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Crushing it to build Doha school
MB Crusher’s fourth series BF90.3 crusher bucket is hard at work
building a school in Qatar.
The crushed rock will be reused
to fill on-site excavations and as
subgrade for the roads within
the school.
“We chose the MB crusher
bucket because we can crush
the material directly on site,
without having to bring a large
crushing station”, says Pier
Matter, project manager at
Boom General Contractors.
“This saves us transport costs for
other machinery, as the crusher
bucket is carried together with
the excavator. Once it is on site,
it can be assembled very quickly,
and we are ready to work in a
few minutes.”
“The crusher bucket also
does not need any special
maintenance and requires very
low amounts of water,” he adds.
The B90.3 can yield up to
42m 3 an hour depending on
the processed material, and
the current fourth series can
yield materials ranging from
15mm to 140mm. Like all
MB Crusher products, it is
fully manufactured in Italy
and is Hardox-in-my-Body
certified, which means it is
manufactured with heavy-duty,
wear-resistant materials.
MB Crusher’s BF90.3 crusher
bucket has been working day
and night crushing 60 000m 3 of
limestone in Barwa City in the
Qatar capital of Doha for the
second stage of construction
of Oryx International School,
an Orbital Education Group
school (British-style school) for
the children of Qatar Airways
employees.
The first stage of the project
was completed in November
2016, when the first buildings
were opened. The second
project stage – which involves
the construction of 41 000m 2
of campus and a three-storey
building with new classrooms,
laboratories and gyms for over
2 000 students – began in June
2017 and will be completed in
May 2018.
The BF90.3 crusher bucket
was purchased by Qatar-based
Boom General Contractors, and
is working to recycle thousands
of cubic metres of inert waste
materials from the excavations
for the foundations and
underground car park.
Mounted on a Volvo EC240B
excavator, the BF90.3 crushes
the material to different sizes.
RCT’s Guidance Automation system has reached five million operating
hours in the mining industry, with no lost time injury or machine
damage reported during this time.
Visitor registration open for
UK expo
Registrations for Hillhead 2018
is now open and visitors may
register for their free entry
badge online.
Hillhead is the UK’s largest
and best attended quarrying
and construction show, and will
take place from 26 to 28 June at
Hillhead Quarry in Derbyshire.
The show is well known for
its live demonstrations, with
leading suppliers showing off
their equipment at the quarry
face and in the rock processing
demonstration area.
Held in a limestone quarry
in the heart of the Derbyshire
countryside, Hillhead is the
largest exhibition of its kind
anywhere in the world, and
provides a spectacular and
unique setting for exhibitors
and visitors alike to do
business among live working
demonstrations and static
displays.
According to organisers,
this year, the Recycling
Demonstratio n area will again
be buzzing with the sounds of
crushing, shredding, screening
and washing equipment.
But it's not just about the
large machinery. Visitors
will find an array of ancillary
equipment, products and
services including: automation
and control systems; computer
software; health and safety
equipment; oils and lubricants;
security systems; spare parts;
and surveying equipment,
among many others, at the
show’s indoor pavilions.
Guiding 5 million hours, zero
LTI for RTC tech
The ControlMaster automation
solutions from smart
technology company RCT,
has reached a significant
milestone, with its Guidance
Automation solution that
has driven productivity and
profitability in the mining
industry for more than five
million operating hours.
“This is a significant milestone
for RCT as it is much greater
than other automation solutions
available on the market today,”
says RCT’s automation and
control product manager,
Brendon Cullen. “In addition to
this, there has not been any lost
time injury or machine damage
reported during this time.”
The guidance technology is
interfaced with the steering,
brakes, throttle, gears and
effectively controls the travel of
a mobile machine. Consisting
of on-board GCU, front and
rear lasers, cameras, and sensors
it ensures the machine is
tramming along the optimum
path and at a speed that will
deliver consistent cycle times
across every shift.
Guidance removes the
operator from the cabin and
allows them to control the
machine with a joystick. As a
result, this technology can help
prevent machine damage and
perform at a higher level than
manually driven machines, for
longer periods of time.
“Guidance has and will
continue to prove itself in
the automation field. We are
proud of what this solution
can do and have plans to keep
innovating to keep up industry
demands,” says Cullen.
RCT’s ControlMaster
Guidance solution can be
installed on any machine,
regardless of make or model;
making it ideal for operations
utilising a mixed fleet, and
the company has hundreds of
guidance systems operating a
minimum of 16 hours a day
around the globe.
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