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Melker Jernberg has been appointed president of Volvo Construction
Equipment and member of the Volvo Group Executive Board, effective 1 January 2018. Jernberg replaces Martin Weissburg, who is moving back to the US for family reasons and will take up a position as senior advisor to Volvo’ s president and CEO, Martin Lundstedt. Weissburg will be stationed in Greensboro, US. Born in 1968, Jernberg is currently president and CEO of the Sweden-based powder metallurgy company Höganäs AB. Prior to this he held the position of executive vice-president and head of business area EMEA at Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB.
FLSmidth has reached an agreement to acquire a part of Sandvik Mining Systems, subject to certain conditions, including regulatory authority clearance, and closing is expected by the end of 2017. The agreement covers Sandvik Mining Systems’ continuous surface mining and minerals handling technologies, as well as related intellectual property, including drawings and reference lists. It also covers the transfer of employees with strong experience, competences, and customer insights, which will strengthen the Group’ s core minerals business. The pending acquisition will enable FLSmidth to improve productivity for its customers by closing a gap and cover a wider range of the full mining value chain‘ pit to plant’— from the primary crushing point in the mining pit and the transport from mine to plant, all the way through the minerals processing plant to the tailings handling.
Komatsu and Trimble have announced that they are collaborating to improve their customers’ ability to exchange 3-D construction site data between the companies’ construction software to make managing mixed earthworks fleets easier and to allow for a more holistic view of site operations. As part of the collaboration, Trimble and Komatsu are developing an application program interface( API) to enable compatibility between their software platforms. Komatsu’ s KomConnect platform and Trimble Connect software, a cloud-based collaboration ecosystem, will share digital construction data that can significantly benefit contractors and project managers. The collaboration is in response to customer demand for mixed fleet interoperability, as well as support for Japan’ s i-Construction initiative, a plan to drive innovation and revolutionise productivity on construction sites through the use of information and communications technology( ICT).
University minerals students study processing at Haver & Boecker
Haver & Boecker recently hosted 22 University of Toronto minerals students, giving them a firsthand look at the industry. Haver & Boecker engineers presented on various aspects of vibrating screens and the screening process, and hosted a plant tour to reinforce what students have learnt in class. It is the second year the company opened its doors to enhance students’ learning.
Professor Erin Bobicki wanted to give the students a chance to
learn from industry experts, and give them the chance to see a full-scale vibrating screen, which cannot be done in a classroom.“ The students now have a much greater appreciation for screening equipment and the science and engineering that goes into it,” she said.
Dieter Takev, Haver & Boecker’ s vice-president of engineering and technology, and Duncan High, processing equipment technology division
manager, walked students through the basics of screening, material sizing, and vibrating screen mechanical performance. Students learnt about types of material and screening equipment, calculations for determining optimum performance, and the mechanical design of different components.
Takev also showed the group how mining and aggregates operations use Haver & Boecker’ s Pulse vibration analysis software, developed by Haver & Boecker
specifically to monitor the health of vibrating screens and detect irregularities that would prevent optimum performance.
“ Learning the process through which the screens are made was valuable, as was the opportunity to work with the vibration analysis system,” Bobicki said.“ Probably most of the students would think of vibration analysis as a mechanical engineering task, but the truth is that mining and mineral processing are very interdisciplinary and you end up touching a variety of functions within the industry.”
One of last year’ s participants was hired by Haver & Boecker, joining their processing equipment technology team after graduation.
“ Our team takes pride in the innovation and testing that goes into each product design,” said Peter Kilmurray, Haver & Boecker vice-president of sales, adding that the company will open the same opportunities to other interested educational institutions.“ We’ re more than willing to spend time introducing future industry leaders to ways they can make a difference in the industry.”
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University of Toronto minerals students tour Haver & Boecker Canada’ s facility to learn firsthand about vibrating screens and vibration analysis technology.
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