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Carol Wasson


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Aggregates screening well-specified   December 11, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

Customized screens provide optimum productivity, efficiency and ease of maintenance.

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High rollers   November 20, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

Maximizing idler uptime.

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Superior degrees of separation   August 13, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

Screening ingenuity creates a new dedusting solution that eliminates costly classification equipment.

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Quantum stockpiling: automated conveyor systems   June 1, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

A Massachusetts producer find measurable benefits in automated conveying systems over rubber-tire transport.

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Fit for duty: Screens increase aggregates production at large quarry   March 1, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

Custom screens boost production at one of the nation's largest granite quarries.

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From rail to sail: Aggregates distribution   February 1, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

A rail-based distribution network beefs up material handling to meet demand.

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Water loop: Closed-circuit clarifier at wash plant operation   January 1, 2008
By: Carol Wasson

A portable wash plant operation uses a closed-circuit clarifier to work more pits profitably - even when water is scarce.

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Pulley life   November 1, 2007
By: Carol Wasson

Maximum pulley life is essential to effective material handling and high-capacity production. After all, you can make do without an idler or two, but, as for pulleys, you need them all. Those who have replaced a failed pulley know that it can take several hours or even a full day of downtime and...more >>

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Recipe for success   October 1, 2007
By: Carol Wasson

Mid-Ohio Resources has mastered the art of aggregate cooking, so to speak. The new recipe plant has the right production team, processes and equipment to create a myriad of custom specification blends for the region's contractors and concrete producers.

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Tennessee pride   March 1, 2007
By: Carol Wasson

Headquartered in the land of the Delta blues, Memphis Stone & Gravel is proud of nearly a century of aggregate production. Founded in 1910, the company remains family-owned and operated, and is one of the region's top volume producers of construction sand and gravel, with eight sites located...more >>