Michigan-headquartered Conveyor Components Company has added a smaller version of its most popular brush-style conveyor belt cleaner, the Model SBR, which it said is a new, efficient way to remove fines and carryback material. The model’s predecessor, the Model BR, was reduced in size from that heavy-duty version to create the new release. The company said the cleaner uses an…
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B2W Software has expanded its ONE Platform with a new mobile application for reporting labor hours, productivity, equipment utilization and other data for individual employees working independently. The B2W Employee App is an easy-to-use solution for recording information on individual work logs, which can be combined with similar data for crew-based employees collected with B2W Track electronic field logs. The…
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Weir Minerals has partnered with digital twin platform XMPro, pairing it to enhance its Synertrex digital ecosystem for real-time insights and decision making. The partnership, it said, will enable intelligent equipment and services for its customers, and also support miners in their missions for higher performance and reducing their operational environmental footprints. The XMPro platform can identify critical events by…
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Australian dust control company Global Road Technology (GRT) is launching a first-ever for mining: a dust control system specifically designed to support autonomous vehicles and equipment. GRT: Haul-Loc dust control systems have been designed to work alongside autonomous haul and water trucks to manage dust effectively while helping to maintain haul roads. “It achieves this by reducing what the industry…
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Sleipner Finland has launched two new simulators for its excavator transport systems, which the company said can improve safety and reduce training costs by up to two-thirds. Expanding its line of E-series products, Sleipner has launched both portable and static simulators to train excavator operators at mine and quarry sites. Operators can be trained on the new E-series products, or…
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Metso Outotec has launched Geminex, a science-based digital twin for efficient resource optimization and variability management. Using the new release, customers can view alternative operational scenarios and parameters and efficiently simulate and test based on real data and the most accurate process models. It is ideal for receiving invaluable information on both short- and long-term decision-making, and also permits operations…
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U.S.-based Superior Industries Inc. has recently completed the design and manufacturing work on what it considers to be the world’s largest telescopic radial stacking conveyor. The brand-new TeleStacker Conveyor model measures 48 inches wide by 210 feet long (1,220 millimeters x 64 meters). The conveyor is capable of building 425,000 ton stockpiles, which exceeds a previous model that the company…
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RPMGlobal has released a major upgrade to its XPAC scheduling suite, including support for battery trucks. The Australian company said the newest version also includes multiple independent calendars and further enhancements to environmental functionality. Other changes include disturbance reporting and scheduling, landform surface definition, bi-directional integration with RPM’s Schedule Optimisation Tool (SOT) and many more commodity-specific enhancements. On the environmental…
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U.S.-based conveyor belt products supplier ASGCO has released its new Grizzly conveyor belt skiver as a safer, easier way to remove or recess conveyor belt covers for mechanical fastener installation. The new release is 18-volt battery powered and features dualaction tugsten carbide blades for accuracy. It comes as a kit that includes a battery charger, two batteries, and a set…
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Epiroc, in partnership with ASI Mining LLC, introduced Mobius for Drills, a new platform to convert data into useful, actionable information. Mobius for Drills will lead mines toward automation and connectivity. Featuring embedded artificial intelligence, the user-friendly Mobius system enables multi-vehicle command, control and monitoring to maximize productivity and safety. “We think of it as a tool to directly support…
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