Oct. 19, 2015 – I will be blogging live this week from ConExpo Latin America, Santiago, Chile, where Mining Media International and Rock Products, as part of an exclusive partnership with AEM, is sponsoring an aggregates seminar for attendees. ConExpo Latin America will offer a number of high-quality training sessions, seminars, professional conferences and educational workshops. Speakers will be international experts from…
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A Road that Charges Electric Cars
By Mark S. Kuhar How about a road that charges your electric car while you are driving on it? Sound far-fetched? Off-road trials of the technology needed to power electric and hybrid vehicles on England’s major roads are due to take place later this year. The trials are the first of their kind and will test how the technology would…
Read MoreTread and True Tire Management
CREATING AND MAINTAINING A LONG-TERM, COST-EFFECTIVE TIRE-MANAGEMENT PLAN. By Mark S. Kuhar Establishing a strategic tire-management plan is crucial for companies with large fleets of equipment. Each machine requires a unique tire replacement schedule, and managers who develop a tire buying and maintenance strategy are ultimately more productive than managers who wait until a problem occurs. According to the experts…
Read MoreAnd Now . . . A Word from Our Founding Fathers
I was taken by a great press release that came from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). They note that on Sept. 17, 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the historic document they had created. ARTBA is using the 228th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution signing to remind Congress that Article One, Section Eight, makes…
Read MoreCat Will Restructure; Reduce Workforce
Sept. 29, 2015 – It is going to be tough medicine for Big Yellow. Caterpillar has announced significant restructuring and cost reduction actions that are expected to lower operating costs by about $1.5 billion annually once fully implemented, according to the company. These steps will begin in late 2015 and reflect recent, current and expected market conditions. For 2015, the company’s…
Read MoreDoing Double Duty at Dealer Days
Sept. 23, 2015 – I am blogging live this week from KPI-JCI/Astec Mobile Screens’ Dealer Days in Yankton, S.D. The company debuted 10 new and/or improved crushing and screening products at the event, announced the launch of its new website, and revealed that its iconic mascot, Rocky the dinosaur, will be returning as a branding motif on all of its equipment.…
Read MoreIf You Build It . . .
By Mark S. Kuhar Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and the Middle Earth will find this news utterly fascinating. An ambitious group of architects have launched a crowdfunding campaign in the hope of building a life-size replica of the city of Minas Tirith, the heavily-fortified capital of Gondor that is built into the rocks on the side of a mountain in…
Read MoreNew Construction Starts Show Ups and Downs in July
Market Paced by Residential, Nonresidental Construction; Highway and Bridge Construction Down. By Mark S. Kuhar
Read MoreLuck Says Contact Your Senators
Sept. 16, 2015 –NSSGA Chairman Charles S. Luck IV, recently asked each and every U.S. Senator to support S. 1140, a bipartisan bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw and re-propose their controversial Waters of the U.S. rule. This new regulation that went into effect in late August drastically expands the EPA’s jurisdiction over areas that do not…
Read MoreTroubleshooting Conveyor Malfunctions
HERE ARE SOME COMMON AREAS OF CONCERN WITH CONVEYOR BELTS AND HOW TO QUICKLY REPAIR THEM WHILE ON THE JOB. By Mark S. Kuhar Rip-detector installed. Compared to practices from more than a century ago, today’s modern technology helps improve production much more efficiently. However, sometimes new technology and methods can malfunction, causing procedures to abruptly halt until the problem…
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