Loading, Hauling & Excavation

Quarry hauling round-up Specialist equipment is used in getting rock from the quarry face to the processing units as Patrick Smith reports Hauling fragmented rock from the quarry face to the crushing, screening and washing set-up or dump site may seem a simple task but it has its complexities. Quite apart from the sophisticated equipment used, it is also important the haul roads used are of the correct construction...

Excavator easily extracts sand and gravel from lake In the famous French wine-growing region of Bordeaux, the Colas Sud Ouest-owned company, Sarrazy, is using a Hitachi super-long front ZX350LC-3 excavator on two different sites. In Naujac-sur-Mer, the machine digs to a depth of 5m, removing 70,000tonnes of raw materials from beneath the man-made lake each year. At a second location in Queyrac, which processes 30,000tonnes of aggregate...

Versatile systems aid quarry machine maintenance planning Maximising productivity and performance in a quarry operation has never been easy but there are products that help as ABE reports. Keeping a diverse range of equipment working efficiently, managing downtime and achieving output targets in quarries can be something of a juggling act for plant fleet managers. Setting up an effective preventative maintenance schedule should be an essential part...