Highlights at SOLIDS 2024

Issue 03/2022 W&M approved weighing electronics: robust and efficient

Belt scale with SysTec weighing terminals for soil recycling

Boskalis Environmental specializes in the large-scale cleaning of contaminated soil and mineral waste. The result of this process is re-usable material for infrastructure projects, such as road...

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Issue 03/2022 New standards in the circular economy

Overall conveyor system for the circular construction processing centre

The turning point in the circular economy has been set. After only 18 months of construction, EbiMIK, the largest processing centre for construction waste, was officially opened in Oberglatt in...

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Issue 03/2022 Modular construction

New V-Plow design delivers lighter weight, safer handling

Martin Engineering has redesigned one of its most popular tail protection devices to be a lighter weight, modular unit delivered in a compact package for improved safety and convenience. The...

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Issue 03/2022 Optimised logistics

More flexible organisation of construction site processes with mobile stackers

Nowadays modern crushing and screening plants regulate material streams within the plant to a large extent automatically. Nevertheless, machine operators still have a strong influence on the final...

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Issue 03/2022 Premiere for French waste management company

Recovery of 70 % of waste with new construction material recycling plant

French waste management company Sodextra S.A. has invested in a customised recycling plant for construction and excavation waste from CDE. This first foray into the wet processing of inert...

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Issue 03/2022 A milestone for Nigeria

The Wirtgen Group and JBN work together to deliver a part of the “Trans-African Highway”

T‌he Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works and Housing extended the scope of the contract agreed with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc (JBN) from rehabilitation to the reconstruction of the dual carriageway A2...

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Issue 03/2022 Learning from nature

Mine closure and tailings dams

W‌ith the latest tailings dam standards demanding a longer-term view of design, construction and closure outcomes, there is growing interest in design philosophies that incorporate shapes and...

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Issue 03/2022 Broad-based high performance

Kobelco SK 530LC-11 in rock excavation

H‌and Baumaschinen delivered the first “Swiss” Kobelco five-tonner of the new generation to Baumann Epp Bau AG in Uri. The Kobelco SK530LC-11 proves itself in the demanding direct mining of...

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Issue 03/2022 Sand manufacture from Franconia

Pleinfelder Quarzsand concentrates on refining the natural product

I‌t is erosion-resistant and stands up to frost – quartz sand. Such properties make the raw material versatile. Accordingly, Pleinfelder Quarzsand GmbH & Co. KG, which extracts the material from it...

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Issue 03/2022 High level of participation

Construction and mining machinery industry getting ready for bauma 2022

More than 8 months before bauma opens its doors in Munich from October 24 to 30, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines,...

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