At the Kuhn Quarry near Waldhambach at the Pfälzer Wald Nature Reserve, granite and andesite (Fig. 1) have been extracted to produce ballast for many decades. At the quarry, mainly granite is...
FRUTIGER, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of coarse dirt washing systems for large vehicles. The washing systems, known in the trade as...
The Kies- und Schotterwerke Müller GmbH & Co. KG, founded at the beginning of the 1930s at the Ostrach site, is one of the oldest companies in the gravel and sand industry in southern...
Endress+Hauser Spain celebrated its 25th anniversary in a special way: the company moved into its own premises in Sant Cugat in the west of the Barcelona metropolitan region (Fig.). Endress+Hauser...
The sale and distribution of raw materials in the construction industry is steadily growing in importance. Besides supply of a wide range of sands, gravels and chippings in sufficient quantities,...
One of the largest copper suppliers in the world is facing the challenge of ensuring the efficiency and safety of its open-cast mine in northern Chile. The previous mining of copper ore had a planned...
About 150 years ago still the seabed of the Jurassic Sea, the Altmühl Valley offers rich limestone deposits today – and one or other fossil find for collectors. In the calcareous sea water, lime...
At its gravel works in Langenbrücken, Philipp Kies KG Bad Schönborn operates two extraction machines simultaneously to assure production. A grab dredger and a suction dredger are used. After the...
Bunting has joined forces with Smiley Monroe to modify a ToughFlex® belt for Overband Magnets. The new belt is more resistant to excessive wear in arduous working conditions. Overband Magnets have a...
At the 2017 Hannover Messe exhibition, NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will present two new gearboxes for nominal torques of 15 and 20 kNm. With these latest additions to the line-up, the series now comprises 11...
