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  • 3 Essential Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing a Conveyor System

    3 Essential Questions You Should Ask Before Choosing a Conveyor System

    For many businesses making their choice from a bewildering variety of conveyor systems and different promises, a quick rundown of essential questions to ask in what to look for in a conveyor system can save both money, time and resources. When you know just what to ask a conveyor system provider before purchase, you can…

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  • Eggersmann Group highlights major waste and recycling projects

    Eggersmann Group highlights major waste and recycling projects

    Waste management, construction and facility management company Eggersmann Group of Germany reports that it expects sales growth of more than 5 percent in 2015. The company operates numerous construction, engineering and equipment companies, including Backhus and BRT Recycling Technologie GmbH. At a July 2015 press conference hosted by the company, Chief Executives Karlgunter Eggersman and…

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  • Loop Belt Truck Mounted Conveyors

    Loop Belt Truck Mounted Conveyors

    Two models of Loop Belt truck-mounted conveyors offer contractors concrete placing options with set-up capability in an area with less than 18 ft. of overhead clearance. LB32T4 has a horizontal reach of 32 meters, four telescopic sections, an 18-in.-wide conveyor that will handle 4-in. aggregates and up to 360 cu. yd. per hour capacity The LB40T5…

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  • Superior Displays Growing Line of Conveyor Belt Cleaners

    Superior Displays Growing Line of Conveyor Belt Cleaners

    Superior Industries Inc., a manufacturer of conveyor systems and their related components, has a growing, line of conveyor belt scrapers. Since launching its first primary belt cleaner at ConExpo-Con/AGG 2008, Superior’s line of Exterra belt cleaners has gained a reputation as one of the bulkiest conveyor belt scrapers in the marketplace. The blade design is…

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  • Superior Industries Return Roll Extends Conveyor Belt Life

    Superior Industries Return Roll Extends Conveyor Belt Life

    Superior Industries’ Urathon Return Roll sheds sticky material, ensuring smoother conveyor belt alignment and less belt damage, making it ideal for use in the mining, aggregates and other bulk material handling industries. Constructed of heavy-duty 87A durometer urethane, Urathon return rollers offer up to three times the life of rubber disc-style idlers, and are available…

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  • Impact Cradles Control Spillage, Preserve Conveyor Belt Integrity

    Impact Cradles Control Spillage, Preserve Conveyor Belt Integrity

    This family of impact cradles is engineered to prevent belt and mainframe damage and eliminate spillage of heavy materials. The Martin Impact Cradles Heavy Duty (HD), Medium Duty (MD), and Light Duty (LD) feature a bed of steel angles lined by energy-absorbing impact bars with a top layer of low friction, ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW)…

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  • Conti gives Veyance mining belts a new brand

    Conti gives Veyance mining belts a new brand

    HANOVER, Germany—Conveyor belts for the mining industry produced by Veyance Technologies Inc. are to be sold under the Phoenix brand name, a ContiTech A.G. spokesman said. Parent group Continental A.G. bought U.S.-based Veyance Technologies from Carlyle Group for about $1.58 billion in January. It has since been working to integrate the acquired company into the…

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  • Safer Installation and Maintenance

    Safer Installation and Maintenance

    A global leader in bulk handling technology has redesigned an integral conveyor transfer point component to eliminate worker entry into the chute box for safer replacement, easier maintenance and reduced downtime. Conventional wear liners have historically been installed inside the chute, but the EVO® External Wear Liner from Martin Engineering is placed on the outside,…

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  • Wisconsin Oven Builds Multi-Zone Conveyor Oven for Melting High Temperature Polymer into Steel Rings Used in the Oil and Gas Industry

    Wisconsin Oven Builds Multi-Zone Conveyor Oven for Melting High Temperature Polymer into Steel Rings Used in the Oil and Gas Industry

    Wisconsin Oven Corporation announced the shipment of a custom designed multi-zone conveyor oven for melting high temperature polymer into a steel ring that houses electronic components. The conveyor oven features four independent heating zones that allow the customer to re-arrange the oven in various configurations to obtain their desired heating zone lengths. The belt conveyor…

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  • May conveyor

    May conveyor

    Twenty years after making its first moving-coil electric actuator, SMAC Corp. has emerged as an industry leader in linear motor technology. The company manufactures a wide range of precision programmable actuators for high-production positioning, measuring, inspection and pick-and-place applications, particularly those that require 100 percent verification. For the past several years, SMAC has grown at…

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  • Repairing conveyor belts with a flexible polymer

    Dave Bongiorni, Wear & Abrasion Technical Product Manager and Gurpreet Pawar, Business Development Manager discuss the issues that should be considered when repairing conveyor belts with a flexible polymer. Conveyor belts are playing an ever increasing role in transporting materials within the mining and aggregates industries. With miles of rubber in constant use, the implications…

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  • QC Industries Launches Easy-to-Clean HydroClean Sanitary Conveyors

    QC Industries Launches Easy-to-Clean HydroClean Sanitary Conveyors

    QC Industries recently launched their new HydroClean Sanitary conveyors. These are the first modular belt conveyors that can be disassembled completely without tools to make cleaning quick and easy. Thanks to a unique series of pull-pins, sides and guides can slide off in one piece and stand brackets can flip down out of the way.…

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