IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 12/2012

Managing bulk solids with innovation and reliability

The MARTIN ENGINEERING Corporation was founded in Neponset, Illinois/USA, in 1944, and since then it has manufactured pneumatic vibrators for unloading bulk solids containers. In the 1970s Martin...

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Issue 07-08/2022 Effective belt cleaning

Managing conveyor belt carryback

Carryback is defined as the material that fails to unload from a conveyor belt, adhering to the belt and typically falling off at some point other than the intended discharge, and it’s one of the main...

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Issue 07-08/2018

Managing quarries flexibly, fast and cost-efficiently with the help of drones

T‌he idea of deploying unmanned flying objects – the technical jargon being unmanned aerial vehicles – on construction sites or in quarries may have come across as futuristic to many just a few years...

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Issue 05/2010

Manufactured sand as an alternative to river sands

Much of the sand supplied to the market in the Kaliyal region of India has traditionally been dredged from rivers. With growing pressure to reduce the environmental impact of such activities and ever...

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Issue 05/2013

Manufactured sands increase efficiency for Grange Quarry

Anew modular washing plant has allowed Grange Quarry to increase the efficiency of their concrete manufacturing operation by eliminating the requirement to buy in washed sand and aggregates. The new...

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Issue 01-02/2022 Strong together for flood victim relief

Manufacturer, trader and recycling company in one boat

W‌‌‌hen in 1948 the founder of the company of the same name, Josef Bohnen GmbH & Co. KG in Swisttal (Voreifel), the decision was consciously made in favour of gravel extraction or against an...

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Issue 06/2017

Manufacturers of building material plants are optimistic: Sales increase expected for 2017

Despite all heterogeneity, German manufacturers of building material plants are expecting a broadly based boost this year. Even at the end of 2016 the orders received in most subsectors had risen...

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Issue 12/2018 Homogenious blend

Manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries rely on MAP mixing technology

H‌igh-tech products such as lithium-ion batteries have a complex design. During production, it is necessary to consider a number of different problems like corrosion, abrasion, contamination and...

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Issue 1-2/2012

Manufacturers of mining equipment expect sales record

For 2011, the German manufacturers of mining equipment are expecting a 32-% rise in sales to around 5 billion €. “A new sales record,” announced Dr. Paul ­Rheinlaender, Chairman of the VDMA...

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Issue 01-02/2019 Growth

Manufacturers of mining equipment expect turnover to increase by 12 %

F‌or the first time since the crisis years after 2013, there will be an increase in the turnover generated by the mining equipment manufacturers producing in Germany this year. VDMA expects an...

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