IFAT 2024

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Issue 12/2019

Slag grinding with Gebr. Pfeiffer mill in Sweden

Gebr. Pfeiffer has been awarded a contract for the supply and construction of a complete granulated blast-furnace slag (GBFS) grinding plant with a Gebr. Pfeiffer mill type MVR 2500 C-4. The plant is...

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Issue 04/2011

Slag processing for German steelworks

SBM Mineral Processing, a plant engineering company headquartered in Upper Austria, has completed its biggest order to date: a slag processing plant for the German steelworks Dillinger Hüttenwerke,...

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Issue 07-08/2011

Slags from metallurgy – raw material potential and recycling

On 12 October 2011 the conference “Slags from Met-allurgy” will take place in Meitingen near Augsburg. The raw material potential and the general conditions of the reuse of slag as secondary raw...

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Issue 10/2017

Small lime works with big technology

Temperatures between 900 and 1200° C are needed to make burnt lime out of limestone. Chemists call this de­acidifying process, in which the mineral releases carbon dioxide, calcination. From calcium...

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Issue 05/2018

Small Specialists for Strict Requirements

Appropriate to the theme of flexible production, Flottweg is presenting two of its latest machines at ACHEMA 2018 in Frankfurt. With the AC 1200 separator, Flottweg is starting a new product line of...

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Issue 05/2019 Predictive maintenance

Smart air spring system from Continental for enhanced efficiency in the construction and mining sectors

T‌echnology company Continental has developed a new air spring system with integral sensor technology that provides continuous operational status information in real time. Everyday operations in the...

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Issue 03/2023 ScrapeTec

Smart box: The DustScrape dust filter

In closed transfers systems to conveyor belts of cement works, particularly high pressure can develop and, despite effective side sealing at the chutes, there can be a lot of dust. The solution: the...

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Issue 11/2013

Smart cutting-test facility

W ear and energy consumption are factors that have a significant impact on the costs of the mineral extraction. In the non-explosive extraction techniques now coming into increasingly widespread...

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Issue 01-02/2017

Smart drive resolves blockages on its own

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS presented intelligent drives with an integrated PLC at the SPS IPC Drives exhibition in Nuremberg/Germany. The drives are fully equipped to execute control sequences in customer...

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Issue 09/2024 XPower wheel loaders

Smart machine concept is ideal for handling sand and gravel

For more than 20 years, Hülskens GmbH & Co. KG has been using powerful Liebherr machines for extracting and processing mineral raw materials. Eleven XPower wheel loaders perform part of the material...

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