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OTR Keep the Pressure on Earthmover Tyres
- 14th November 2008
- Materials Handling
‘The correct pressure in earthmover tyres not only improves the safety and stability of the vehicle but gives operators a much improved return on investment'. "That's a pretty obvious statement," said OTR's Regional Sales Manager Paul Skerritt, "but you...
Read Full ArticlePipe floats for major Irish Manufacturer of Precast Concrete Products
- 13th November 2008
- Materials Handling
Conbar UK Ltd has just delivered a consignment of pipe floats to one of Ireland's major manufacturer of precast concrete products, Shay Murtagh. The pipe floats are to be used to float the 14" (355mm) HDPE discharge line from Shay Murtagh's recently...
Read Full ArticleFirst waste plasterboard processing standard is launched
- 12th November 2008
- Recycling
Plasterboard can now be recycled into quality assured gypsum, thanks to the publication of a new Publicly Available Specification (PAS) launched today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). PAS109:2008 Specification for the production of...
Read Full ArticleRailweight weighs into passenger counting for Santiago Metro
- 12th November 2008
- Materials Handling
Three additional Railweight APC4000 automatic passenger-counting systems are being installed to help South America's most extensive metro system optimise its service. With seven systems already installed on busy sections of the Metro de...
Read Full ArticleFour TEREX® Pegson tracked crushers on major regeneration project of former steelworks site in UK
- 11th November 2008
- Materials Handling
Celtic Crushing, the Aberdare based crushing and screening contractors, are using four Terex® Pegson mobile crushers in the latter phase of a major site clearance and restoration project in Merthyr Tydfil in the Welsh valleys. The contract is...
Read Full ArticleHanson replaces old Hazemag with new
- 10th November 2008
- Quarrying
When a 35 year-old Hazemag Impactor finally came to the end of its working life at Hanson Aggregates' Chipping Sodbury quarry in Gloucestershire, opting to replace it with one of today's new generation of Hazemag Impactors proved a relatively...
Read Full ArticleThorworld ramps up its mobile yard ramps range
- 9th November 2008
- Materials Handling
Loading and unloading equipment specialist Thorworld Industries has revamped its market leading mobile yard ramps range in order to fully meet differing customer requirements.The new Thorworld range now provides customers with the...
Read Full ArticleTransport Support has recently launched a new safety product to help improve safety within the quarrying/transport industry.
- 8th November 2008
- Quarrying
The TS HVDS (High Voltage Detection System) is designed to prevent vehicles and machinery with a variable height from coming into contact with high voltage overhead power lines. The system consists of a cab mounted detection antenna and an in...
Read Full ArticleThe LB Drilling Rig Range
- 8th November 2008
- Materials Handling
The LB Series of rotary drilling rigs from Liebherr complements the well-established range of LRB combined piling and drilling machines and is designed for operations using Kelly equipment, continuous flight augers and double rotary heads. There...
Read Full ArticleFirst waste plasterboard processing standard is launched
- 7th November 2008
- Recycling
Plasterboard can now be recycled into quality assured gypsum, thanks to the publication of a new Publicly Available Specification (PAS) launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). PAS109:2008 Specification for the production of recycled...
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