Highlights at SOLIDS 2024

Issue 11/2017

Rare earths: Cooperation between Fraunhofer and China

R‌are earths are a key raw material for many high-tech products and are almost exclusively mined in China. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft institutes involved in the lighthouse project “Criticality of...

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Issue 11/2017

Complete scraper replacement

R‌eplacing scrapers on a conveyor belt system is almost ­always a lengthy process for any company. In the case of the Hohenlimburger Kalkwerke in Germany, the whole process took almost two years....

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Issue 11/2017

Excavator tracks becoming potential biotopes

When Andre Baumann, the State Secretary in Baden- Württemberg’s Ministry of the Environment, looked around the Meichle + Mohr extraction site in Radolfzell ­Municipal Forest, he said: “At the sand and...

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Issue 11/2017

The EcoCube is the flexible all-rounder for extraction

W‌ith the EcoCube, TEKA has developed a unique ­solution for an easy and safe extraction and filtration of fumes and dusts at manual welding stations or welding robots. As a highly versatile...

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Issue 11/2017

Innovative Conveyor Belt Cleaner Program

M‌artin Engineering announced the introduction of a ­factory-direct program to deliver and install fresh ­replacement polyurethane blades – accurately specified, custom-fitted and mounted free of...

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Issue 11/2017

Powerful machines defy labor shortage

Telestack is one of the specialists for modern track-mounted stockpile conveyors. At the NordBau 2017, the new LF 520 Revolution with a flat receiving hopper that enables wheel-loader feeding was...

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Issue 11/2017

Construction materials recycling

Market trends in Europe

Summary: Europe has set itself an ambitious goal for recycling construction and demolition waste, aiming at 70 % by the year 2020. At present, only a level of 50 % has been managed, and no great...

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Issue 11/2017

Cutting edge technology removing scrap steel from coal

W‌agner Magnete, a company based in Heimertingen/ ­Germany, has already fulfilled many orders involving special solutions or customized products. The project now concluded with a customer in Russia...

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Issue 11/2017

CEMEX invests in Piesberg Quarry

Since 2015, around € 5.5 mill. have been invested by CEMEX in the rebuilding of its primary crushing station and more environmentally friendly conveying equipment. At the official inauguration on...

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Issue 10/2017

Schenck Process launches MULTIDOS® VDP-C apron weighfeeder

Schenck Process has announced the latest extension to its MULTIDOS® weighfeeder range. MULTIDOS® VDP-C is a new range of medium-sized and compact apron weighfeeders mainly suitable for raw material...

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