Tag: aggregate producers

  • Komatsu introduces new WA700-8 wheel loader
    Komatsu introduces new WA700-8 wheel loader

    Komatsu recently announced its new WA700-8, a powerful and efficient addition to its range of wheel loaders designed for quarry operations and aggregate producers. This wheel loader is an ideal four-pass match with 70-ton trucks such as Komatsu’s new HD605-10 haul truck. The WA700-8 also offers substantial improvements in performance, efficiency and operator comfort compared…

  • High efficiency “shaped” wire screens are the way to the future
    High efficiency “shaped” wire screens are the way to the future

    For aggregate producers, efficient and accurate sizing of material using square opening, woven wire screens during processing is essential to profitability. However, carryover of prime size material can become a costly production bottleneck when excessive undersize particles fail to pass through the screen openings. Although conventional round wire screen has been the industry standard, the…