MANAGE YOUR EQUIPMENT FOR SAFETY AND PROFITS. By Bill Campbell Workplace safety is often perceived as wearing hard hats, ear plugs and safety vests, but operating an aggregate facility with low-maintenance machines and good preventative maintenance programs can yield significant safety improvements. Maintenance programs are often overlooked as a safety issue, but every breakdown or repair operation is an opportunity…
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Meeting the New Energy Efficiency Standards. By Mark S. Kuhar
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TIPS FROM THE PROS ON CONVEYOR ENGINEERING, USAGE, MAINTENANCE AND MORE. By Mark S. Kuhar Conveyors are the critical link that keeps material moving in an aggregates plant. While you can’t overstate the importance of crushers and screens, if the material doesn’t get to them efficiently, product doesn’t get made. Because they are so automatic in service, it is easy…
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MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KEEPS PALM BEACH AGGREGATES ROLLING. By Mark S. Kuhar Palm Beach Aggregates in West Palm Beach, Fla., mines and processes approximately 2 million tpy of material. There is nothing worse in the aggregate business than loading the wrong materials into the wrong truck. The time and money lost from wrong loads, overloaded trucks and wasted material during…
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GLENN O. HAWBAKER INC. KEEPS ITS TRUCKS MOVING TO SERVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS. By Mark S. Kuhar You’re on a Pennsylvania highway, wheel-to-wheel with muddy, salt-crusted trucks. And then, a pristine, gleaming red Mack dump truck bursts into view. If you’re from the Keystone State, then you know you’ve just spotted one of the Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. (GOH) trucks. The…
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THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF NSSGA TALKS TO ROCK PRODUCTS ABOUT HIS GOALS, INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG LEADERS. By Mark S. Kuhar At its convention in Baltimore earlier this year, the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) elected Charles Luck IV of Luck Stone as its chairman for the year. He spoke to Rock Products about where…
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HIGHBANK RESOURCES’ SPN QUARRY IN CANADA MOVES FORWARD. By Mark S. Kuhar The winter can be unforgiving in Canada, but that has not stopped one company from moving full speed ahead with an important new aggregates project. Aggregate exploration and development company Highbank Resources Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., said that a crew at its Swamp Point North (SPN) quarry project recently…
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USGS REPORTS FINAL 2014 STONE PRODUCTION. By Mark S. Kuhar An estimated 540 million metric tons (Mt) of total construction aggregates was produced and shipped for consumption in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2014, an increase of 7 percent compared with that of the same period of 2013. The estimated annual output of construction aggregates produced for consumption…
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SUMMIT MATERIALS RAISED $400 MILLION IN ITS RECENT IPO. HERE’S WHAT CEO TOM HILL HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT. By Mark S. Kuhar Summit Materials was formed to acquire and grow building materials companies in the aggregates, ready-mix concrete, cement, asphalt paving and construction industries. By teaming up with established local businesses, the company is committed to creating value, providing…
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Emerald Equipment Systems (EES) is a manufacturer and distributer of material processing equipment and parts located in Liverpool, N.Y. Over the last 20 years, EES has become the largest supplier of crushing and screening equipment and parts in the Northeast. Its main office is situated on a 75-acre site with more than 110,000 sq. ft. dedicated to parts, service and custom…
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