MODERN PLANTS MAKE AGG FROM WASTE

AS EXISTING PITS RUN LOW AND ENVIRONMENTAL-PROTECTION PRESSURES INCREASE, PRODUCERS ARE TURNING TO WASTES, INFERIOR DEPOSITS, AND BOTTOM-OF-THE-PIT MATERIAL. LARGER, AUTOMATED, AND MORE POWERFUL STATIONARY AND PORTABLE EQUIPMENT IS BEING MANUFACTURED TO HANDLE THIS MATERIAL, SUCH AS PEA GRAVEL, CLAYS AND SHALES, AND SURPLUS CRUSHER FINES. AMONG THE EQUIPMENT ARE CONE AND CAGE CRUSHERS, WASHERS, SCRUBBERS, SCREW CLASSIFIERS, DEWATERING TANKS, AND MIXING SYSTEMS. TYPICAL EQUIPMENT IS DESCRIBED, AND A PLANT WITH MULTIPRODUCT OUTPUT CAPABILITY IS DIAGRAMMED. A TABLE LISTS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF 16 SAND AND STONE MACHINES WHOSE SPECIFICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE ORDERED FROM THIS JOURNAL.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 44, No 2, PP 27-33, 1 FIG, 1 TAB, 7 PHOT
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Construction Equipment

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Artificial aggregates; Clay; Crushers; Portable equipment; Production; Sand; Screenings; Shale; Stone
• Old TRIS Terms: Classifiers; Washers
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219443
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM