IFAT 2024

Highlights at IFAT 2024

Issue 12/2019

Umbrella Ordinance: Hope – good things take time?

C‌EO Elisabeth Thomé-Kozmiensky, of  Thomé-Kozmiensky Verlag GmbH Neuruppin, had the pleasure of welcoming more than 350 attendees to the conference “Mineral By-products and Waste” on 13 May in...

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Issue 07-08/2017

Uncompromising secondary crushing

There is no hiding their enthusiasm when the “decision makers” at Vogelsberger Basaltwerk GmbH & Co. KG, VBW, describe their latest addition. The optimally designed Sandvik CS550 installed at the...

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Issue 12/2014 HAVER NIAGARA

Underground processing plant for fluorspar

The opening up of a new mine in Germany’s Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains) in late 2013 marked a milestone for German mining, continuing the tradition in this region, following decades of stasis. The reasons for the extraction of fluorspar and baryte are closely tied to steadily rising raw material prices on the world market. The operator, the Erzgebirgische Fluss- und Schwerspatwerke, chose HAVER NIAGARA GmbH when it came to designing and installing an underground processing plant for the mine in the Erzgebirge. HAVER NIAGARA GmbH took on the ...

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Unearthing the truth about mining impacts

How can a sector that is central to the supply of the minerals required for well-functioning modern societies reconcile its socio-economic contributions with its impacts on the environment and people?...

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Issue 05/2022

Universal transmitter makes sensors “wireless-network-compatible”

Wireless network integration opens up new application fields for switches and sensors – for example optimisation of in-house material flow using eKanban systems. A prerequisite is that all components...

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Issue 01-02/2013

Universally applicable

Mineral sorting with multiple sensing features

Sensor-based sorting systems available on the market today must demonstrate sufficient flexibility to permit their application in a wide range of conditions. Typical challenges for the sorting systems...

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Issue 10/2012

Unloading bulk solids from rail to lorry

The transport of bulk solids by rail with the dedicated FCS and FACS gravity unloading weighers is a proven system. Fast and low-cost unloading depending on the volume of material and the unloading...

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Issue 03/2014

Unmixed

Efficiency of processing methods for the recovery of unmixed material fractions from masonry - Part 1

1 Introduction To meet the growing demand for the reuse of recycled mineral aggregate in production, a strategy of differentiation or integration can be adopted [1]: • Differentiation strategy:...

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Issue 04/2014

Unmixed

Efficiency of processing methods for the recovery of unmixed material fractions from masonry - Part 2

4 Test results In the following, a report is presented on the liberation of the masonry materials, without consideration of the liberation of the thermal insulation materials. For reasons of...

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Issue 05/2021 Avoiding of accidents

Unsafe work practices around conveyors

B‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ecause of their size, speed and high-horsepower drive motors, conveyors pose a number of risks to personnel working on or near them. In addition to all of the physical danger zones,...

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