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Video trains operators on Cat K Series loaders
Caterpillar produced a training video for operators of Cat K Series large wheel loaders. Keep Reading
Best practices: Loading and hauling
David Nus, director of global key accounts management at Volvo Construction Equipment, presented on best loading and hauling practices at Sandvik Construction and Dyno Nobel’s Quarry Academy educational event in November. Nus and Tony Spake, director of key accounts at… Keep Reading
Precision Pulley & Idler Impact Bed
Precision Pulley & Idler is proud to offer a new and cost effective solution for your impact and loading zone requirements with the addition of our medium duty impact bed. PPI has developed an impact bed that is an ideal… Keep Reading
The value of volume
Load scanning technologies are positioned to deliver a more accurate profile of material loads. A load of sand arrives to the construction site. As Carey West and his colleagues observe the load, they realize it’s smaller than the 80 cu.… Keep Reading
Bucyrus Erie 120-B mining shovel
This footage, which was compiled, narrated and produced by Keith Haddock for the Historical Construction Equipment Association, highlights the Bucyrus Erie 120-B mining shovel. This scene was filmed at the Locust Gap mine of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and… Keep Reading
Remote idea
Luck Stone takes an improbable concept and successfully applies remote control technology to a wheel loader. Aggregate producers don’t necessarily have to pump millions of dollars into research and development to cultivate a business-changing innovation. Sometimes, getting feedback from the… Keep Reading
Notes from Metso’s expo
Metso hosted an educational event earlier this month for dealers and customers at its headquarters in Columbia, S.C., drawing about 120 personnel from 34 dealers across the United States, Canada and Latin America. The event, called the 2013 Quarry Solutions… Keep Reading
A case for SCR
As the industry shifts from Tier 4 Interim to Tier 4 Final, producers have decisions to make between SCR and EGR machines. Tier 4 mandates are a hot topic of conversation everywhere, from equipment dealer halls to quarries and loading… Keep Reading
