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Hydraulic testers

Wednesday 17 December 2008

The Time Group has introduced a range of YAW Hydraulic Testing Machines, designed for compression testing of hard, brittle materials including cement, concrete and other construction materials.


Bearings bring new life to quarry

Monday 17 November 2008

A range of gearboxes and bearings from Baldor have helped one minesite save on downtime.


Horizontal lifeline

Friday 19 September 2008

Safety Anchors has released a new horizontal lifeline that facilitates horizontal movement at heights.


Precast concrete gets shafted

Friday 20 June 2008

Humes will feature its bucline caisson shaft, a new addition to its precast concrete product range, on stand 6128 at QME 2008.


Concrete recycling stacks up

Friday 16 May 2008

A concrete recycler has found a more efficient alternative to recycling concrete with two Thor stackers from Select Engineering Services.


Supporting flotation cells

Monday 10 March 2008

THE ever-increasing size of mineral processing operations has lead to the development of ever-larger flotation cells, the largest of which now hold over 300m3 of slurry.


Estimating underground excavation costs

Thursday 24 January 2008

LARGE excavations are required in underground mines for facilities such as crushing stations, loading stations, workshops and pump stations. This note may be of interest to engineers who need to estimate the cost of such a large excavation.


Community consultation a success

Tuesday 30 October 2007

DENDROBIUM coal mine has overcome community concerns to develop a new $6 million coal sizer


Concrete repair solutions that stack up

Tuesday 14 August 2007

WHEN the maintenance engineers from Loy Yang Power began working on solutions to repair the plant’s concrete chimney stacks they sought Henkel Australia’s expertise in Loctite Composite solutions. *Samantha Wright writes


Radio controlled demolition robot

Thursday 05 July 2007

KIWI Operation Downunder Pty Ltd will be displaying the latest BROKK radio controlled demolition robot on Stand R100 at AIMEX 2007.


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