read MoreStay Out, Stay Alive
May 31, 2016 – Each year, dozens of people are injured or killed while exploring or playing on active and abandoned mine property. Records show that about 30 members of the public lose their lives at mines each year; more than 60 percent due to drowning while swimming, diving, partying, boating or fishing in quarry lakes. Others are killed in motorcycle,…
Read MorePortable Plants: The Path to Production
Kleemann Mobirex Impactor Highly Productive One of two new impact crushers from Kleemann – the Tier 4 final-compliant Mobirex MR 110 ZSi EVO 2 – was shown at AGG1 2016 in Nashville. The MR 110 ZSi EVO 2 is the slightly smaller version of the MR 130 ZSi EVO 2. EVO 2 represents the continuing evolution of the successful EVO…
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