maintenance
Extend a crusher’s life with regular maintenance
Abrasive materials such as aggregates, sand and gravel, found in a variety of construction and road-building applications, expose crushers to the risk of excessive wear. This wear can cause even greater damage to the machine if not kept in check.… Keep Reading
P&Q University Lesson 12- Maintenance & Optimization
Equipment maintenance is an important consideration at any aggregate operation. Properly maintaining equipment prevents costly downtime, and new technologies allow for better equipment optimization to further reduce costs and increase production. One example is the maintenance and optimization of screens… Keep Reading
P&Q University Lesson 11: Loadout, Weighing & On-Road Hauling
Loadout within any pit or quarry operation is an important stage that needs to be well designed and considered. There is an opportunity to save time and increase profits by understanding the specific needs of a the truck (vehicle) scale… Keep Reading
Automated fuel management
New advanced fuel-management services have been designed for ease of use and understanding, with an array of benefits to the end user. Unstable oil prices have always placed a level of uncertainty behind the fuel management process. Unpredictable fuel prices… Keep Reading
Polydeck adds West Coast sales and service tech
Polydeck Screen Corp. added Ken Walker as its West Coast sales/service tech, with responsibility for California. Walker has more than 20 years of experience in the aggregates industry, working in both maintenance at plant sites as well as sales. Prior… Keep Reading
Wheel loader coolant maintenance
When someone realizes during the summer that the coolant level in a cooling system is low, it may seem to make sense to add a jug of water to top off the system when the correct fluid is not available.… Keep Reading
How to maximize wheel loader uptime and productivity
Wheel loaders take a pounding. They work in material that wears away the very steel from which they’re built. Wheel loaders lift and carry enormous loads across uneven terrain for hours on end. They fight dust that is determined to… Keep Reading
Web Exclusive: Innovations in bearing technology
By James A. Oliver and Joe Esmoer At one operation of a global aggregate producer, sand is moved from its source uphill to processing facilities via 11 vertical and 11 horizontal conveyors. Each conveyor came equipped with four open spherical… Keep Reading
Web Exclusive: Conveyor belt repair
A large longitudinal rip and grooving was noticed in the center section of a long overland steel cable conveyor belt at a cement and aggregates operation. This was caused by a faulty bearing on a belt turnover pulley that allowed… Keep Reading
