Screening Static & Mobile

Following a trial of Metso Minerals' Nordberg Plant Management System at Hanson Aggregates' Ystrad Meurig Quarry, UK, the software has now been installed on a further six mobile machines at Lithalun Quarry.

Metso installed the remote control system on the Lokotrack LT300HP for Hanson last year to allow the company to test the advantages of the wireless communication capabilities. The system has now been extended to the LT110 primary crusher, another LT300HP and its two ST358 and ST620 mobile screens.

A huge increase in the UK landfill tax rate for waste fines has seen an increase in demand for a company’s separator.
The Max X Tract Density Separator has been a part of the Dig A Crusher product line for the past few years and, in truth, sales have been steady but unremarkable, says a report in This Week in Demolition newsletter. Last year, the company delivered 11 units, and although their use has been pioneered by some recycling companies keen to extract every last ounce of value from their waste stre

Stelex Construction Equipment has completed a double deal in France with the sale of a new HT182 heavy duty static Hercules trommel plant plus the overhaul of the customer’s existing machine. The bespoke projects, made to the customer’s requirements, were manufactured in the UK. The new HT182 trommel, mounted on a steel skid frame, consists of a 1.8m diameter, 8m long barrel and is producing clean stone for a range of applications from contaminated as-dug material at a rate of up to 500tonnes/hour. The hea

Hewitt Robins International has completed a turnkey project to replace a Niagara screen at Lafarge Whisby, County Lincolnshire, eastern England within a four-week timescale. The existing Niagara screen was non-repairable, so delivery of a new screen in the shortest timescale was critical. The new Hewitt Robins V-13 1.8 x 6.0 double- deck replacement screen was designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned in four weeks, allowing Whisby to stop production while the machine was being built.

Hewitt Robins has completed a turnkey project to replace a Niagara screen at Lafarge Whisby, County Lincolnshire, eastern England within a four-week timescale. The existing Niagara screen was non-repairable, so delivery of a new screen in the shortest timescale was critical. The new Hewitt Robins V-13 1.8 x 6.0 double- deck replacement screen was designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned in four weeks, allowing Whisby to stop production while the machine was being built.

The final preparations for Bauma are now underway and ABE takes a look at some of the new equipment that will be launched at the show. With more floor space than ever before, the 2010 edition of Bauma looks set to be the biggest yet in terms of the number of new products on display. Work on placing the new equipment from the 3002 exhibitors on the 555,000m2 showground is now reaching the final stages.

Extended offer Customers in the UK and Ireland can now benefit from additional confidence when buying sand and aggregate washing equipment from CDE before the end of the year. The company has announced that it will be offering performance guarantees and an extended three year warranty on all new equipment bought before 31 December 2010.

Ireland-based CDE Global has added the Rotomax RX150 logwasher to its product range to offer improved levels of attrition for washing applications. The company has said the RX150 is the most significant development since the first Rotomax model was launched in 2003 due to the improvements in the shaft and paddle designs. The paddles are constructed from high chrome cast iron - the same specification of material as used in impactor crushers and far exceeds the specification of paddles within other logwashers