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Toshiba
Toshiba’s Quarry Duty motor utilizes a totally enclosed fan-cooled design. It provides exceptional high-starting torque, oversized superior-grade roller bearings, and shafts built with high strength 4142 steel to withstand the harshest quarry and mining environments, according to Toshiba. The roller bearings on the motor’s drive-end allow for heavy radial loads normally associated with belt-driven applications. These key features allow our Quarry Duty motors to provide optimum reliability, performance and efficiency for the toughest aggregate and mining operations. toshiba.com/tic Keep Reading
ContiTech releases conveyor belt design manual
ContiTech released an extensively revised edition of its “Conveyor Belts - System Design Calculations” manual. Written to provide readers with optimum conveyor belt design information, the book is used by engineering companies and plant manufacturers and operators, as well as colleges and universities. It now includes such additional products as tube conveyor belts to provide readers with the relevant design criteria for this complex type of conveyor belt, the company says. In addition, the book features numerous new and further developments from the materials sector. It also takes into account the design of conveyor belts in accordance with the latest version of DIN 22101, a standard used throughout the world in the design of belt conveyors. “Conveyor Belts - System Design Calculations” currently is available in English and German. It also will be available in Spanish and Portuguese, the company says. To order, visit ContiTech’s website. Keep Reading
AEM seeks participation, support for highway funding bill
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) wants you to head to Washington, D.C. to help support a new federal highway bill and is offering a $500 incentive to get you there. Through I Make America, the organization is looking for men and women who work in the construction industry and attended ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014 to advocate for the funding of highways, roads and bridges at a “fly-in” in Washington, D.C. where they can meet with federal lawmakers and regulators. “The U.S. infrastructure system ranks only 23rd globally and we are rapidly falling behind,” says Dennis Slater, president, AEM. “As the federal highway bill is set to expire at the end of September, AEM understands the importance of making sure Congress hears from the construction industry and those directly impacted by their failure to act. By partnering with industry representatives, we can make a difference to improve our infrastructure and create better highways for America.” To be eligible to receive $500 for travel expenses, you must: participate in one of three “fly-ins”… Keep Reading
CEMA offers new edition of belt conveyors book
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) released the 7th edition of “Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials, with Metric Conversion,” a source book for end-users, designers, engineers, manufacturers and consultants. Although the first edition of the “Belt Conveyors for Bulk Materials” was released in 1966 with 331 pages, this newest edition contains more than 837 pages and is available in print and PDF format. It features basic data, fundamentals of design, belt conveyor capacities, belt selections, general applications, Ki and Ai factors as well as numbered equations and graphics. In addition, metric conversions are included throughout the book's text, figures and tables. Lead editor was R. Todd Swinderman of RToddS Engineering. Other notable contributors include Allen Reicks of Overland Conveyor and members of the CEMA Engineering Conference. Click here to purchase the printed or pdf version. Click here to review the table of contents. CEMA is an organization focused on the development of application and safety standards for all types of conveyor technologies, components and systems. Keep Reading
Superior names conveying equipment territory manager
Superior Industries Inc. named Kevin Krieger territory sales manager throughout the Mountain and Northwest regions of the United States. He will work with the company’s dealers in the region to bring innovative conveying equipment to bulk material producers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. Krieger has represented conveyor belting manufacturers for almost a quarter century. He served as a territory manager for Fenner Dunlop for the past 12 years and worked for Scandura Inc., a manufacturer of conveyor belting that Fenner Dunlop acquired in 1997. Krieger received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University. Keep Reading
Mellott Company
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf9zONwURnw&feature=youtu.be Mellott Company is a leader in the rock crushing and screening business. It partners with the aggregate, slag, construction and power industries as a full-service provider. Mellott offers a full spectrum of contract crushing, mobile crushing, systems/engineering, and equipment sales and service. Company CEO Paul C. Mellott Jr. is a member of the Pit & Quarry Hall of Fame, and was a part of the inaugural class of inductees in 2013. Keep Reading
Mettler Toledo
Mettler Toledo truck scale models VTS231 and VTC221 provide incredible reliability and accurate weighing in the aggregates industry, the company says. By combining the strength of an orthotropic weighbridge with the reliability of POWERCELL PDX load cells, both truck scales ensure years of trouble-free weighing even in the harshest environments and toughest applications. POWERCELL PDX load cells include proven and certified lightning protection, cell breach (damage) detection, accuracy compensation, easy calibration/diagnostics, elimination of junction boxes and more. Both models are backed by an industry-leading five year warranty. To learn more about Mettler Toledo's truck scale line, visit the link below. www.mt.com/pitquarry Keep Reading
Transportation bill gains traction with ‘agreement in principle’
An agreement in principle has been reached on the reauthorization of the transportation bill entitled Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, also known as MAP-21. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee; Senator David Vitter (R-La.), ranking member of the Committee; Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee and Senator John Barrasso (R-Wy.), ranking member of the Subcommittee announced the agreement at a recent press conference. Boxer said the principles include passing a long-term bill; maintaining the formulas for existing core programs; promoting fiscal responsibility by keeping current levels of funding, plus inflation; focusing on policies that expand opportunities for rural areas; continuing efforts to leverage local resources to accelerate the construction of transportation projects, create jobs, and spur economic growth; and requiring better information-sharing regarding federal grants. “The reason the four of us are standing here is to send a strong signal to this country that we, as leaders of this Committee, have worked across party lines to… Keep Reading
MSHA issues 2013 preliminary mine safety data
MSHA released preliminary mine safety data for calendar year 2013. Although the overall injury rate improved compared with 2012 figures, fatality rates increased, driven by a high number of mining deaths in the 4th quarter of 2013 when 15 miners died. “MSHA has implemented a number of actions to improve compliance, and it shows,” says Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. “The mining deaths, however, particularly in the 4th quarter of 2013, make clear that more needs done to protect our nation’s miners.” The updated “Mine Safety and Health at a Glance” page features charts that include information on inspections; violations; number of mines and miners; and fatality and injury rates for coal, metal and nonmetal, and all mining. In 2013, 42 mining deaths occurred -- 20 at coal mines, a number unchanged from the previous year and 22 at metal and nonmetal mines, an increase of six from the previous year. Nine of the 22 metal and nonmetal deaths happened in the 4th… Keep Reading
