Aggregate Equipment Articles

Retek Crushers Razes Eyebrows on Jersey Mall Demo Job →

It may be the oldest mall on the East Coast, but it can still change from time to time. The Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, N.J., built in 1961, is undergoing a footprint change and Central Salvage of Philadelphia, Pa., demolished a section of the mall to make way for a new Nordstrom department store. The now razed section was once occupied by Strawbridge’s department store, but the footprint of the old store didn’t match up to Nordstrom’s requirements. Click for more...

Giberson Demos Its Jaw Crusher Bucket in Ill. →

Giberson Enterprises LLC recently demonstrated how recycle, demolition and concrete contractors, as well as aggregate producers, can lower costs using its Eco-Crusher excavator-mounted jaw crusher bucket at Brackenbox Inc. in Markham, Ill. Brackenbox, a transfer station that handles numerous tons of C&D and concrete material each year, was the ideal location to show contractors how the Eco-Crusher can operate on small job sites, scooping and crushing the material that contractors typically pay hundreds of dollars per truckload to haul away. Click for more...

EESSCO Adds Terex Simplicity Screens, Feeders to Lineup →

EESSCO has added Terex Simplicity screens and feeders to its product line in Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York. Terex Simplicity produces a full line of heavy-duty vibratory screens and feeders for the aggregate and mining industries. Its standard line includes horizontal and inclined screens, pan and grizzly feeders and scalpers. Terex Simplicity configures inclined screens with one to four decks depending on the model and offers two-bearing, four-bearing and dual-mechanism screens. Click for more...

Terex Pegson XA400 Jaw Crusher Boasts High Swing Jaw →

The 1100 by 650 Terex Pegson XA400 tracked crushing plant features the M Series single toggle jaw with a hydraulic adjust system to allow the user to quickly change the machine setting with no drawback rod adjustment. The machine features low fuel consumption due to the highly efficient HFO direct drive system and handles large feed due to an aggressive, high swing jaw. A hydraulic folding feed hopper allows for easy setup and there is ample under-crusher access with underscreen feeder option and a Caterpillar C9 powerpack. Click for more...

Extec S-7 Designed for Producers With Large Throughput →

Designed for the aggregate producer who requires large throughput, true mobility, and four clean gradings, Extec has developed the S-7. The S-7 is based around the doublescreen concept, but with a triple deck screen arrangement. Although possessing many customer-focused features, at the heart of the S-7 is the triple deck doublescreen box. This enables the screener to incorporate such mould breaking features as independent screen-box slope, independent screen-box vibration, independent screen-box amplitude, and independent screen-box speed. Click for more...

Powerscreen Chieftain 1700 Separates Up To Six Products →

The new Powerscreen Chieftain 1700 is a highly mobile two- and three-deck dry screen that can separate up to six products and is specifically designed to fit into the mid-range bracket between the Chieftain 1400 and 2100 models. Four integral hydraulically folding stockpile conveyors transport with the machine. This eliminates the need for any lifting devices to put the plant into working mode. The Chieftain 1700 sets up ready to run in less than 30 minutes. Click for more...

Terex Finlay I-1312 Impact Crusher Boasts Rapid Setup →

The Terex Finlay I-1312 impact crusher plant features high throughput and large reduction ratio, plus rapid setup. The multiple-speed impactor is designed for primary and secondary crushing of concrete/asphalt rubble and limestone. The I-1312 uses a high performance Cedarapids 5048LP impact crusher with a large discharge opening and standard 3-bar or optional 4-bar configuration. Other standard features include hydrostatic drive and advanced electronic control system, hydraulically assisted apron setting, grizzly feeder with integral pre-screen, selectable discharge to bypass or main conveyor, and dust suppression on main conveyor. Click for more...

Chieftain 2100 Chomps on Rock at Turks Sand & Gravel →

David Turcotte, owner of Turcotte Concrete Floors, has more than 35 years in the concrete business. In April 2007, he decided to diversify his operations with Turk’s Sand & Gravel, a more than 250-acre (101 ha) sand and gravel pit in southern Maine. Turcotte had purchased the land 13 years prior but was unsure how he wanted to develop the property. With the market demand of aggregates rising, he decided to invest in equipment and people to become a major aggregates producer in the region supplying the top concrete and asphalt producers. Click for more...

Extec Launches X38 SBS Adapted for Aggregate Producers →

The design and capacity of Extec’s X38 SBS have been specifically adapted to the aggregate producers’ real requirements, and to fully complement, and strengthen, Extec’s existing crusher portfolio. The X38 SBS makes use of the technology found on its larger brother, the X44 SBS, but is now based around the Telsmith 38SBS cone unit. The cone unit possesses a crushing speed of up to 780 rpm, and this smaller size enables a compact frame design, while still providing strength and productivity, that are essential for worldwide quarry applications. Click for more...

Finlay 683 Supertrak Can Be Set Up in Less Than 10 Minutes →

The 12- by 5-ft. (3.6 by 1.5 m) twin-deck Finlay 683 Supertrak is a complete scalping, screening and stockpiling unit designed for high production and on-site mobility with a setup time of less than 10 minutes. The unit has a 9-yd. (8.2 m) hopper capacity and features a remote control tipping reject grid with 4- to 8-in. (10 to 20 cm) bars or heavy mesh, plus optional single-deck vibrating grid. The 42-in. Click for more...

Jaw Crusher Well Suited for Rock, Concrete Recycling →

Ideal for high-capacity producers of crushed stone or concrete recycle, the Telsmith Quarry-Trax Model TJ3258 mobile track-mounted primary jaw crushing plant features a larger gape and a 58-in.-wide (147 cm) crushing chamber, boosting crushing capacity by up to 15 percent. The jaw crusher hydraulic system provides three key benefits for ease of operation and greater uptime production: hydraulic adjustment reduces maintenance time and maintains crusher output; hydraulic tramp iron relief protects parts and components against overload damage while reducing downtime; and hydraulic chamber clearing allows the operator to safely clear the crusher and return to production in just minutes. Click for more...

Firm Finds Niche With Crushers →

Kids in yellow hats playing with Tonka trucks may be the construction workers of the future. For Chandler Lloyd, owner of Able Contracting, all the toy trucks paid off. “I was a kid that never grew up,” he explained. “I liked Tonka trucks and now I like big trucks. It’s like you get paid to play.”The interest has worked out well for Lloyd, whose Ridgeland, S.C., company now has 28 trucks, one dump truck, three crushers, three excavators, two densifiers, a hammer, three loaders and three screeners. Click for more...

Grasan Offers Stationary Truss, Channel Frame Conveyors →

Grasan stationary truss and channel frame conveyors come in 24- to 60-in. (61 to 152 cm) belt widths and lengths from 25 to 500 ft. (7.6 to 152 m), complete with engineered drives and a variety of options such as walkways, covers, support legs, etc. The standard truss main frames are 36 in. (91 cm) deep and all jig welded; truss sections are through-bolted for extra strength. For long spans between supports, Grasan can furnish 48- or 60-in.-deep (122 or 152 cm) trusses with extra heavy chord angles. Click for more...

Crusher Blockage Clearance Apparatus Speeds Up Process →

Screen Machine Industries Inc. has designed manufactured track mounted impact crushers that improve safety and productivity. The new “Crusher Blockage Clearance Apparatus” feature has reduced the frequency for which laborers and machinery must clear bridged material in order to resume production. The multiple applications of oversize rock and c&d materials with which impact crushers have contended, have plagued job site production results since portable impact crushing began, according to Screen Machine. Click for more...

Terex Finlay J-1175 Jaw Crusher Plant Easily Transported →

Terex Finlay’s compact J-1175 single-toggle jaw crusher features ease of transport, fast setup and on-site mobility in a heavy-duty plant designed for hard rock crushing, plus built-in features for demolition/recycling applications. Built around a 42 by 30 in. (106 by 76 cm) Jaques crusher chamber, the J-1175 is fitted with a heavy-duty vibrating grizzly feeder with automatic control to regulate the feed into the crusher, plus hydrostatic drive and reverse crushing action to assist in clearing blockages. Click for more...

Nordberg Cone Crusher Proves Its Worth for J.H. Lynch →

Quarry production has come a long way since the days of “Fred Flintstone,” but it is still possible to have a “dinosaur” piece of equipment working on a site. When Jim Manni was appointed to the position of facility manager of J.H. Lynch & Sons Inc.’s Cumberland, R.I., quarry, it was operating with a tertiary cone crusher that was no longer meeting production needs. Manni’s new responsibilities were to keep the quarry operating at peak efficiency producing the highest quality aggregate product possible in an efficient and timely manner. Click for more...

TechniVate Inc. Crushes Through Avondale Quarry →

TechniVate Inc. supplies customers across the southeast of Pennsylvania and Delaware with a range of site development services. TechniVate makes use of more than 50 different types of heavy machinery in its work, ranging from small backhoes to scrapers and pans, to dozers and excavators. Through this machinery, the company and its staff of 135 has been able to provide a high quality service for its residential and commercial customers, but with the introduction of crushing and screening machinery, TechniVate has been able to achieve new market penetration into the quarrying industry. Click for more...

Grasan Unveils Largest Road-Portable Rubble Crusher →

Grasan’s largest road-portable rubble crushing plant, the KRH1515, features the Hazemag APPH primary impact crusher with a fully automatic, hydraulic cylinder system that provides increased crusher capacity (up to 600 tons per hour [544.3 t]), smoother operation and more uniform products. Typical applications include on-site crushing of concrete and asphalt rubble and excavated rock at road construction and repaving operations. Click for more...

Powerscreen Introduces Phoenix 3300 Trommel →

Powerscreen introduces its new large-scale “flagship” Phoenix 3300 trommel, the biggest two-way split mobile trommel screen in the Phoenix range. The Phoenix 3300 is designed for topsoil, recycling, wood chips and compost applications. The Phoenix 3300’s four-wheel drive trommel friction drum system is designed for greater efficiency and reliability with heavy capacities and throughputs according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

KPI-JCI Control System Eliminates Crusher Plugging →

KPI-JCI has introduced an automated overload protection system as standard equipment on all FAST TRAX track mounted jaw and impact crushing plants. The overload protection system optimizes the plant’s productivity by consistently regulating the crusher feed to prevent crusher overload and possible plugging. Through the use of an onboard diagnostic screen, the operator can view all the critical crusher, vibrating feeder, engine and system performance data in Spanish or English. Click for more...

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