Tag: aggregate operations

Thorough machine inspections are designed to help maximize an operation's productivity and profits. Photo: Haver & Boecker Niagara

How to find the right screen media formula

April 8, 2022 By

Steve Fair, Tyler engineered media manager at Haver & Boecker Niagara, outlines how to find the right screen media formula and the importance of doing so.

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The latest developments in pump technologies

October 14, 2021 By

Some of the industry’s latest pump technologies include wares from Gorman-Rupp, Schurco Slurry and Xylem.

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Daily wheel loader inspections essential to safe workdays

September 29, 2021 By

There are a number of considerations operators should make to not only maximize the uptime of a wheel loader, but improve productivity, extend service life and stay safe.

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The latest tires for off-road applications

September 27, 2021 By

Titan International, Cooper Tire, Continental and BKT offer some of the latest tires designed for tough aggregate operation environments.

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Overcoming Oversize: Oversize and confinement (Part 4)

September 17, 2021 By

Anthony Konya explores how overconfinement creates oversize and looks at where oversize originates using a 4D view of the blasting process.

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Caterpillar expands remote-control operation to excavator line

August 16, 2021 By

Cat’s Command for Excavating aims to enhance safe machine operation while reducing operator fatigue by removing the operator from the machine in potentially hazardous operating environments.

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Fourth-quarter 2019 revenues up at USLM

February 4, 2020 By

Increased materials demand and an increase in average prices for the company’s lime and limestone products helped drive the company’s revenues upward late last year.

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Quality Stone & Ready Mix has been utilizing a JD-1400E rock drill for about five years. Photo by Kevin Yanik

Quality Stone & Ready Mix’s approach to drilling & blasting

August 14, 2019 By

Handling drilling and blasting processes internally provides crucial control to Kentucky’s Quality Stone & Ready Mix.

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The top 20 sand and gravel producers in the nation accounted for nearly 270 million metric tons in 2016, USGS reports. Photo: Kevin Yanik

The ongoing transformation of the aggregate industry

April 10, 2019 By

P&Q’S Kevin Yanik details a busy first quarter and offers some perspective on the evolving aggregate industry.

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