Pit & Quarry, February 2016

THE LATEST ON EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY Terex Washing Systems dealer to host California event T erex Washing Systems and Powerscreen California Hawaii will host an open event March 17 in conjunction with Powerscreen and Terex Environmental Equipment in Napa Valley Calif The event will mark the 30th anniversary of Powerscreen California Hawaii Attendees will have the opportunity to visit Powerscreen California Hawaiis new headquarters in Dixon Calif They will also visit a site to view an AggreSand 206 and a water management plant in operation In addition attendees will see a working demonstration of a Powerscreen crushing and screening train Powerscreen will showcase some of its new equipment as well including the Premiertrak 600 jaw crusher and 1150 Maxtrak cone crusher An AggreSand 206 like this will be on display at the 30th anniversary celebration Flexco producing urethane blades in Michigan Flexco is now manufacturing its urethane belt cleaner blades at its Grand Rapids Mich location According to Flexco the investment gives the company the opportunity to generate new products We spent more than a year testing over 100 formulations in the laboratory in the field and internally to ensure that we put the highest quality urethane blades on the market says Ryan Grevenstuk senior product manager at Flexco We continue to invest to ensure were creating products that withstand the most demanding applications Flexco specialists conducted in house and in field tests to determine that the product was ready to be manufactured for customers the company reports Renewable fuel approved for use with Mack Trucks Mack Trucks approved the use of renewable diesel fuel in all Mack engines According to the company renewable diesel fuel delivers similar performance to diesel refined from petroleum yet helps to reduce greenhouse gas and particulate emissions A life cycle analysis of renewable diesel fuel conducted by the California Air Resources Board demonstrated reductions in greenhouse gases by 15 to 80 percent depending on the feedstock source used Renewable diesel fuel is derived from biomass feedstocks Its produced using a different process from petroleum biodiesel yet maintains similar physical properties and performance of biodiesel It also meets the same ASTM D975 standard Additionally using renewable diesel fuel helps to decrease maintenance costs according to Mack Trucks MANUFACTURER BRIEFS Promotions hires at KPI JCI Astec Mobile Screens KPI JCI Astec Mobile Screens announced several personnel changes including the promotion of Ron Earl to vice president of sales and marketing In his new position Earl is responsible for leading the companys sales and marketing departments to achieve their growth objectives for both equipment and parts sales In addition KPI JCI Astec Mobile Screens hired Tim Harms as senior sales engineer for the crushing and screening products at its Kolberg Pioneer manufacturing Earl facility Also Nate Hicks was named parts sales development engineer EIW announces promotion Eagle Iron Works EIW promoted Billy Wilson to regional sales manager Wilson will support EIWs sales efforts act as the companys service technician and manage the customer service and shipping receiving departments Masaba names new president Masaba headquartered in Vermillion S D named James Peterson its new president Peterson has served Masaba for the past seven years in sales and marketing positions Prior to this new position he was business owner and president of Canica Jaques VSI Crushers 16 PIT QUARRY February 2016 www pitandquarry com