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Anyone who, like Wilfried Dünnwald, looks back on many years of working as a miner in a managerial position knows the potential problems at transfer points of conveyor systems first-hand. It makes no difference in which industry the continuous conveyor technology transports bulk materials. It also makes no difference whether it works underground or open pit. Spillages or dust emissions ...

“Smart” controlled and monitored wastewater pumps and aerators offer many advantages. At IFAT 2020, The Tsurumi Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany, will show how easy retrofitting is. Featuring a clever function against blockage. To make existing equipment fit for the future, all you need is the new Tsurumi Connect-Box (Figure 1). It is connected by means of a motor protection plug or ...

Corona everywhere: not only for the industry no easy situation. At Tsurumi, a manufacturer of pumps for clear water, wastewater and sewage, the situation is more relaxed than elsewhere. Because the Japanese have a different supply concept. “The majority of our product range is available at short notice,” said Daniel Weippert, Managing Director for the Tsurumi Europe GmbH in Düsseldorf/Germany. ...

TOMRA Sorting Mining has developed virtual testing capabilities to help mining operations ensure their business and operational continuity, enabling them to take informed purchasing decisions for their sorting plants. This is the latest action in the company’s plan to provide its customers all the support they need in the current situation and take their business forward. Ensuring business continuity at ...

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, which, in contrast to conventional VSI rotor crushers, even further reduces fine grain sizes. Kasprs can thus make use of off-spec material of other companies to produce high-quality Plaster sand ...

Indian company uses highly productive and extremely reliable Wirtgen 220 SM 3.8 surface miner, which specializes in soft rock mining, in a coal mine in the Indian state of Odisha. India has extensive coal reserves and uses them as the country’s most important source of energy, covering about half of its primary energy needs with coal. One of the country’s largest ...

The quartz market has witnessed a steady growth, and this trend is expected to continue. Analysts are forecasting a compound annual growth rate of over 4.5% in the next five years, driven by the increasing demand from the electronics industry. This is mainly due to the more widespread use and increase in production of electronic devices in developing countries, including ...

Sonthofen, Germany, 01 April 2020. After winning an international tender, BHS-Sonthofen was commissioned with constructing the largest mixer in the company’s history (Figure 2). An Indian zinc mine operator required a mixer with a very large filling capacity. The proven Combimix system with overflow was custom-built by BHS-Sonthofen in this extraordinary size and shipped off to India. Ease of maintenance, ...

To reduce the use of expensive primary fuels like coal and oil in the energy-intensive cement production, operators focus increasingly on alternative fuels and raw materials. BEUMER Group, Beckum/Germany, offers tailor-made systems for the entire material flow chain – from receiving and unloading the delivery vehicle to storing, sampling and conveying the materials. For precise and controlled feeding, the system ...

Bardon Hill Quarry near Leicester in Leicester-shire is one of the United Kingdom’s oldest continuously operated quarries (Figure 3). Aggregate Industries have recently developed a new quarry extension at this strategically important site, extending mineral production for a further 27 years. During the initial 14 years of production, over 12 M m3 of overburden material must be progressively extracted. The ...