Pit & Quarry Weekly Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

INSIGHTS

Increasing production, efficiency from your wash plant

Washing and classifying equipment manufacturers offer tips to producers to increase efficiency, minimize downtime and increase production.

FEATURES

Dolese Bros. plant upgrade promotes consistency, efficiency

Dolese Bros. Co. operates five washed sand plants, eight crushed stone quarries and 32 ready-mixed concrete facilities. Find out how the company is serving one of the nation's largest concrete sand markets.

Safety practices to follow around washing, classifying equipment

Every wash plant should have clear safety guidelines that include best practices for the entire plant. Here's how you can establish these guidelines.

Partnerships push Hawaiian Cement into the future

Hawaiian Cement is an integrated construction materials business serving all of the major Hawaiian islands. Learn about an investment in new plant technology that increased the company's production levels.

P&Q University Lesson 9- Washing & Classifying

State-of-the-art plant strives for sustainability

A LOOK BACK

The Absecon Sand Co. in New Jersey utilized a unique wash plant design in its sand production. The wash plant, pictured here from 1918, had its machinery, screens and sand separators mounted on trestle work approximately 50 ft. above the ground.

Check out a view of a single screw classifier from Eagle Iron Works in action at the Preston Sand & Gravel Co. in Preston, Ontario, Canada.

Source: P&Q archive

FROM THE MAGAZINE

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Next chapter underway at Haydon Materials

Take a look inside Haydon Materials' newest aggregate operation in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Upgrades position Quality Stone & Ready Mix for the future

Kentucky’s Quality Stone & Ready Mix recently completed a primary plant upgrade that positions the family-owned company to get the most out of its remaining reserves.

Cover photo: Kevin Yanik (top, cover); iStock.com/loops7 (background)

INDUSTRY RESOURCES

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association

Portable Plants magazine

Pit & Quarry University

U.S. Geological Survey

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