Breaking, Drilling & Blasting

In just a few seconds, some 20,000tonnes of rock at the Quenast Quarry near Brussels in Belgium had been blasted from the quarry face and was ready for processing.

An Atlas Copco Rock L6 had been used to drill the neat series of holes, which were packed with 3.5tonnes of explosives to be detonated from an on-site vehicle.

The quarry, run by Sagrex (part of the Heidelberg Cement Group), produces porphyry (hard and abrasive igneous rock), has a production capacity of 2 million tonnes/year and reserves o

Earthmoving attachments solutions provider, Miller UK, has been recognised by Hewden for its continual product development and innovative design solutions.

Miller picked up the Supplier Innovation Award at Hewden’s second annual charity golf day at Mottram Hall in County Cheshire, England, after developing a number of impressive solutions for its hydraulic breaker for the leading rental solution provider.

These developments included an automated lubrication system and bespoke head bracket, which is

Hewden has helped police track down a stolen breaker thanks to its latest investment in GPS attachment trackers.

The company received a report from specialist retail and forecourt construction contractors, Williams Southern, that a new hydraulic breaker had been stolen from its site in Southampton, southern England. It was part of a £1 million (€1. 4 million) range recently introduced by Hewden, which, in an industry first, came fitted with GPS trackers.

“As soon as we became aware of the breaker b

Sandvik Construction has widened its Rammer product range with the addition of the new Rammer 1655 and 2166 models.
Like the popular Rammer 2577, these two new medium-sized models feature a heavy duty housing, Ramvalve, Ramdata II, VIDAT tie rods and an in-hammer pressure control valve.
The smaller Rammer 1655 has a working weight of 1.08tonnes and is suitable for carriers in the 12- 21tonne class, while the 1.4tonne Rammer 2166 is suitable for carriers ranging from 16-27tonnes.

Brazilian cement producer, Brennand Cimentos, has marked its entry into hydraulic hammer ownership buying a Bretec L20 to undertake secondary breaking duties.
The breaker has been successfully used to deal with boulders that are too large to be moved or crushed, improving operational efficiency.
Mounted on an XCMG XE210 excavator, the new 1,340kg Bretec L20 silenced breaker, delivered by Rock Brit, is working at the company’s Sete Lagoas facility that annually produces more than 1 million tonnes of Portla

Hewden, the leading UK rental solution provider, is investing around €1.38 million (£1 million) in a range of Miller breaker attachments, which will see more than 180 new breakers added to Hewden’s attachment portfolio for use with its range of 1.5tonne-22tonne excavators and 5m-17m telehandlers from 1 July 2015.

Hewden is also introducing an innovative new hanger system, allowing customers to interchange attachments even if they operate a mixture of JCB and CAT machines.

To ensure the highest level

Myanmar quarrying company Long Life Aggregate Mining has recently taken delivery of its first Tiger DG700 Surface Top-hammer Drill Rig. The DG700 was supplied by Sandvik Construction’s authorised distributor in Myanmar, MSPM, and has been put to work boosting productivity as demand for high quality aggregates increases.
A longstanding Sandvik Construction customer, Long Life Aggregate Mining currently operates a range of Sandvik crushers and screening equipment which has been used to great effect producing