Volvo Construction Equipment is entering the 50-ton class for excavators with two models – the EC530E and EC550E – that have digging and lifting forces normally found in 60-ton machines, giving contractors the performance they need to excel in heavy-duty digging, mass excavation and large-scale site preparation.
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Quarry Academy Names 2020 Scholarship Winner
The Quarry Academy team just announced its 2020 scholarship winner: Alexandra Gregor, a mining engineering and management student from the South Dakota School of Mines. Gregor is originally from Sioux Falls, S.D. “I am grateful for this opportunity and am excited to see where this brings me in the future,” she said.
Read MoreA Digital Photography Primer
Here Are Some Tips For Creating Professional Looking Images. By Thomas J. Roach
Read MoreCompelling – A Word All Leaders Must Fully Understand
The Ability To Inspire Others Is One Difference Between A Manager And A Leader. By Steve Schumacher Over my decades of consulting and coaching bosses in business I have worked with all types of personalities with various strengths and weaknesses. There have been different terms for those bosses – supervisor, manager, director, vice-president, general manager, etc. In most cases, regardless…
Read MoreRock Solid Community Relations
The Arizona Rock Products Association Teams Up With Alice Cooper’s Foundation To Work On An At-Risk Youth Center. By Therese Dunphy
Read MoreInfoSight Offers Identification and Traceability Solution
InfoSight Corp. is dedicated to bringing identification and traceability solutions to every imaginable application. Highly abrasive environments are tough on components, and obviously just as tough on any identification of those components. InfoSight introduces Gorillabel to identify components used in highly abrasive environments, such as mining, oil drilling and fracking. The identification label, which is pre-marked by InfoSight, is a…
Read MoreFecon Introduces Environmentally Safe Hydraulic Fluids
Fecon introduces Fecon Green Hydraulic Fluids, a zinc-free, readily biodegradable formula. This environmentally friendly product meets or exceeds Vickers M-2950-S, Vickers 1-286-5, U.S. Steel 126, and U.S. Steel 127 criteria. It eliminates the worry of accidental petroleum spills and meets or exceeds high-pressure pump requirements. Extremely low volatility increases the flash and fire safety features, protecting the equipment and its…
Read MoreAutocar Debuts One BADASS Dump Truck
When you trademark “BADASS” to describe your line of trucks, you better be able to back it up. Autocar LLC, the manufacturer of North America’s oldest line of specialized severe-duty vocational trucks, upholds the 120-year tradition with its latest offering – the Autocar DC-64D Dump Truck, the fourth iteration of Autocar’s DC-64 severe-duty Class 8 line.
Read MoreTrimble Expands its Geospatial Automated Monitoring Portfolio
Trimble announced the addition of a geotechnical portfolio to its geospatial automated monitoring portfolio through a collaboration with Worldsensing, a wireless connectivity technology provider and an industry-leading manufacturer of geotechnical IoT monitoring systems. Worldsensing is a global IoT pioneer. Founded in 2008, the industrial monitoring expert works with more than 270 engineering partners in more than 60 countries to provide…
Read MoreBosch Rexroth Reveals Hägglunds Atom Hydraulic Motor
The smallest of the Hägglunds hydraulic motors from Bosch Rexroth has been transformed. The Hägglunds Atom takes over from the existing Hägglunds CAb – supplying not only more revolutions per minute, but also far more power than motors of similar size. The result is a tiny, power-dense package ideal for mobile, marine and recycling applications.
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