Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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AGGREGATES MANAGER / April 2017 33 SPECIAL REPORT launched a new brand, EvoQuip, which focused on simplicity and entry level customers. "We want to reinvigorate the focus on the basics of crushing and screening," says Matt Dickson, global product line director of EvoQuip. As part of the new line, it featured the Bison 120 Jaw Crusher at the show. Weir introduced its Ultra Fines Recov- ery plant, which is designed for operators who use settling ponds and allows them to recover waste material as a marketable product. Mobile equipment While there was no shortage of crushing and screening equipment on display, pro- ducers looking for new mobile equipment also had many options to choose from. Case Construction Equipment featured its G Series Tier 4 Final wheel loader lineup, as well as its CX750D excava- tor. As the company marked its 175th anniversary, it also featured its design concept for a compact dozer loader, the DL450. Caterpillar introduced the 745 Articu- lated Truck, which increases its cab size by 20 percent. On the wheel loader side, it highlighted the 988K and 986K Ag- gregate Handler models and highlighted Command for Loading. John Deere added the 844K Series-III and 844K Series-III Aggregate Handler machines to its lineup. Its articulated dump truck lineup also gained two new models, the 260E and 310E. Keestrack premiered its new tracked hybrid cone crusher H4e and its new Keestrack-er remote monitoring system. LiuGong introduced its new Vertical Lift Wheel Loader, which is intended for lifting and carrying. It features vertical lift loader arms on an articulating frame, as well as a mechanical self-leveling Z-bar bucket linkage. Volvo Construction Equipment de- buted the all-new fl agship of its wheel loader range, the L350H. It features a 10-percent improvement in fuel effi ciency and a host of other productivity improve- ments, as well as a new design. Engi- neered for effi ciency, the L350H is fi tted with next-generation hydraulics and powered by a Tier 4 Final D16J engine, for high torque at low rpm. Designed for quarry production, the loader comes with a higher capacity 9.5-cubic-yard rock bucket. More to come As anyone who attended ConExpo-Con/ Agg 2017 can verify, the enormous show offered an impressive amount of new equipment and highlighted how rapidly changing technology is likely to infl uence the industry. This overview covers some of the highlights, but these and many more will be more extensively report- ed on in our RollOuts and Supply Lines articles, as well as our online coverage, throughout the weeks to come. AM A Leader in Mining Construction Since 1924 www.cowin-co.com | (205) 945-1300 Slopes & Tunnels Access & Ventilation Shafts Initial Mine Development Mining Support Crews Highwall Stabilization Gunite & Shotcrete Storage Bunkers Portals & Canopies Experience: Retired November 2011 following 41 years with the U.S. Geological Survey Services Offered: Applied geology and geological research for construction rocks and minerals, with an emphasis on aggregates. Contact me at: Bill-Langer@researchgeologist.com www.researchgeologist.com • Resource evaluation • Expert testimony • Technical writing and review • Lecturer • USGS Aggregate Resource Geologist 1977-2011 • Past Chair and Distinguished Service Award recipient, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Industrial Minerals and Aggregates Division • Author of ASBPE award-winning columns - Carved In Stone, Aggregates Manager, 1998-Present BillLanger_AGRM0115.indd 1 12/14/16 8:54 AM