Pit & Quarry, February 2019
MOBILE EQUIPMENT Steve Robertson is quite familiar with this view as hes often at the Hitachi excavators controls Were pulling limestone out and producing anywhere from 25000 to 35000 tons a month through the crusher Robertson says Were operating and crushing nine months a year so we keep a rock breaker on the Hitachi 350 for 90 percent of the time The material we have here is very blocky and we wind up with a lot of big rock Theres just no way to shoot it to get it down to crusher size so we use the Hitachi The ZX350LC 6 keeps the quarry crushing eight hours a day Weve got a jaw crusher two impact crushers and two screens making six products crusher run 57 8 9 lime and sand Robertson says The products that we make are being used in concrete asphalt and road bases YEAR ROUND PRODUCTIVITY Although the Rich Patch Quarry operates nine months out VISIT US AT BOOTH 37008 Screening has not changed much in 50 years Until now RockShield is excited to announce the newest addition to our lineup the RSX 16 The 16 width of our durable rubber screen offers significantly more open area easier maintenance and increased uptime Innovation With the durability youve come to expect from RockShield Boxleys origins Boxley Materials a division of Summit Materials that was established in 1892 purchased its first quarry 58 miles west of Roanoke Virginia in 1908 The company operates several sites today selling aggregate asphalt and paving services hardscapes and concrete throughout Roanoke and Lynchburg Virginia The company acquired the Rich Patch Quarry from Vulcan Materials in 2002 56 PIT QUARRY February 2019 pitandquarry com
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