Since steel tubes have been available as tube rounds, idlers have been mainly made from this raw material as they can be manufactured in series at reasonable cost. Compared to these steel tubes, solid...
Working conditions in a coal pulverizing mill are very harsh. Coal dust and vibrations mean materials are subjected to extreme stresses (Fig. 1). The hydraulic compression cylinders used to apply...
Market Outlook and Technologies for the Potash Industry
1 Market Information
The worldwide demand for potash fertilizer is forecast with annual growth rates of 3–5 %. The reasons for this are manifold. First, the world population will grow from the...
Sandvik supplies wear-resistant rubber linings suitable for all dumper truck bodies and hoppers used in the mineral processing industry (Fig.). Loading surfaces and rear flaps are subject to extreme...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the Thermo Scientific Blast-Hole Xpert (BHX), an innovative new system that increases efficiency at the quarry by allowing real-time analysis of the “drill...
At Intermat in Paris from 20.-25.04.2009, MB S.p.A. presented its latest model of bucket crusher. The new bucket crusher (Fig.) is effectively more rugged and features a smaller size, enabling faster...
In 2005 Backers Maschinenbau GmbH developed its 3-mtbc lime mixing unit for the stabilization of soils with lime, cement or other aggregates in road construction and civil engineering projects (Fig.)....
Italvibras has extended its MVSI product range with the launch of a model capable of creating as much as 30 000 kg of centrifugal force. This is currently the highest centrifugal force generated by...
In recent months, changes on the global market for crude oil and natural gas have contributed to sulphur processing becoming a more than profitable business sideline. Whereas the raw sulphur price...
In addition to the trend for ever higher capacities, there is a growing demand in the non-metallic minerals for screening products to well below 100 µm, so as to eliminate the need for...
