Highlights at HILLHEAD 2024

Issue 04/2023 RecyclingAKTIV & ­TiefbauLIVE

Product solutions for the recycling and reuse of mineral construction waste and secondary materials

Preserving resources is vital to society and the environment. The RecyclingAKTIV & TiefbauLIVE trade fair (RATL) from 27 to 29 April 2023 in Karlsruhe will address this issue. Just before new...

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Issue 04/2023 Partnership with tradition

Production of certified aggregates at the Rauscheröd sand and gravel plant

The Rauscheröd Ulrich Alex GmbH sand and gravel plant in the Ortenburg district of the same name, about 20 km west of Passau/Bavaria, has been in existence since 1962. Around 150 000 t of raw material...

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Issue 11/2014 METSO

Production of chippings with a new plant

In a quarry near Bad Berleburg in Germany, Middle Devonian quartzite has been extracted for the region for many decades. Under the direction of Hermann Böhl, forward-looking work on the quartzite processing plant could be completed in February this year. ...

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Issue 10/2019 Variable speed

Production of granulates for use in fluidized-bed reactors

F‌luidized-bed technology, which was invented in 1921 for coal gasification, is used today in many chemical and metallurgical processes. Solid particles are swirled up in a reactor by a medium that...

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Issue 07-08/2021 Fine and dry

Production of high quality crushed sand in the Caribbean

T‌he Dominican building materials manufacturer Calizamar, S.A. relies on crushing technology from BHS-Sonthofen. The company has commissioned the BHS rotor impact mill of type RPM 1513 to produce...

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Issue 01-02/2023 Closed material loop

Production of railway ballast and high-grade chippings

A company near Berlin is using the cone crusher MOBICONE MCO 90i EVO2 from Kleemann for recycling and the production of crushed rock and high-grade chippings. Since summer 2021, the first plant of...

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Issue 04/2018 A piggyback to work

Production of recycled chippings with BMD screening and crushing plant

Compact crushers and screens that can be transported on 3-axle roll-off tippers are the machines of choice when it comes to responding flexibly to demand. This was the case at Fritz Bauer GmbH, a...

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Issue 09/2017

Production of rough diamonds

Current market and technology trends

Summary: The production of rough diamonds already reached a peak value more than 10 years ago. Predictions see a continuation of the market downturn for mined diamonds up to 2030. Nevertheless, the...

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Issue 06/2018

Production of selected mineral aggregates

High-quality sands and gravels long ago evolved into special products, as a result of rising demands for quality. In many sectors, classical wheel-loader aggregate mixes have now become inadequate for...

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Issue 06/2019 The right move

Production of spiral fabric complements process belt expertise

Spiral fabric belts are the established standard in countless industrial and municipal applications. Wherever seamless belts are an indispensible component in dewatering, transport or drying...

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