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Extec X44 SBS Offers New Track Mounted Cone Crusher →

The Extec X44 SBS cone crusher’s design and capacity have been specifically adapted to the markets real requirements, and to fully complement, and strengthen, Extec’s existing crusher portfolio, the company said. New features of the crusher design include the diesel hydraulic drive Cat C-13 diesel engine and variable speed, high torque for controlled continuous feed. The X44 SBS also has a feed hopper, mounted on hydraulically controlled slew ring, which decreases down time after metal detection in in-feed material and a hydraulic closed side setting adjustment. Click for more...

Grasan Portable Jaw Plants Offer Choice of Crusher Brands →

Grasan road-portable and pit-portable jaw crusher plants are available in a full range of sizes with various crusher brands and diesel or electric power. Or customers can supply a new or used jaw for chassis installation. Plants can be customized to meet each customer’s needs or specifications. Chassis frames are built with high-strength, wide-flange steel beams. Hoppers use .75-in. (1.9 cm) plate wall construction with heavy angle reinforcing and are available with .37-in. Click for more...

Giberson Enterprises Add Fourth Model to Eco-Crusher Line →

The Eco-Crusher line of excavator mounted jaw crushers has now been expanded to include a fourth size, with the introduction of the BF60. Excavators as small as 8 tons (72 t) can now accommodate the newest addition to Giberson Enterprises’ line. “Our customers put us to the challenge to create a smaller crusher to accommodate a broader range of machines and we responded. The BF60 gives our customers yet another option to get an advantage over their competition by decreasing overhead and increasing their profits, even on the smallest of jobs. Click for more...

Powerscreen Chieftain 2100 Provides Uniform Sizing →

The Powerscreen Chieftain 2100 triple-deck, 20 by 5-ft. (6 by 1.5 m) dry screen is designed and built for large-scale operations. The unit provides constant, uniform sizing and can process up to 500 tons (453 t) per hour, depending on mesh size and material type. The force in the screen is 25 percent greater due to larger bearings, providing optimum performance in wet, sticky applications, according to the manufacturer. Click for more...

Extec Helps Pa. Quarry Take a Chunk Out of Hauling Costs →

When it became obvious that its rock product operations was not as cost effective as it could be because of transportation and hauling costs, Keller Crushing & Screening Inc. of Tunkhannock, Pa., purchased an E-7 fully-tracked screen from Extec Screens & Crushers Ltd. John Keller founded the company in 1958 for the purpose of screening sand and gravel. In 1996, the management decided to strengthen its core business activities and leased a quarry. Click for more...

R.L. Materials ’Switches Gears’ to Offer On-Site Crushing →

After 25 years in the paving business, R.L. Materials Inc. switched gears at its Suffolk County, Long Island, facility in Medford, N.Y., to offer on-site crushing and recycling services for asphalt contractors looking to stop splurging on job-site expenses and start purging costly delivery charges. With R.L. Materials’ new service, materials such as concrete and asphalt can be crushed on site and reused as a base material, eliminating both the cost of hauling materials off site and the cost of importing aggregate base materials to the job site. Click for more...

Terex Pegson Launches Bigger Metrotrak Jaw Crusher →

The upgraded Terex Pegson 24 in. by 36 in. (61 by 91 cm) Metrotrak “M” Series single-toggle jaw crusher is designed for higher performance and rapid return on investment. The aggressive crushing action of the newer, bigger Metrotrak enables high output in recycling and aggregates applications, even at tight settings. The highly mobile tracked unit features fast setup time and ease of transportation. Click for more...

Giberson’s Eco-Crushers Chew Up Slew of Materials →

Giberson Enterprises has introduced an excavator-mounted bucket jaw crusher. Combining portable and affordable crushing, the Eco-Crusher is a choice for any and all crushing needs, according to the manufacturer. The Eco-Crusher will break down concrete, rocks, asphalt and more. It can handle rocks the size of 15 in. minus and crush them down to approximately 1 in. minus. The convenience of on-site crushing eliminates hauling and tipping fees. Click for more...

Old Dozer Out, New Pegsons in for David Chaves Excavation →

In 1980 David Chaves decided that the old bulldozer from his father’s farm should be used as more than a lawn ornament. The machine had been sitting idle since Dave’s father, Manuel, opted out of the dairy farm business he owned for 10 years. Declining profits had made it impossible to continue in the dairy business, so the Stratton Mountain Ski Area became the new employer of both father and son. Click for more...

New Powerscreen Chieftain Three-Deck Rinser Features Four Bearing Screen Box →

The new, track-mounted, three-deck Powerscreen Chieftain 2100 rinser is a high capacity (up to 500 tph, depending on mesh and material), fully mobile washing screen that can work independently or as part of a Powerscreen multi-machine, full-range wash plant. In addition, the unit can be converted to a dry screen. The Chieftain 2100 rinser can produce one, two or three grades of sand. On-board conveyors can stockpile all product grades without traditional stand-alone conveyors. Click for more...

Powerscreen Orion 1400 Trommel Features High Capacity →

The new, high-capacity Powerscreen Orion 1400 trommel typically sets up in 15 minutes and provides high mobility with low ground pressure crawler tracks. Wheeled undercarriage also is available. Applications include topsoil, recycling, wood chips and compost. Hopper length is more than 12 ft. (3.7 m); capacity is 5.65 cu. yds. (4.3 cu m). The 14- by 5-ft. (4.3 by 1.5 m) drum has 169.4 sq. ft. (15.7 sq m) screening area and variable speed control to 24.5 rpm. Click for more...

Bair Uses On-Site Crushing to Stay Ahead of Competition →

Greg Bair, president of Greg Bair Track Hoe Service Inc. of Overland Park, KS, is always looking to stay one step ahead of the competition. When he first started out in the excavation business he didn’t want to be just another excavator on a low-boy, so he chose to specialize in demolition and rock breaking. At first, his demolition practice included using a track-hoe with a breaker attachment to reduce the foundation or rock and trucking to a landfill. Click for more...

Extec Launches Updated Crusher Line With C12+ →

Extec’s newly designed C12+ updates the successful C-12 with features that include:• Computer designed web and flange chassis for strength and flexibility in hostile operating environments. • Vogel central greasing system for the supply of centralized lubrication. • “Copperhead” bearing wear management system from SKF. • Powerful Caterpillar C-9 Acert engine. Click for more...

Poland Sand & Gravel Unearths ’Diamond’ in the Rough →

In 1996, Scott Rommel was in the market to acquire additional land for his gravel pit operations in Poland, NY. He ultimately decided that purchasing the land adjacent to his existing operation was the best solution for expanding his business. Already seasoned in the construction industry at the time, Rommel had been working as a subcontractor on a bridge job with J.H. Malloy in Poland, NY, when he decided to expand his company. Click for more...

California Firm Combs Mojave for Colored Rocks →

Nestled in the Southwestern part of the United States, in the blistering heat of the Mojave Desert, is BruBaker-Mann Inc., one of California’s colored rock producers. BruBaker-Mann Inc. offers a large selection of natural rock colors including gold, green, white, pink, wine red and lilac; much of which is used by landscapers and homeowners for decorative purposes. These colors come from eight different quarry areas located throughout the Mojave Desert. Click for more...

Grasan Crushers Recycle Ferrous Metals Embedded in Concrete →

A primary impact crusher and powerful electromagnetic separator are required for recycling ferrous metals such as mesh, rebar, dowel pins and other tramp iron commonly found embedded in concrete rubble from demolished buildings and torn up highways. A primary impactor shatters concrete so embedded metals are left virtually concrete free and ready to be pulled from the flow of crushed concrete by the electromagnetic separator on the discharge conveyor between the crusher and screening plant. Click for more...

Superior Industries Introduces Pinnacle Stacking Conveyor →

Superior Industries is now manufacturing a portable radial stacking conveyor line with a 21.5 degree incline and a set back axle, giving more stockpile capacity. The portable Pinnacle conveyor is available in lengths of 80, 100, 110 and 125 ft. (24.3, 30.5, 33.5 and 38.1 m) with belt widths from 30 to 42 in. (76 to 107 cm). The Pinnacle is available with a swing axle or FD axle and an expanded receiving hopper. Click for more...

Fintec 1107 Unit Equipped With Sandvik J11 Jaw Crusher →

The Fintec 1107 is a track-mounted primary crushing unit equipped with Sandvik’s J11 single toggle jaw crusher, primarily for use in recycling and crushing contracts. A wider range of applications is available when the machine is combined with Fintec screening units. Fintec 1107 features techniques to minimize stress levels within the frame. The throughput of the machine is from 88 to 441 tons (80 to 400 t) per hour. Click for more...

Heneghan Wrecking Co. Clears Chicago Neighborhoods →

Recognizing the poor state of public housing, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) is in the midst of renovating salvageable sites and tearing down condemnable properties throughout Chicago. The undertaking is part of a sorely needed project to improve the living conditions of Chicago’s poorer families. To ensure a thorough, neighborhood-conscious job would be performed, the CHA called upon Heneghan Wrecking Co. Click for more...

Grasan’s KRH1620 Crusher Can Be Portable, Stationary →

The Grasan KRH1620 horizontal-shaft primary impact crusher plant is available in pit-portable and stationary models for high volume aggregates and concrete/asphalt recycling operations. The crusher can reduce 24-in. (61 cm) limestone down to 6-in. minus in one step and produce a cubical-quality product at up to 800 tons (726 t) per hour. The Grasan-engineered plant features a Hazemag 1620 APPH impactor with fully automatic hydraulic cylinder system for increased crusher capacity, smooth operation and uniform products. Click for more...

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