Frequent downtime, high fuel consumption and excessive emissions are the bane of equipment operators in the material handling market. The total time interval between when a machine goes down to when it is fully operational can be financially crippling, especially when the downtime causes shipping delays and demurrage is chargedContinue Reading
Global polymer manufacturer, igus, is steadily making inroads into applications where its energy chains can improve cable management on machines where repetitive linear movements are required. The energy chains usually replace festoon systems on equipment like gantry cranes, tripper cars and can even replace cable reel drums on heavy dutyContinue Reading
MAXIMIZE THE OUTPUT OF SILOS, MILLS AND GRAIN BINS In East Africa, a bustling terminal faced a bagging dilemma. Its demand was soaring, but the facility couldn’t keep up. And installing new bagging lines would be both time-consuming and costly. Enter IMGS with its innovative solution — the Mobile BaggingContinue Reading
RAM Spreaders: Dry Bulk Handling Impact Over a decade ago, RAM Spreaders introduced their first rotating spreader for dry bulk material handling. Today, the RAM Revolver operates on every continent, with 15 units already in Africa. Its success is attributed to extensive global aftersales support and the sturdy design ofContinue Reading
SIG is one of the European most important producers of elevator as well as rubber conveyor belts. With an experience of more than 50 years manufacturing SIG can easily supply high quality made in Italy synthetic and steel rubber belts worldwide. Concerning the production process, our factory has aContinue Reading
The Container Dumping Spreader can tilt a fully loaded container on a single hook, creating a mobile method for tilting loaded containers. The self-contained unit can be remote-controlled and contains a built-in power pack, so no power source is needed. The tilt is controlled and safe, with a built-in center of gravityContinue Reading
The Qatar-based Joint Venture formed by Tecnicas Reunidas and Wison Engineering awarded Bedeschi a contract for the engineering and supply of new sulphur-handling equipment. The project is part of the North Field Expansion Project to process and export sulphur from the existing expansion of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilitiesContinue Reading
Superior Industries, Inc., a Minnesota-based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, recently announced an expansion of its dealer partnership with Rock Machinery. In addition to exclusively representing Superior’s crushing equipment in Wisconsin and Illinois, Rock Machinery now supports the manufacturer’s screening line in those statesContinue Reading
According to the data of the Freeport of Riga Authority, forestry and timber industry cargo were the largest cargo group transshipped in the port of Riga last year, the said cargo being handled at 15 stevedoring company terminals. In 2022, the transshipped 5.5 million tons of wood products accounted forContinue Reading
Dover Cargo’s two Liebherr mobile harbour cranes are running on 100% biofuel. The LHM 280 is in the foreground, with the LHM 550 also in shot The cranes, a LHM 550 and the smaller LHM 280, are used mainly to handle steel, breakbulk, containers, palletised fruit and construction materials. InContinue Reading
