Pit & Quarry, February 2018
CONTENTS VOLUME 110 FEBRUARY 2018 NO 8 NEW AUTOMATION at Californias Canyon Rock streamlines the crushing process and reduces the complexity of wiring PAGE 10 30 OPERATIONS The latest at Cemexs Balcones Quarry Inside the nations largest crushed stone operation BY KEVIN YANIK EVENTS 32 AGG1 NSSGA CONVENTION PREVIEW Countdown to AGG1 and the NSSGA Convention Five opportunities attendees can explore in Houston 38 PIT QUARRY HALL OF FAME In a class of their own Top producers equipment innovator to be enshrined in Houston BY KEVIN YANIK Cover photo by Joe McCarthy UP FRONT 4 AN INSIDE LOOK Standard of excellence BY KEVIN YANIK 6 UP TO SPEED The latest industry happenings P Q TECH 8 CUTTING EDGE The latest in equipment and technology for the industry 10 AUTOMATION Autopilot New software and hardware have allowed a California producer to operate more efficiently with the long term goal of full automation in the quarry BY LORETTA SORENSEN 16 CRUSHING Equipped for a surge A Knife River operation in Oregon is poised to pounce on a rebounding market behind its new jaw and cone crushing plants BY GILES LAMBERTSON 22 EXCAVATING LOADING Next generation New technologies are making machines more efficient reliable user friendly and easier to maintain BY DARREN CONSTANTINO 24 Equipment and technology Excavators loaders buckets and related equipment 28 POWER TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS Motors drives bearings and more pitandquarry com February 2018 PIT QUARRY 1
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