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HxGN Live 2014 held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas saw around 3,500 attendees see and learn about exciting new and in-demand design, measurement and visualisation technologies for industries including mining, quarrying and road construction. Guy Woodford reports. Individual users of exciting information technology innovation hold the key to successfully tackling mounting global challenges, stressed Hexagon president and CEO Ola Rollén in his key note speech titled ‘The Disruptive Power of Transformation’ tha

Businesses in Asia and Europe are benefiting from the latest loading equipment and technology. Guy Woodford reports. A battalion of SDLG wheeled loaders are working at a concrete manufacturing facility in Shaanxi Province, west China, close to the site of the famous Terracotta Army.
Lintong, a rural settlement 35km to the east of Xi’An, western China , is famous for being the birthplace of the Terracotta Army, a collection of terracotta figurines depicting the army of Qin Shi Huang, China’s first-ever Emp

Quarry overburden in the quarrying and aggregate production process is the only by-product, and being a natural product it offers no pollution risk. Indeed, while the material which overlies a rock formation cannot be usually be used for the production of aggregates, it has to be disposed of in a managed manner. Often it is removed to a disposal site, then shaped and re-vegetated to blend in with the landscape.

Aggregate production, and associated equipment, is expensive, and training operators is also expensive and time-consuming. However, modern simulators covering a wide variety of quarry equipment can reduce the time taken for training, and also improve health and safety. Most of the major construction equipment manufacturers have now developed, or are developing, simulators that make training much easier, safer and cost-effective.

Aggregate production, and associated equipment, is expensive, and training operators is also expensive and time-consuming. However, modern simulators covering a wide variety of quarry equipment can reduce the time taken for training, and also improve health and safety. Most of the major construction equipment manufacturers have now developed, or are developing, simulators that make training much easier, safer and cost-effective.

A new turnkey sand and gravel washing plant from CDE Global is reducing excess fines to produce washed sands and aggregates for Bröderna Björklunds Grus at Olofström, southern Sweden. The rock and gravel/sand quarrying company, founded in 1922 by the grandfather and great-grandfather of the current owners, Peter and Thomas Björklund, operates three rock and gravel/sand quarry pits in Marieholm, Vånga Krossen and Fjälkinge. The owners bought a CDE EvoWash in 2007 to capture fine sand which was being lost fro

Building prototype machines involves a lot of time and resources, so engineers at Volvo Construction Equipment’s Technology Function are developing new methods to increase the amount of virtual testing and simulation that can be conducted before the first prototype is built.
The company says this shortens the development cycle and ensures that when prototypes are built they are much closer to the final product, thus reducing costs.
Virtual testing and simulation is not new to Volvo CE as it has an estab

Transporting and handling aggregate cargo using self-unloading vessels offers significant advantages to companies seeking an environmentally-responsible shipping solution. This is the view of global company CSL, which also points to the system being “cost-effective, efficient and reliable” “From crushed limestone to sand, gravel and stone, belt self-unloading technology helps to keep costs down and minimise dust and noise,” says the company.
“Aggregates are a fundamental commodity in the construction indus