Ancillary Equipment

Bowman International claims its new BowMet range of rolled bearings are the biggest advance in plain sliding bearings in more than 70 years.

BowMet is said to offer a higher load capacity and longer life than comparable bearings for customers operating in the construction and quarrying sectors, together with outstanding heat, speed and corrosion capabilities. It is manufactured in innovative ToughMet alloy, developed by Materion in the United States.

With a static load of 820N/mm2 and an impressive

Intercomp’s Weigh-In-Motion Scale Systems are said by the US firm to be being increasingly used around the world for more efficient, cost-effective operations.

Manufactured in America, the Low-Speed Weigh-In-Motion (LS-WIM) system functions as either an unattended or manned weigh station. This scale solution is said to be minimally invasive when compared to large, in-ground platform truck scales and will increase the flow of trucks through any type of entry/exit gate to meter loads coming in or going ou

Service packages for equipment from aggregates industry suppliers are now a big part of their business and although they come at a cost, they can provide long-term savings.

For example, Metso says: “Your profitability and cash flow depend on smooth-running production with minimal downtime and predictable costs. When equipment fails unexpectedly, production time is lost and there is the added unexpected cost of spare parts and repair work.

Given demand for increasingly higher-strength steels for a range of earthmoving equipment involved in quarrying and construction, Tata Steel’s new multimillion euro heavy-gauge hot-rolled steel decoiler line – Europe’s largest and most powerful – in Llanwern, near Newport, South Wales, could not have been better timed. Guy Woodford visited the impressive cutting-edge facility.

As soon as you set foot in the giant hanger that houses Europe’s biggest heavy-gauge hot-rolled steel decoiler line, you realise

Komatsu Europe has made an engine conversion process available to support current and future demand for pre-owned EU Stage IIIB Komatsu machinery in lesser regulated countries where Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (ULSD) fuel is not available.

The conversion process allows Komatsu machines to run properly in territories where diesel fuel has higher sulphur content than in Europe.

The Komatsu-approved engine modification process will be carried out by authorised Komatsu dealers.

“Innovative design, qualit

Xylem, a leading global water technology company, has passed the production milestone of 4 million Flygt wastewater pumps at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sweden.

The company says it is the first international pump manufacturer to have produced this quantity of wastewater pumps at just one facility.

The 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump will support the efficient operation of the central pumping station at Azaibah in Oman, which pumps wastewater across 8km to the Al Ansab treatment

Siemens is upgrading its weighing technology portfolio to include two complete packages for stand-alone applications.

The weighing terminals Siwarex WT231 for non-automatic scales and Siwarex WT241 for belt scales both combine weighing electronics and touch panel in a single unit.

Due to its extensive diagnostic capability and limit value control, the Siwarex WT231 with integrated WP231 weighing module can be used in industries demanding a high degree of accuracy, while the Siwarex WT241 with integrat

Doosan Portable Power’s new range of large Stage IV compliant portable compressors are all based on the same platform and are the first to feature a Doosan airend.

The new platform covers five large Doosan portable compressors, the 9/274, 9/304, 12/254, 17/244 and 21/224 models, offering free air deliveries from 21.5-30m³/minute at operating pressures from 8.6-21bar.

The compressors, powered by the Cummins QSL9 T4F six-cylinder diesel engine, meet the Stage IV regulations without the need for a DPF.