Pit & Quarry, August 2010

S P E C I A L S E C T I O N C O N V E Y I N G M A T E R I A L H A N D L I N G Superior Industries Trailblazer portable groundline conveyor is seen here in operations mode equipment exposition held by General Equipment a dealer in the region We see this new portable groundline system as an ideal specialty tool for the right situation and a great rental opportunity for a number of applications in our marketplace says Roy Wendland a sales representative for General Equipment who has worked closely with Raske for nearly 20 years Versus a traditional stationary groundline conveyor which would require days or even weeks for setup and teardown the Trailblazer system allows rapid deployment from the road to working status in just about an hour With a gravity style take up built into the trailer structure the unit folds in or out in an accordion fashion from its chassis with a minimal crew required to position the supports Maiden voyage We had never really seen anything like it before and it has been very exciting to experience the maiden voyage of this system says Raske who adds that Superior Industries sent out an engineering and service team to assist in the initial setup which involves choreographing a crew of four to five people to perform certain tasks Once we understood how the system works how to coordinate the crew and where all the components need to line up we could see how easy it would be to set it up the next time he says Jarrod Felton Superior Industries chief engineer of standard products was Take note A portable material handling system allowed Knife River to eliminate multiple transfer points from more than a dozen conveyors with each transfer point being a potential cleanup and greasing point Made In The USA YOUR SIMPLE ROCK BREAKING SOLUTION P O Box 358 Luck WI 54853 Phone 866 472 8844 Fax 715 472 8845 info@ surestrike biz www surestrike biz www pitandquarry com August 2010 PIT QUARRY 15