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Terex Cedarapids MVP450X Cone Crusher Increases Uptime →

The Terex Cedarapids MVP450X cone crusher boasts numerous features that increase the machine’s productivity and ease of use. Major new enhancements include high speed clearing of jammed material; quick crusher separation capability for faster manganese changes; easy to operate computer controls — the optional “Guardian” PLC control system optimizes production and is fully automated. Click for more...

Sandvik Launches Mobile QH440 Cone Crusher →

Sandvik expanded its mobile crushing range with the QH440 track mounted cone crusher, aimed at the most demanding of aggregate producers. At the center of this model sits the Sandvik CH440 cone crusher, which has been used in the most arduous static applications for more than 50 years. It can process material of up to 85 in. (215 cm) and is capable of producing up to 388 tph (352 t). The machine is designed for ease of mobility, transportation and quick set up time, which makes it adaptable to reach the most remote areas within and outside the quarry, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Powerscreen Launches Giant 1500 Maxtrak Cone Crusher →

Powerscreen has launched the new 1500 Maxtrak, the largest addition to the Powerscreen Maxtrak range, which includes the 1000, 1000SR and 1300 models. “In 2010, Powerscreen moved into what we view as the next generation of mobile crushing and screening equipment. With the launch of our largest ever jaw crusher, XA750, and largest ever screen, Warrior 2400, we are firmly positioning ourselves to meet the needs of the aggregates and mining segments. Click for more...

Grasan Unveils 3000-tph Tracked Impact Crusher Plant →

Grasan has a new, custom designed, tracked 3,000-tons-per-hour (2,721 t) horizontal impactor plant for aggregate crushing operations. Designated the KRHT-60E, the plant utilizes a New Holland type Williams 3-blow-bar impact crusher with Williams 6 by 50 ft. (1.8 by 15 m) apron feeder and Simplicity 7 by 20 ft. (2 by 6 m) grizzly bar scalping screen that can handle material up to 60 in. (152 cm) lump size. Click for more...

Automated Raptor Cone Crusher Controls From FLSmidth →

Raptor automated controls from FLSmidth Pekin LLC will improve cone crushing performance by ensuring the crusher operates at optimal efficiency, according to the manufacturer. Available in five packages for all Raptor cone crusher models, including XL300, XL400, XL500, XL600, XL900, XL1100, XL1300 and XL2000, the Raptor automation systems are self-contained controllers that provide full-time monitoring and automated controls. Click for more...

Kleemann MC 110 Z Jaw Crusher Makes an Appearance →

The MC 110 Z track-mounted jaw crusher from Kleemann has a high-torque reversible hydraulic jaw and fully hydraulic gap adjustment. The R version has an integrated grizzly and the Z version a fully independent double-deck pre-screen. The machine also can be fitted with an optional final screen and oversize discharge, allowing the operator to produce a final graded product with one machine. This fuel-efficient crusher is configured so one man can run one by himself; as he feeds raw material into the crusher, the excavator/grapple operator also can control the MC 110 Z from a wireless remote control unit, on his lap, in the cab. Click for more...

Sandvik Develops QI240, Recycling Impact Crusher →

Purpose designed to process construction materials on site, Sandvik’s QI240 crusher has been designed with mobility, productivity, transportability, minimal environmental impact and user friendliness at its core. The QI240 utilizes Sandvik impactor technology enabling the development of a fully mobile, compact impact crusher designed to either work in a primary or secondary capacity either independently or in conjunction with other members of the Sandvik product line. Click for more...

Monroe Tractor Demos Kleemann Impact Crusher in N.Y. →

Monroe Tractor held a two-day live demonstration and informative walk-around of the Kleemann MR 130 Z EVO mobile impact crusher Feb. 3 and 4 in West Henrietta, N.Y., near Rochester. Within minutes, chunks of abandoned concrete were dropped into the hopper while uniformly shaped stone, ready for reuse, were deposited at the other end. Several loads of rubble, which was quickly reduced to small rocks, came from Midtown Plaza — an epic piece of demolition from the first indoor shopping plaza ever constructed in the United States. Click for more...

Thompson Tractor Holds Waste Equipment Demo Day →

Thompson Tractor held a waste equipment demo day June 16 for the Thompson Recycling Products division at the City of Montgomery Landfill in Montgomery, Ala. In addition to machines being demoed, additional static equipment was on display and factory representatives from Doppstadt US and Peterson were on-hand to field questions from those in attendance. The first machine demonstrated was the Doppstadt SM-720 portable trommel screen. Click for more...

Powerscreen Team Overcomes Volcanic Disruption at Bauma 2010 →

Powerscreen, a provider of mobile crushing, screening and washing equipment, showcased the latest in a series of new product launches at Bauma 2010: the Warrior 800, Warrior 2400 and Pegson XH320SR. Also on display was the established Pegson XR400S. Powerscreen distributors and team members defied the Icelandic volcanic disruption by travelling from across the globe to Bauma by cars, trains and boats to ensure a successful event. Click for more...

IROCK Crushers Office Relocates to Accommodate Growth →

IROCK Crushers has moved its corporate office to a larger location in Oakwood Village, Ohio. General Manager, Robert Nelson explained that the move is a small part and first step toward its growth business strategy. The new location provides more office space with room for growth while locating IROCK Crushers between Akron and Cleveland, two major markets in northern Ohio. The new sales office is located alongside Ohio CAT, one of IROCK Crushers’ dealers. Click for more...

Is the Screening a Perfect Fit for the Application? →

In many applications, the screening process is the key ingredient in transforming a waste material product into a highly sought after marketable material. Several styles of portable screening plants are available, including shaker screens, trommel screens, severe shake shaker screens, starscreens and box screens. “Screening is simply the segregation of material by size,” said Rick Cohen, president of Screen USA Inc. Click for more...

Powerscreen Launches Warrior 2400 →

Powerscreen has launched the new Powerscreen Warrior 2400 as part of its new product development program. “The Warrior 2400 builds on the global success of the Warrior 1400 and Warrior 1800, representing the next step in the evolution of heavy duty track mobile screeners. With the Warrior 2400, Powerscreen extends our range of heavy duty screeners, to meet the needs of larger end users and operators in the quarrying, mining and recycling sectors,” said Pat Brian, Powerscreen global director of sales. Click for more...

Kurtz Bros. Goes Into Battle With Warrior 1800 →

Kurtz Bros. operates a C&D landfill, a MRF and material processing operation on its 17-acre facility. To tackle this work, Kurtz Bros. recently purchased a Powerscreen Warrior 1800 from AGGCORP. The Warrior 1800 will go into service at the company’s Valley View, Ohio, production site. Tim Lee, Kurtz Bros. C&D/recycling manager, said that the Warrior 1800 will process hard fill such as bricks and concrete to produce 411, #1’s & # 2 material to supply local landscape and construction customers in northern Ohio. Click for more...

Eagle Peak Rock & Paving Crushes Rocks Left Over From 1930s →

During the famous 1849 Gold Rush, miners panned for gold in California streams. Many years later some enterprising companies took it to a new level by “panning” a number of river valleys in northern California with floating dredges. One such dredging operation started circa 1936 and continued into the early days of World War II. A 100-yd.-long barge-mounted dredge was used to “pan” the Scott River Valley just south of the Oregon border near Yreka, Calif., in Siskiyou County. Click for more...

IROCK Crushers to Be Re-Broadcasted Dec. 5 →

IROCK Crushers will be featured on 21st Century Business on Fox Business Network on Dec. 5 at 5 p.m., eastern standard time, in the top 100 major metropolitan areas in the United States. The first one of the presentation also can be seen on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKD3jrak7hM and second part can seen on www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEKOplyo-xs. Recycling concrete, asphalt and demolition debris is a hot topic today and IROCK President Ken Taylor and the team have created a video that demonstrates how IROCK Crushers is addressing this market opportunity for its customers by building a machine that is specifically designed to handle the daily challenges customers face in recycling concrete, asphalt and demolition debris. Click for more...

Modern Machinery Adds Kleemann Crushing & Screening Plants to Product Offering →

Modern Machinery has added Kleemann to its line of products for the aggregate, recycle, slag, coal and green waste industries. With more than a century of experience in the construction of stationary plants, Kleemann, a member of the Wirtgen Group, has become one of the main forces driving the development of tracked mobile crushing and screening plants in both the natural rock and stone industry and in the recycling sector, according to the company. Click for more...

IROCK Crushers Featured on Business Television Series →

IROCK Crushers was featured on 21st Century Business on Fox Business Network Nov. 14 and can also be seen on YouTube. Recycling concrete, asphalt and demolition debris is a hot topic today. As a result, IROCK President Ken Taylor and the team have created a video that demonstrates how IROCK Crushers is addressing this market opportunity for its customers by building a machine that is specifically designed to handle the daily challenges customers face in recycling concrete, asphalt and demolition debris. Click for more...

New Crusher Brings Surprise Business for Concord Firm →

When Michael Frings decided to expand his concrete business to include a stone crushing service, it meant he would have to buy or rent all new equipment. And there was only one place he considered to get the machinery he needed: Stafford Equipment in Charlotte, N.C. Frings has owned Affordable Concrete Service in Concord, N.C., since August 2003 and has proven adept at fulfilling the concrete needs of customers throughout the Charlotte, Lake Norman and upstate South Carolina areas. Click for more...

Crushing, Screening Soloist Runs Harmonious Operation →

Usually, the eighth brother gets to do everything last, if he gets to do it at all. But Chris Adler, who has seven older brothers, does something daily that no one else in the family does and very few gravel banks in New England would even attempt. Adler, 43, runs three impressive machines simultaneously all by himself at the family’s immense 87-acre (35 ha) gravel bank in Glocester, R.I. — Adler Brothers’s Metso crushing and screening plant consists of a Lokotrack LT105 primary jaw, a secondary NW200HPS cone plant with screen, and a Lokotrack ST352 mobile screen. Click for more...

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