- Aug- 2020 -18 AugustIndustry News 04_2020
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With its digital marketplace, the start-up Sparrow Networks ensures that the participants are supplied with the appropriate spare part as quickly as possible in the event a component in their systems fails. Sparrow connects the stock of the system operators with each other. Thanks to the network, a suitable supplier…
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Turning off-spec particles into premium sand
Sand manufacturer Kasprs Build Mate inaugurated a new plant for processing off-spec particles in Pune/India, in mid-2019. The centerpiece of the plant is the rotor impact mill from BHS-Sonthofen GmbH, Sonthofen/Germany, which, in contrast to conventional VSI rotor crushers, even further reduces fine grain sizes (Figure 1). Kasprs can thus…
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GHH presents LHD with Stage V
GHH Vehicles GmbH, Gelsenkirchen/Germany, the manufacturer of heavy machinery for rock logistics, announces the launch of the Stage V engine range in their load haul dumpers (LHD). It starts with the new LF-14, a vehicle that is more than just a technical highlight. It marks nothing less than the current…
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Central Europe gets its first two Metso Truck Bodies into operation
Exactly one year after the launch of the Metso Truck Body at the BAUMA 2019 fair, the first two Komatsu HD605-8 dump trucks equipped with Metso Truck Bodies have been delivered to a porphyry quarry in Brabant Wallon/Belgium, by Metso distributor BIA Group (Figure 1). These are the first Metso…
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Peak Screening from Sandvik
Peak Screening is a complete package offer and performance concept designed to ensure every square meter of a customer’s screening is as productive as it can be for their unique operation. Most screening operations, even when they look fine, are capable of more, often much more. Peak Screening is Sandvik’s…
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SanRemo Mobile simplifies connectivity of Sandvik surface drill rigs
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology rolled out a new mobile-device-based connectivity solution for its surface drill rigs at -CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020. The free app, SanRemo Mobile, makes it easier than ever to connect to a drill rig and transfer drill plans, reports and other fleet management and drilling data timely and…
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Tiefenbach signs further supply contract for “world record”-longwall equipment
Tiefenbach Control Systems GmbH, Bochum/Germany, has received a follow-up order from China to also plan and supply the second complete electro-hydraulic control system for the world’s largest roof support system. The order from the roof support manufacturer Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co. Ltd. (ZMJ) has a value of approximately…
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Wirtgen 220 SMi 3.8 Surface Miner – High-Performance Chalk Mining in France
On behalf of the HeidelbergCement Group, Wirtgen GmbH, Windhagen/Germany, conducted a performance test with the 220 SMi 3.8 surface miner at a chalk quarry in Couvrot/France. The goal was to increase production output compared to the current mining method using a crawler dozer while simultaneously reducing operating costs. During the…
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RAG-Stiftung ends first year of funding obligations successfully – and remains on course despite the coronavirus crisis
The Board of Executives of the RAG-Stiftung presented the figures for the 2019 business year on 4th June 2020 in Essen/Germany. Summary: The foundation model worked to its full extent and as expected in the first year in which financing for the perpetual obligations was to come from the German…
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RVR to gradually take over 20 spoil tips from RAG Aktiengesellschaft
RAG Aktiengesellschaft, Essen/Germany, is putting its spoil tips in new hands: The Ruhr Regional Association (Regionalverband Ruhr, RVR) is taking over 20 redeveloped mining sites with a total surface area of 1,149 ha (Figure 1). These are primarily intended to be developed into natural sites and activity areas. “The mountains…
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