Articles : Aggregate Equipment Guide

Nordberg Cone Crusher Proves Its Worth for J.H. Lynch →

Quarry production has come a long way since the days of “Fred Flintstone,” but it is still possible to have a “dinosaur” piece of equipment working on a site. When Jim Manni was appointed to the position of facility manager of J.H. Lynch & Sons Inc.’s Cumberland, R.I., quarry, it was operating with a tertiary cone crusher that was no longer meeting production needs. Manni’s new responsibilities were to keep the quarry operating at peak efficiency producing the highest quality aggregate product possible in an efficient and timely manner. Click for more...

TechniVate Inc. Crushes Through Avondale Quarry →

TechniVate Inc. supplies customers across the southeast of Pennsylvania and Delaware with a range of site development services. TechniVate makes use of more than 50 different types of heavy machinery in its work, ranging from small backhoes to scrapers and pans, to dozers and excavators. Through this machinery, the company and its staff of 135 has been able to provide a high quality service for its residential and commercial customers, but with the introduction of crushing and screening machinery, TechniVate has been able to achieve new market penetration into the quarrying industry. Click for more...

Grasan Unveils Largest Road-Portable Rubble Crusher →

Grasan’s largest road-portable rubble crushing plant, the KRH1515, features the Hazemag APPH primary impact crusher with a fully automatic, hydraulic cylinder system that provides increased crusher capacity (up to 600 tons per hour [544.3 t]), smoother operation and more uniform products. Typical applications include on-site crushing of concrete and asphalt rubble and excavated rock at road construction and repaving operations. Click for more...

Powerscreen Introduces Phoenix 3300 Trommel →

Powerscreen introduces its new large-scale “flagship” Phoenix 3300 trommel, the biggest two-way split mobile trommel screen in the Phoenix range. The Phoenix 3300 is designed for topsoil, recycling, wood chips and compost applications. The Phoenix 3300’s four-wheel drive trommel friction drum system is designed for greater efficiency and reliability with heavy capacities and throughputs according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

KPI-JCI Control System Eliminates Crusher Plugging →

KPI-JCI has introduced an automated overload protection system as standard equipment on all FAST TRAX track mounted jaw and impact crushing plants. The overload protection system optimizes the plant’s productivity by consistently regulating the crusher feed to prevent crusher overload and possible plugging. Through the use of an onboard diagnostic screen, the operator can view all the critical crusher, vibrating feeder, engine and system performance data in Spanish or English. Click for more...

McCloskey’s Tracked 412 RT Trommel Smallest of Its Kind →

The McCloskey 412 RT (equipped with radial stacker, and tracks) is a track-mounted trommel fully equipped with a 4- by 12-ft. (1.2- by 3.6-m) screening drum, radial stacker and optional tipping grid, all packed into a compact unit that transports under 32 ft. (9.7 m) overall length. The design of the new tracked 412 trommel is based on its wheeled counterpart, which was unveiled by McCloskey last year. Click for more...

Powerscreen Chieftain 1400 Rinser Offers Full Mobility →

Powerscreen’s Chieftain 1400 rinser is a high capacity, fully mobile washing screen that includes a feed hopper complete with reject grid, feed conveyor, washing screen and fully enclosed power unit. Standard split-bottom deck produces one or two grades of sand. With an optional double-deck vibrating grid on the feeder, four sized/washed products can be produced. On-board conveyors can stockpile midsize and oversize products without traditional stand-alone conveyors. Click for more...

Fintec Unveils Track-Mounted Cone Crusher to U.S. Market →

Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd., based in Northern Ireland, has introduced its Fintec 1080 track-mounted cone crusher system to the U.S. recycling market, joining the Fintec 1107 track-mounted primary jaw crusher, and the Fintec 542, Fintec 570 and Fintec 640 track-mounted screening plants. This mobile 385-hp (287 kW) secondary cone features high strength and high capacity with high-reduction performance, all-in feed, direct hydraulic drive and hydraulic closed-side setting and tramp iron relief, making it ideal for recycle and contract crushing. Click for more...

Powerscreen Horizon 5163 Scalping/Screening Plant Handles High Spec Products →

The new, highly mobile Powerscreen Horizon 5163 precision scalping and screening plant is designed to handle materials up to 10 in. (25 cm) and can produce up to 600 tons (544 t) per hour of high specification products (such as for concrete and road building/paving) with materials such as natural and crushed aggregates, crushed and recycled concrete and asphalt, coal and iron ore. It also works well in closed-circuit primary, secondary and tertiary crushing setups to achieve high tonnages of fine-sized product meeting strict specifications. Click for more...

Sandvik’s Acquisition of Extec, Fintec Nears Completion →

Sandvik has reached an agreement with private equity owners 3i to acquire Extec Screens and Crushers Ltd. Simultaneously, an agreement has been reached with the majority owner of Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd. (Fintec), to acquire the company. Sandvik currently has a minority shareholding in Fintec and will, after the completion of this transaction, become the only shareholder. The acquisitions are expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2007. Click for more...

Sandvik to Acquire Extec, Fintec →

Sandvik has reached an agreement with private equity owners 3i to acquire Extec Screens and Crushers Ltd. Simultaneously, an agreement has been reached with the majority owner of Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd. (Fintec), to acquire the company. Sandvik currently has a minority shareholding in Fintec and will, after the completion of this transaction, become the only shareholder. The acquisitions are expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2007. Click for more...

McCloskey Introduces High Energy Screening Plant →

McCloskey International has introduced a new vibratory flatdeck screening system designed to give aggregate producers more cost-effective choices when they plan for increased production capacity. With 130 sq. ft. (12 sq m) of screen cloth totaled across both decks, the 5- by 14-ft. (1.5 by 4.3 m) screen box of the S130 offers up to 25 percent more screening area than other models. Combined with a lower screening deck of a full 5- by 12-ft. Click for more...

Horizon 6203 Screening Plant Handles Large Volumes →

The Powerscreen Horizon 6203 dry screening plant is designed for large-volume processing of crushed stone, sand/gravel, coal and recycled concrete and asphalt. The plant has a capacity of up to 800 tons (726 t) per hour, and it features a 20-ft. by 6-ft. (6.1 by 1.8 m) triple-deck with high-productivity geared triple-shaft, oval-stroke — adjustable forward and elliptical .5- to .75-in. (1.3 to 1.9 cm) throw — screen. Click for more...

Stafford Adds Crushing, Screening Manager for Carolinas →

Stafford has selected Arthur Leonard to be its crushing and screening manager for the Carolinas. He is based out of Stafford’s West Columbia, S.C., branch and works closely with all of Stafford’s salesmen in the Carolinas. Mike Davis, vice president and general manager of Stafford’s Carolinas locations said, “With more than 23 years experience in the crushing and screening equipment business, on both the manufacturer and dealer sides, Arthur Leonard has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to matching the best machine with the customers’ specific needs.” Stafford has recently become the authorized dealer for Astec mobile screens and KPI-JCI (Kolberg-Pioneer Inc. Click for more...

GM Demolishes Plant in Lansing, Mich. →

Due to the prohibitive cost of operating safely and in an environmentally friendly manner in two existing plants in Lansing, Mich., General Motors Corporation constructed two new facilities (the Grand River Assembly and Delta Township plants) to replace them. The new facilities are capable of producing vehicles more efficiently, economically and safely. Now comes the job of demolishing, recycling and removing the two old plants — the Fisher Body Plant (Plant Six) and the Oldsmobile Plant (Plant One), located approximately 1.5 mi. Click for more...

Fintec Screening Plants Offer Easy Set-up, Mobility →

Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd., based in Northern Ireland and now an integral part of the Sandvik Group, provides quarry-grade mobile screening plants for construction, demolition, recycling and quarrying applications. These fully transportable Fintec screening plants are known for their quick setup, ease of operation and competitive pricing, according to the manufacturer. The track-mounted, Cat diesel-powered, water-cooled Fintec 542 screen and Fintec 570 screen are designed to provide durable, high-production capabilities in screening applications that include construction and demolition waste, quarrying, asphalt, coal and top soil. Click for more...

Grasan’s Crushing, Screening System Sets Up Easily →

Grasan road-portable system for crushing aggregates and concrete/asphalt rubble — primary impact crusher plant, side discharge conveyor, screening plant and closed-circuit return conveyor — can be set up quickly without a crane or special tools other than a front-end loader and block-and-tackle. Setup time will vary according to terrain, weather and ground conditions. Normally the entire system can be set up or torn down in one day or less by an experienced crew. Click for more...

Terex Pegson Maxtrak Features Automax Cone Crusher →

The Terex Pegson 1000 SR Maxtrak features the Automax “all-in feed” cone crusher with two-deck 5- by 11-ft. (1.5 by 3.3 m) product-sizing screen; input conveyor/hopper; product conveyors and oversize return conveyor on a single chassis. The unit can simultaneously produce two products plus oversize re-circulation, or three products using an optional third stockpiling conveyor. The plant is engineered for high specification, flexibility, and tonnage up to 240 tons (218 t) per hour, with great mobility and low operating costs. Click for more...

Crushing Aggregates Cuts Construction Costs, Time for New Highway 49 Bypass →

The new four-lane Highway 49 Bypass recently completed in northern California begins south of historic Sutter Creek and ends a little north of Amador City. The bypass is 4 mi. (6.4 km) long and involved the building of two major bridges. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was Nov. 9, 2006. Crushing and screening aggregates from the excavation and “waste” rock at two sites helped keep construction on schedule and saved the state of California approximately $1.8 million in the process. Click for more...

IronWolf Adds ’Split System Hydraulics’ to Two Crushers →

IronWolf’s 540 and 548 Crusher models incorporate “split system hydraulics” that use two independent hydraulic systems to rotate the cutter drum. The Crusher consists of a cutter drum and housing, and an auxiliary power unit, dedicated entirely to driving the cutter head, and mounts on the rear of the loader. The mobile attachments mount to wheel loaders and have the ability to reduce rock, asphalt, permafrost and concrete to virtually any size material and use a Caterpillar C-9 330-hp (245.9 kW) engine. Click for more...

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