Superior Industries highlighted 10 new equipment and technology developments Monday during a press conference that preceded the start of this week’s ConExpo-Con/Agg in Las Vegas.
New crushing, screening and conveying developments are among the latest from Superior. Here’s a breakdown of the 10, with vice president of sales John Garrison offering insights.
Ten to know
1. Independence high-frequency screen (HFS). Superior designed the Independence to turn waste fines into saleable product. The HFS features a wide rpm range that delivers tighter specs, as well as an expanded open area that increases production rates.
“It’s used for fine-screening applications – 1-in. minus-type material,” Garrison says. “If you have VSI crusher dust and you want to bring in a plant to clean that up and make a saleable product, this will do that.”
Additionally, Garrison says the Independence features a unique motor design.
“The motors are not in the flow of material,” he says. “It’s a lot easier to service them. Also, the motors on these are independent. They’re wired into a panel so you can run different sections of the screen at different speeds and frequencies.”
2. Cemco vertical shaft impactor (VSI). Superior showcased VSI crushers at the last few ConExpo-Con/Aggs. For 2026, Superior combined some of its VSI technology with the legacy tech acquired from Cemco.
“Cemco had over 60 years of installed machines – close to 1,000 machines out working in aggregate plants and industrial [applications],” Garrison says. “We took two machines and took the best of both worlds. Now, we’ve got a larger rotor in it. This has a different rotor than the previous Cemco machines, so it offers higher volume and more capacity with a more modern design.
“We kept the dual drive that was very well received by the market,” he adds.
3. P500 Patriot cone crusher rated for P600 power. According to Superior, the P500 now delivers P600 power within the P500 frame.
“The Patriot cone is a full bushing machine,” Garrison says. “Sometimes, you get into certain applications where you just run on horsepower. If you’re running at a slower speed and really high amps, you just need a little bit more horsepower to really suit that application.
“On our 300-hp machine, we can bump that up to 350,” he adds. “On our 400-hp machine, that can bump up to 450 or 500 hp. The machine here at the show is actually sold to one of our dealers. It is a P500, so a 500-hp cone with 600-hp motors and machine.”
4. Fusion platforms with Endeavor cones. Superior is highlighting its Fusion modular platform systems alongside the SS400 Endeavor cone crusher at ConExpo-Con/Agg, presenting a coordinated approach to modular plant development that prioritizes speed, flexibility and performance.
Displayed within the modular framework at ConExpo-Con/Agg, Superior says the SS400 Endeavor cone is a crushing solution for secondary and tertiary applications in stationary environments.
“One of the interesting things about the Fusion platforms is they’re all pre-engineered and pre-designed,” Garrison says. “We’ve got jaw crushers, cone crushers, different screen modules, washing modules – and they’re all scalable.”
5. Vantage automation for cone crushers. Feedback from dealers and end users prompted additional updates to Superior’s cone crusher automation.
“We are now able to track data – you can store data – and we can see if you’ve had any kind of an event. We can keep track of the pressure and monitor things remotely, so we moved into that. We’ve also updated the panels on the front of the machine.”
6. Self-contained portable stacking conveyor. Superior says this features a new design that’s on display at ConExpo.
“We’ve got a number of dealers that are putting portable plants out in more remote areas now and just running off gensets,” Garrison says. “They wanted to have these little self-contained stackers. It’s got a decent engine on board. It’s rated for 500 short tph. It hydraulically raises and lowers. And one of the features that we have is a full-length wing hopper on the back. You can feed it from different angles, and you can actually load it a little bit more than the standard smaller output, so you can actually maximize the tonnage with the conveyor.”
7. PilePro automation for TeleStacker conveyors. In Version 14.0 of PilePro, Superior simplified controls to reduce operator error and built in troubleshooting and documentation. The company also improved readability in harsh environments and allowed PilePro to operate in a wider temperature range.
“We sell a lot of products out West and in the desert sun,” Garrison says. “The temperature range gets pretty hot in the middle of August, so we increased the temperature range in both really cold (minus 22 degrees) and really hot (149 degrees) environments.
8. Next-generation conveyor idlers. One change Superior highlighted is a new seal.
“We spent roughly eight years testing seals out in the field,” Garrison says. “Aggregate seals last for a pretty long time. So to do testing, we’ve got to put them in the worst environments, where there’s a lot of failures happening pretty fast. But we ended up spending a lot of time working on the seals. We actually have a couple of different application-specific seals, but the Titanium seal is the seal that got our best [results]. It’s good in dry and wet applications.”
In addition, Superior redesigned its idlers with a flush end disc that is pressed in and welded.
“Along with that change, we have fully automated idler manufacturing,” Garrison says. “We have a fully automated idler manufacturing facility now. You get 100 percent consistency every time.”
9. Next-generation Chevron wing pulley. In its design, Superior eliminated welded wing caps while increasing wing thickness to extend service life. A wear indicator is also built into the ends of wings.
“A lot of times, people will run these until they wear out and you end up damaging your belt,” Garrison says. “Now, it tells you when it’s time to replace the pulley.”
10. Conveyor load zone sealing solutions. Superior is showcasing a new package of solutions at ConExpo-Con/Agg.
“If you have an existing conveyor and you’ve got spillage or dust blowing out, we’ve got the different pieces and parts that we can incorporate into your conveyor,” Garrison says.
Finally
Superior is exhibiting in the Silver Lot (Booth SV2374) outside the Las Vegas Convention Center at ConExpo-Con/Agg. The show runs March 3-7.
