Pit & Quarry, May 2018

EQUIPMENT WHAT YOU MISSED AT AGG1 New technologies that surfaced at the national trade show in Houston BY KEVIN YANIK BARWACZ ALLISON BY PHOTOS W hile ConExpo Con Agg brought a wave of new technologies a year ago a number of manufacturers utilized this years AGG1 Aggregates Academy Expo and World of Asphalt Show Conference to bring new equipment to the market According to the National Stone Sand Gravel Association and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers which organize the two shows more than 460 exhibitors including 160 who were new to the shows displayed their latest innovations in Houston This year there was a lot more equipment here says Sean Donaghy territory manager at Terex EvoQuip From the previous shows there seemed to be a lot more big equipment here A lot of the smaller companies brought in equipment rather than just doing the booth It gave me the sense that there is a lot of optimism in the economy and that people are willing to invest in the marketing to come to the show Mark Krause McLanahan Corp s managing director of North America agrees The show continues to get bigger each year he says They say were growing 5 to 7 percent each year Its exciting to see new vendors new people new space AGG1 also brings in new people Were talking about a very high attendance level here Personally I was concerned The DX900i surface top hammer drill rig is the latest development in Sandviks Ranger DXi series with the industry being so busy trying to operate that people wouldnt come But weve seen great turnouts P Q reported live at AGG1 from the George R Brown Convention Center and produced a series of videos on equipment technologies and trends from the show floor Get our full coverage of AGG1 at www pitandquarry com agg1 2018 For the purposes of this space here are a handful of the product developments P Q came across on the trade show floor NEW TECH In drilling Sandvik Mining Rock Technologys Ranger DX900i surface top hammer drill rig launched to the North American market According to Sandvik the DX900i features the most powerful rock drill in its class Sandvik intelligence features and a counterweight revolving superstructure enabling stability The DX900i offers 290 degree coverage This is a unique machine because it has a turning superstructure says Pekka Kesseli director of sales development at Sandvik Mining Rock Technology The upper part of the machine turns like an excavator New screening technologies were also on display at AGG1 including Hoyt Wire Cloths ESE exchangeable screen elements system which allows users to convert their modular polyurethane system to accept almost any screen media We found this is a good solution for the end user says Andy Bartels director of sales and marketing at Hoyt Wire Cloth They dont have to cut burn or remove anything from their current deck Weve seen an increase in production numbers Also the throughput is significantly better and ESE is a lower cost replacement Bartels says because urethane usually does not have to be replaced Its usually just a wire cloth piece that gets replaced and you dont have to replace a whole row Bartels says Those are the big things when youre converting back from a modular system to a wire cloth system In the area of motors drives and bearings Van der Graaf showcased the new GrizzlyDrive to deliver a drum motor that can withstand the high vibratory conditions and the dustiest of aggregate and mining environments Were trying to build a totally different heavy duty drum motor that is going to power the conveyors that have heavier bearings a heavier electric motor and heavier gearing with a 34 PIT QUARRY May 2018 pitandquarry com