Continuous particulate emission monitor and baghouse filter leak detector incorporates Automatic Self Checks (Zero and Span) to automate EPA MACT requirements for periodic instrument validation. Particulate Monitor also features Automatic Signal Diagnostics to improve performance and simplify setup.
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Belt Conveyor Idler Replacement Bracket
Mining operations have long dealt with delays resulting from conveyor maintenance issues. A down conveyor can result in the loss of thousands of dollars of production.
Read MorePlibrico’s Refractories Expands West with Guy Nelson
Plibrico Company, LLC, announced the appointment of the Guy Nielson Company to Plibrico’s exclusive network of refractory contractors.
Read MoreSafety Eyewear
Designed to look less like safety eyewear and more like popular, everyday glasses, Metro will help employers increase PPE compliance on the job. Plus, with its modern style, workers may even find themselves wearing Metro at home while mowing the lawn or fishing with friends. Metro offers a choice of four attractive frame colors that allow men and women to…
Read MoreLevel Sensor
BinMaster Level Controls introduces a newly designed weight-and-cable, “bob”-style SmartBob-TS1 continuous level sensor with a sealed electronics compartment to meet the challenges of dusty environments.
Read MoreEnvironmental Control Booths
The Tri-Flow Environmental Booth was designed for plant areas where dirty and/or noisy tasks need to be confined to their own workspace. The Control Booth provides HEPA level filtration performance and has a MERV 16 rating. It is 99.999% efficient on particles 0.5 micron and larger by weight.
Read MoreFeds circle prospective Martin Marietta, Vulcan market overlaps
In response to a potential Martin Marietta–Vulcan Materials merger the former company proposed in an early-December stock-for-stock exchange offer, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division has requested Vulcan provide ready mixed, aggregate and asphalt delivery detail from certain operations in 15 states. Vulcan noted in a Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) filing it had received from Justice officials a Civil…
Read MoreCement Totals October 2011
Total shipments of portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico were about 7.3 million mt in October 2011, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. This was 4.0% higher compared with shipments for October 2010. Total shipments for the year through October were approximately 61.1 million mt, slightly higher compared to the same period in 2010.
Read MoreAsh Grove becomes first U.S. cement maker to ISO certify all plants
Ash Grove Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Curtis Lesslie, PE, announced that the company is currently the only domestic cement manufacturer to have its entire fleet of eight operating clinker manufacturing facilities earn the prestigious ISO 14001 certification. In 2010, seven of the company’s facilities earned the designation; its reconstructed Foreman, Ark., plant earned it in December 2011, according to…
Read MoreCemex receives $600 million payment for Venezuela nationalization
Mexico’s Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. announced recently that it has received payment of US$600 million from the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its public entity Corporación Socialista del Cemento, S.A. as compensation for the nationalization of Cemex Venezuela, S.A.C.A. In addition, US$154 million of accounts payable by Cemex subsidiaries to Cemex Venezuela have been cancelled.
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