Highlights at HILLHEAD 2024

Issue 03/2010

Mobile, compact and robust

At the beginning of January 2010, the re-engineered Innocrush 30 was handed over to Michetschläger, a company based in Eberstalzell (Fig.). The company had so far been operating a stationary plant at...

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Issue 04/2010

Mobility as trend

RHEWUM MobiSort for economic and flexible colour sorting

1 “Mobility” as a megatrend in mineral processing According to Horx [1], around five megatrends are currently accompanying us. A megatrend is defined by the fact that it permanently accompanies...

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Issue 12/2009

Mobility on hold

At the Kuhn Quarry near Waldhambach at the Pfälzer Wald Nature Reserve, granite and andesite (Fig. 1) have been extracted to produce ballast for many decades. At the quarry, mainly granite is...

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Issue 07-08/2021 Spick and span

MobyDick in the world’s largest iron ore mine in northern Sweden

F‌RUTIGER, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of coarse dirt washing systems for large vehicles. The washing systems, known in the trade as...

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Issue 06/2020 No dirt – no dust

MobyDick ONE at the Kies- und Schotterwerke Müller GmbH & Co. KG

T‌he Kies- und Schotterwerke Müller GmbH & Co. KG, founded at the beginning of the 1930s at the Ostrach site, is one of the oldest companies in the gravel and sand industry in southern...

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Issue 11/2015

Modern new building in the Barcelona region

Endress+Hauser Spain celebrated its 25th anniversary in a special way: the company moved into its own premises in Sant Cugat in the west of the Barcelona metropolitan region (Fig.). Endress+Hauser...

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Issue 12/2012

Modern rail loader

The sale and distribution of raw materials in the construction industry is steadily growing in importance. Besides supply of a wide range of sands, gravels and chippings in sufficient quantities,...

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Issue 07-08/2024 New dedusting plant in Chile

Modernisation for copper mining

One of the largest copper suppliers in the world is facing the challenge of ensuring the efficiency and safety of its open-cast mine in northern Chile. The previous mining of copper ore had a planned...

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Issue 10-2014

Modernity and Prehistory

About 150 years ago still the seabed of the Jurassic Sea, the Altmühl Valley offers rich limestone deposits today – and one or other fossil find for collectors. In the calcareous sea water, lime...

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Issue 05/2011

Modernization gets bucket wheel moving

At its gravel works in Langenbrücken, Philipp Kies KG Bad Schönborn operates two extraction machines simultaneously to assure production. A grab dredger and a suction dredger are used. After the...

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