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Terex Finlay adds tracked mobile cone crusher to its line
Terex Finlay debuted the C-1554 cone crusher in its range of tracked mobile cone crushers. The C-1554 features large reduction ratios and produces cubically shaped material for the surface ore mining and aggregate industries, according to the company. The machine incorporates the Terex MVP450X cone crusher, which integrates direct variable speed clutch drive and hydraulic closed-side setting adjustment. A hydraulic tramp relief system with automatic reset also protects the chamber and minimizes downtime. Alan Witherow, Terex Finlay product development manager, says the serviceability of the MVP450X chamber has most impressed operators on the machine during its testing stages. Additionally, the large hopper and feeder on the plant includes an automated metal detection and purge system, which are designed to protect the cone by removing metal contaminants through the purge chute. Keep Reading
Luck Cos. officially launches Luck Ecosystems division
Luck Stone analyzed its quarry byproducts about two decades ago and tried to come up with ways to reuse them. One route Luck Stone took was to partner with Virginia Tech’s Department of Crop & Soil Environmental Sciences to determine how its quarry waste could be reused. After university researchers sampled the company’s quarry byproducts, they saw there was potential to create soil media from byproducts of the company’s Greene County Quarry in Ruckersville, Va. After two decades of development, Luck Stone launched Luck Ecosystems as a business this fall. The division takes Luck Stone’s aggregate byproducts and blends them with compost, sands and other raw materials to be used as environmental and recreational products. Joe Carnahan, Luck Ecosystems’ general manager, says the company spent the last two decades creating different recycled products from its Greene County Quarry waste. “We began to develop products like premium topsoil to help growing plant life,” he says. With two decades of research and development completed, Luck Stone created four categories of products: CourseScience,… Keep Reading
Three’s company: Growing a frac sand mining operation
Doug Schmidt had no experience in mining or aggregates four years ago when he and two business partners came across an opportunity to mine frac sand at Doc’s Bunkhouse, a campground in Merrillan, Wis. “We came up to this area and saw lots of frac sand somewhat in our own backyard that could be sold to oil fracking companies,” Schmidt says. So Schmidt and his partners, Greg Cashman and Jon Sopher, launched Coulee Frac Sand, a frac sand mining operation, and dubbed the site PineCrest Mine. Although none of the three had mining experience, Schmidt says they each brought an asset to the company. “I’m a mechanical engineering guy, so I know about how equipment works,” he says. “[Cashman] is an architect, so he helped to develop the land. And [Sopher] had experience with commercial business development.” Schmidt says it took a lot of research and a number of discussions for Coulee Frac Sand to edge its way into the aggregate industry. “It was intimidating starting off, but we had… Keep Reading
McLanahan offers slurry pump for the global market
McLanahan Corp. released the McLanahan M3H rubber-lined slurry pump for the global market. McLanahan says the company has assembled pumps and supplied spare parts for the Linapump IIIr centrifugal slurry pump in the North American market since it acquired the equipment division of Linatex North America in 2001. Re-engineered from the Linapump IIIr design, the McLanahan M3H pump displays similar hydraulic performance to its predecessor. According to McLanahan, the M3H pump comes with four gland options – hydrostatic, packed, mechanical and dry – along with a range of abrasion-resistant wear parts to offer users with flexibility. The company adds the pump has been designed so that its components are interchangeable with existing Linapump IIIr models in all current plants and systems. Photo: McLanahan Keep Reading
New construction starts slip further in September
New construction starts in September dropped 5 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $523.7 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The Dodge Momentum Index produced a reading of 111 in September, which is down from 117 in August. Dodge Data & Analytics reports a decrease in activity for both nonresidential building and housing, while the nonbuilding construction sector managed a partial rebound after its August decline. Through the first nine months of 2015, total construction starts were $497.4 billion, up 12 percent from the same period of a year ago. “The level of construction starts was subdued during both August and September, retreating from the strength shown earlier in the year,” says Robert A. Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. “While activity has leveled off in the near term for its commercial and institutional segments, much of this year’s softness for nonresidential building is related to a decreased amount of manufacturing plant construction, adversely affected by the sluggish global economy and… Keep Reading
Ox Bodies creates sales manager position
Ox Bodies, a medium- and heavy-duty dump truck and trailer manufacturer, added Gene Dorsey to its team to fill the newly created Ox Trailers sales manager position. In the new role, Dorsey will be responsible for all sales of Ox Bodies’ Trail Ox Series end-dump trailers. Ox Bodies says Dorsey has more than 20 years of experience in the truck manufacturing industry. He most recently worked at Clement Industries and Warren Truck & Trailer. Photo: OX Bodies Keep Reading
House committee to host hearing on transportation funding
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee plans to host a markup hearing on a long-term transportation bill Oct. 22. The hearing will take place one week before the scheduled Oct. 29 expiration date of the current law that authorizes the federal government’s transportation spending. According to The Hill, the House of Representatives created a temporary three-month transportation funding extension that expires at the end of this month. The Hill adds that Congress has not passed an infrastructure measure that lasts longer than two years since 2005 because of a highway-funding shortfall that is estimated to cost $16 billion annually. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), the panel's chairman, says the hearing will allow lawmakers to provide comments on a multi-year extension of the transportation funding measure. “Our nation’s economy depends on a safe, efficient surface transportation system, and one of the [committee’s] priorities is to address the needs of the system,” Shuster says in a statement that announced the hearing. The National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA) says it also hopes to… Keep Reading
Michigan Aggregates Association names president
The Michigan Aggregates Association (MAA) appointed Doug Needham as its president. Needham succeeds Mike Newman as the association's president. According to MAA, Newman led the association for more than 20 years. Needham plans to start his position as MAA president Nov. 2. MAA says Needham has about 21 years of experience in the construction industry. Needham currently serves as the vice president of industry relations for the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association. In the past, Needham has developed statewide initiatives and conferences that benefited Michigan's construction industry. Keep Reading
Superior launches crushing, screening equipment division
Superior Industries launched a crushing and screening equipment product division to complement its conveying and washing equipment divisions. John Garrison, Superior’s director of crushing and screening, says the company has created a team of crusher service and parts professionals to provide customers with support for its new crusher products. Within the company’s new crushing and screening equipment sector, Superior released the Patriot cone crusher as its first crusher application. Superior says each Patriot cone crusher comes with hydraulics to defend the unit against damaging mechanical overload. The company adds that its engineers designed high-throw and high-pivot point crushing performance on the machine to achieve strong production rates at a lower cost. Patriot cone crusher models include units for 200 to 500 hp operating conditions and production rates up to 805 tph. Superior says mobile applications of the Patriot cone crusher will come mounted for transportation on a cone or screen chassis. Keep Reading
