Wear Parts & Maintenance

The importance of tyre maintenance to long-term machine fleet efficiency Maintaining optimum pressure in the tyres of quarry fleet machinery has many benefits, from prolonging their working life and reducing downtime and associated costs, to improving fleet fuel efficiency and site health and safety. Guy Woodford reports on leading global tyre manufacturers' innovations in this area, and on other latest product news. To help customers achieve all-important optimum...

H&B's Duncan High on lifetime costs associated with fabricated vibrating screen parts In a comment piece for Aggregates Business Europe and Aggregates Business International, Duncan High, processing equipment technology division manager at Haver & Boecker, examines the lifetime costs of fabricated parts for vibrating screens Operation managers often look to increase profits in a mining or aggregates operation by cutting costs. Parts are often looked at as part of a savings...

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...