Materials

German quarrying firm Oetelshofen Kalk has cut noise emissions by half and tripled machine service life, by installing dual hardness rubber liners in its crushing plant. Based in Wuppertal, the Oetelshofen quarry company produces 2 million tonnes of limestone products/year, and has a turnover of €35 million/year.

Hot and warm (HMA/WMA) facility manufacturer, Astec has translated its award-winning website into French. "French-speaking visitors now have access to the wealth of information available at www.astecinc.com in their native language by selecting the Français option at the top of the home page," says the company, a member of the Astec Industries family of companies. Earlier this year Astec released a Spanish translation of the website.

Concrete equipment specialist Utranazz has launched its versatile Mobile Volumetric Batching Plant (MVBP) at UK quarrying and recycling show Hillhead 2010. The Hydromix MVBP has a roll-on roll-off system that allows for multiple mounting options, for example inside the back of a tipper body; onto a hook-loader sub-chassis; skid-mounted for yard use or permanently mounted onto the back of a lorry. The unit was designed by Utranazz in conjunction with Bertoli especially for the UK quarrying and recycling mark

Atlas Copco Austria has acquired Hartl Anlagenbau, Austria, a company that manufactures and sells mobile crushers and screeners. By this acquisition Atlas Copco enters the growing mobile crushing and screening market. "The acquisition strengthens Atlas Copco's position as a leader within surface rock excavation and handling, as w

In the UK, highways maintenance specialist FM Conway, which places great importance on its green credentials, says that as part of this strategy it is to open what it thinks is the UK's most modern asphalt and recycling plant.

The Di Maso quarry company in Italy has invested in a HAZEMAG crushing concept, and in addition to the rugged primary impact crusher with its active hydraulic control system, a wobbler feeder has been added to relieve the load on the crusher and to ensure uniform feeding. The Type AP-PH 1414 impact crusher's latest active hydraulic control system offers a facility where the impact aprons are locked in position during operation to guarantee a uniform, high-quality product. However, if tramp metal enters the

The IMER Group continues to develop its construction product offering with the signing of an agreement with German firm Waitizinger Baumaschinen.

A Hanson quarry in Spain is now benefiting from the installation of lining plates in its crushing plant. The J Riera, Llinar del Valles Quarry in Catalonia is using WT6000 linings supplied by Sandvik in the plant's primary hopper. The material was chosen for this tough application as the quarry company wanted to reduce wear and tear on its equipment and cut noise from the site. The hopper is the main intake for feed material in the plant and the rock is blasted granite, with a high abrasive index and a maxi

Hazemag has supplied what it claims is the first semi-mobile impact roll crusher plant in Austria to Zementwerk Leube, one of the country's leading companies in the building materials industry. The compact, semi-mobile design 600-800tonnes/hour limestone crushing plant includes the integration of a feeder grate as a primary screen. "Even with high throughput and the large feed size of up to 1.2m the end product had to have a final crush size of 0-250mm with a minimal amount of fines production in the final