Pit & Quarry, February 2018
hen Canyon Rock had to quickly upgrade and automate its crushing process universal programming software provided W the necessary speed to meet short deadlines How do you quickly complete an automation overhaul to double aggregate production so you can meet deadlines for the largest project your company has ever secured Thats the question third generation Canyon Rock Operations Manager Jon Trappe had to answer in 2013 for his familys northern California aggregate and concrete business Over a period of two years Canyon Rock completed an upgrade to its quarry that included use of a system integrator and universal programming software giving them capacity to boost daily production from 4000 tons of aggregate to 10000 tons The nearly 200 acre Canyon Rock quarry at Forestville was purchased by Jons grandfather Adolph Trappe in 1972 Jons father Wendel Trappe serves as company president and two of Jons siblings are also involved in company operations Increasing production wasnt the only challenge Jon faced in 2013 He needed to bring Canyon Rock through the transition from traditional aggregate production to an integrated automation operation without shutting down the operation I had just taken over as operations manager when this transition was implemented Jon says Were a small operation so we needed to keep producing product One advantage to maintaining crushing PHOTOS COURTESY OF CANYON ROCK h t a id d th As an example Profinet provides Canyon Rock with data that reveals impending motor failure owing to overload a key advantage to avoid downtime REDUCE www kpijci com
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