Ohio manufacturer Wright has released its WrightSquare 2.0 technology for the square end of a socket where it attaches to the ratchet or impact gun. The patented design provides 10 times more contact area than conventional designs. By relocating load and stress away from the corners, it enhances performance and increases socket life. The optimized flat contact areas remove force…
Read MoreTouting the benefits of power, durability and affordability, Ingersoll Rand has unveiled its 2922 Series of pneumatic wrenches and productivity-boosting engine air starters. The new release pneumatic impact wrenches provide 2,000 foot-pounds of nut-busting torque in a durable, affordable 12-lb. package. Available in ¾-inch and 1-in. models, the 2922 Series offers 1,450 ft.-lbs. of max breakaway torque to easily take…
Read MoreThe new Cat SIS2GO app puts maintenance, troubleshooting and repair information at the fingertips of Caterpillar equipment owners. With SIS2GO, Caterpillar is offering customers the opportunity to access the latest Caterpillar operation and maintenance, service and parts manual information for their equipment. Two levels of access are available from SIS2GO. Operation and maintenance manuals (OMM), parts manuals, and the ability…
Read MoreNow commercially available from Orica: the WebGen 200 Surface wireless initiating system, which enables new mining methods and blasting techniques to improve safety, increase productivity and reduce operating costs. Released this month, WebGen 200 Surface is based on the success of more than 5,000 WebGen 100 blasts around the world, containing over 150,000 primers. Orica’s WebGen 200 Surface, the company…
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Canadian-based, global-focused gold miner Mandalay Resources has appointed Frazer Bourchier to lead the company as its new president and CEO, effective April 3. Bourchier, who was also appointed to the Mandalay board, will work closely with current CEO Dominic Duffy to ensure a smooth transition. Outgoing Duffy will remain on the board as a non-executive director. Bourchier has 32 years…
Read MoreCanadian-based Symboticware and SpaceX subsidiary Swarm have paired to integrate their respective technologies to create an asset performance management platform accessible from anywhere. The platform, based on 4-Sight.ai, Symboticware’s asset performance management platform, will have the capability to transmit over Swarm’s global constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) microsatellites. Swarm will provide its lowest-cost global connectivity for IoT devices via…
Read MoreBarrick Gold has agreed to roll out a global testing and implementation program for specialty chemicals company Draslovka’s proprietary glycine gold leaching product – GlyCat. The technology can potentially unlock substantive savings and generate value for Barrick’s operations while also improving its environmental footprint. Starting at the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania and several other Barrick operations, largescale test work…
Read MoreCanadian miner Artemis Gold has turned to Finning International to furnish its primary and ancillary operations fleet for the operator’s Blackwater mine project, now in development in British Columbia, Canada. The machines, which will be utilized as part of phase one operations at a total cost of C$134 million, will include load and haul units made up of Cat 6040…
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