Hydraulic drive replaces electric

Hydraulics & Pneumatics;  July 1, 2003 ;     247 words ...An electromechanical drive of a Krupp bucket wheel reclaimer at EECV in Rotterdam port...low-speed, high-torque motor directly to the bucket wheel shaft and eliminate the need for a gearbox...the drive is directly mounted onto the bucket wheel shaft without any gearbox or foundation...

Mississippi, Louisiana Inventors Develop Bucket Wheel Assembly

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 26, 2006 ;     289 words ......and Edward C. Vaughn of Slidell, La., have developed a bucket wheel assembly for fluid flow meters. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "improved bucket wheel assembly with a center frame, having a plurality of fingers...

Neyveli Lignite Corp to outsource mining

The Hindustan Times;  August 7, 2008 ;     353 words ......located 200 km from Chennai, where NLC uses several huge bucket wheel excavators, each costing nearly Rs.1 billion, and several...Barsingsar mine," Mohan said. "We have introduced a technology in bucket wheel excavators and conveyor systems so that the machine speed...

Giant conveyors walk to work

Hydraulics & Pneumatics;  August 1, 2008 ;     502 words ......excavation site to conveyors as quickly as possible. Gigantic bucket wheel excavators extract up to 240,000 m3 of earth per day at the...required. [Sidebar] Distant view illustrates massize sive of bucket wheel excavator, which, itself relies heavily on hydraulics for...

New York Inventors Develop Steam Turbine Grooved Bucket Wheel

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2007 ;     261 words ......Wayne Korzun, both of Clifton Park, N.Y., and Jeffrey Robert Simkins of Rensselaer, N.Y., have developed a steam turbine bucket wheel. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The steampath for a steam turbine includes stacked stator rings each...

FAM reclaimers in Chile. (Contracts).(FAM-Magdeburger Forderanlagen und...

Mining Magazine;  December 1, 2001 ;     83 words ...Following the delivery of a SR 280 1R bucket wheel reclaimer at El tesoro copper mine in northern Chile in May, FAM is now commissioning a second unit, an SR 381 R, at the Zaldivar...

DreamFind Wins $47,728 Contract

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 25, 2008 ;     82 words ......Ohio, March 25 -- The Defense Logistics Agency has awarded a $47,728 contract to DreamFind Inc., Winter Park, Fla., for bucket wheel assemblies. The contract was awarded by the agency's Defense Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio. For more information about US...

Rulmeca motorized pulleys brochure & DVD.(MRO TOOLBOX)(Advertisement)

Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation;  October 1, 2005 ;     100 words ......how the drive's internal motor and gearbox save valuable space on mobile equipment such as crushing/ screening plants and bucket wheel excavators. The hermetically sealed enclosure increases system reliability while the self-lubricating gearbox design reduces...

PANORAMA.(Namdeb Diamond Corporation Proprietary Ltd.)

Mining Magazine;  June 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......and in close proximity to the Floating Treatment Plant; the bucket wheel ( two of these are in operation) which can only work in relatively...stripping overburden dumps under 8 m in height. While the bucket wheel and dredge are the most cost-effective stripping method...

Giant dozer in coalmining trial.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  June 11, 2002 ;     204 words ......Latrobe Valley. It involves replacing bucket wheel excavators with Caterpillar D11 model...This change away from the traditional bucket-wheel excavator type mining method is expected...from the Maryvale 11 mine development. Bucket-wheel excavators, in use since the 1950s...

Ritchie Bros. to sell one of world's largest mining machines by unreserved...

PR Newswire;  October 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......earthmoving machines - a Demag HD800 crawler bucket-wheel excavator - will be sold to the highest...auction site on December 3 - 5, 2008. The bucket wheel assembly will be sold on Day Two of...auctions every year, but we've never sold a bucket-wheel excavator before, said Alan ...

A peek under the hood: year 2.

CED;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......cable modem? Motorola 800 MIPS Operator selectable. Yes Broadband Motorola 800 MIPS Operator selectable: Yes Broadband EPG, VOD, Internet...programming. Motorola 300 MIPS Operator selectable: Yes Broadband EPG, VOD, Internet...

TESMEC USA. (Equipment Spotlight: trenching machines).

Underground Construction;  December 1, 2001 ;     58 words ......transport without a special trailer or having to remove the wheel. The TRS-1275 will dig 60 feet deep and up to 16 inches wide. Three operator selectable digging speeds makes this machine more efficient in different types of rock. Circle No. 118

Minnesota Inventor Develops Vehicle Transmission System

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 10, 2006 ;     246 words ......has developed vehicle transmission systems that have an operator selectable engine assist braking. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operator selectable engine braking assist system is provided that allows the...

Tesmec unveils new rock saw.

Underground Construction;  February 1, 2002 ;     70 words ......having to remove the wheel. The TRS 1275 will dig a trench 60-inches deep and up to 16-inches wide. Three operator selectable digging speeds makes this machine more efficient in different types of rock. Circle No. 190 [ILLUSTRATION...