Pit & Quarry, November 2011

EQUIPMENT NEWS Equipment briefs George W Bush to keynote Work Truck Show Former President George W Bush will serve as the keynote speaker at The Work Truck Show 2012 scheduled for March 5 8 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Luff Industries expands with California stocking location Luff Industries Ltd opened a factory stocking location in Rancho Cucamonga Calif the company announced Along with the companys CEMA B and C Series of idlers the California branch will stock accessories including take up frames impact bars guide rollers return roller guarding and urethane products Powerscreen teams up with Continental Equipment Co Powerscreen provider of mobile crushing screening and washing equipment signed an agreement with Continental Equipment Co a full service distributor servicing the Kansas Missouri and southern Illinois area Atlas Copco Construction Technique combines four divisions Atlas Copco Construction Technique a new business area of the company brings together three existing Atlas Copco divisions and a fourth new one Construction Technique Service which will be fully operational by January 2012 The three equipment divisions are Portable Energy previously under the Compressor Technique business area Road Construction Equipment and Construction Tools both previously part of the Construction and Mining Technique business area Nico Delvaux formerly president of Atlas Copcos Compressor Technique Service division becomes president of Construction Technique Atlas Copco releases new blasthole reference book Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions announced the 2011 release of Blasthole Drilling in Open Pit Mining This second edition blasthole reference book focuses primarily on the rigs tools bits and techniques of rotary blasthole drilling as well as 17 case studies from mining in various conditions around the world The book will be available through local Atlas Copco customer centers and distributors It is also available as a PDF file at www atlascopco com blastholedrills RUL RQWDO UXVKLQJ ZLWK QR GHWRXUV DQG LQWHJUDWHG SUH VFUHHQLQJ ƒ UXVKLQJ DW IDFH ƒ HHGLQJ DW JUDGH ƒ 6XLWDEOH IRU VWLFN KXPLG DQG RYHUVL HG PDWHULDO ƒ LJK PRELOLW VNLG PRXQW RU QRQ SRZHUHG WUDFNV RU GLHVHO K GUDXOLF GULYH RU 3URGXFW 3RUWIROLR PSDFW UXVKHUV _ DPPHU UXVKHUV _ DPPHU 0LOOV _ 5ROO UXVKHUV _ 5ROOHU 0LOOV _ HHGHU UHDNHUV _ 5DSLG U HUV _ ULQGLQJ U LQJ ZLWK DPPHU 0LOOV _ SURQ HHGHUV _ KDLQ RQYH RUV _ 3XVK HHGHUV _ REEOHU 9 52ZREEOHU HHGHUV_ 3HQGXOXP ODS DWHV _ 5RWDU DWH 9DOYHV 0 35 PE _ URNZHJ _ OPHQ _ HUPDQ _ 7HO _ D _ RQWDFW 6YHQ HXHU _ 7HO _ KHXHU KD HPDJ GH _ ZZZ KD HPDJ GH www pitandquarry com November 2011 PIT QUARRY 11