New Generation Of Material Feeders From VÖGELE

by cecr | Jan 15, 2021 | Construction Equipments

The MT 3000-3i Standard and MT 3000-3i Offset Power Feeders from world market leader VÖGELE guarantee constant, smooth transfer of material and now give paving teams numerous practical new features. They are integrated with the latest Dash-3 machine concept and an optimized material handling and maintenance system.

 Material feeders form a hub for transferring material from trucks to pavers, thus guaranteeing a constant and efficient paving process and high paving quality on large job sites. To increase the user-friendly nature and efficiency of the machines still further, JOSEPH VÖGELE AG has now comprehensively overhauled its former Dash-2 generation: the new MT 3000-3i Standard PowerFeeder and the MT 3000-3i Offset PowerFeeder with pivoting conveyor are equipped with the efficient and ergonomic Dash-3 machine concept. This includes, among other things, the ErgoPlus 3 intuitive operating concept, AutoSet Plus automatic functions, and the PaveDock Assistant truck communication system. VÖGELE has also optimized the material handling concept: the new design of receiving hopper, the improved conveyor belt control, and the effective belt heating system allow material to be unloaded and conveyed rapidly without loss – whilst simultaneously reducing wear. Maintenance and transport have likewise been simplified: users can now reach setting and cleaning points conveniently. The angle of inclination and the receiving hopper has also been optimized for transport on a low-loader. “We have developed the new generation of PowerFeeders in close collaboration with our customers,” says Bastian Fleischer, product manager at JOSEPH VÖGELE AG. “All the functions aim to make job site processes even more efficient, economical, and convenient – while delivering the same high performance.” Both versions of the material feeder achieve a conveying capacity of up to 1,200 t/h and can accommodate a full truckload of mix within 60 seconds. The MT 3000-3i Offset is also equipped with a conveyor belt, which can be pivoted to 55°. This provides contractors with a wide variety of potential applications, from parallel feeding two pavers to the so-called InLine Pave method. The material feeder, the paver for the binder course, and the paver for the surface course work one after the other.

Practical transport: a large angle of inclination and a receiving hopper which can be raised 25cm higher make it easier to transport the feeder on a low-loader.	The new VÖGELE MT 3000-3i Standard and Offset material feeders integrate the latest Dash-3 machine technology. The road paver manufacturer has also made significant improvements to the material handling concept, to maintenance and to transport.

The Latest Operating Technology Plus Practical Convenience Functions Both the MT 3000-3i Standard and the MT 3000-3i Offset integrate the ErgoPlus 3 operating concept to increase efficiency on the job site. In the process, VÖGELE designed the operator’s console specifically to suit the requirements of material feeder operators, making it as intuitive and convenient as possible: all the functions are arranged in logical groups, and clear function and status indicators, a high-contrast display and glare-free backlighting also facilitate operation for users. The pivoting seat console, for example, also facilitates particularly ergonomic working with perfect all-round visibility. The AutoSet Plus and PaveDock Assistant assistance systems are also new; VÖGELE previously offered these only for pavers of the Dash-3 generation. With the AutoSet Plus automatic functions, operators have to push a button to put the material feeder in the transport, repositioning or operating positions – or to save material handling programs and just as quickly call up these settings again whenever they are required. This is especially practical on job sites that require frequent repositioning or have similar paving requirements. The optional PaveDock

Comprehensible, clear and ergonomic: VÖGELE has transferred the tried and tested ErgoPlus 3 operating concept to the new MT 3000-3i Standard and Offset material feeders.

Assistant communication system facilitates material transfer: the material feeder operator can use two signal lights to clearly show the truck driver whether he is to back up, stop, or dump mix. If the InLine Pave method is in use, the signal lights also indicate whether material for the surface course or the binder course is required. This allows a reliable, loss-free and efficient material transfer.

Optimized Material Handling Concept In developing this product, VÖGELE paid particular attention to the conveying components: the new design of the receiving hopper, for example, guarantees high-speed material transfer and loss-free conveying. On the one hand, colour-coded markings on the receiving hopper simplify the material transfer process, even in the dark. On the other hand, the offset and the additional seals in the inlet area prevent loss of material and the conveyor belt’s soiling. VÖGELE has also improved conveyor belt running even further: a new control system and special centering aids ensure that the conveyor belt always remains centered, even under challenging conditions involving crossfall. “Another important new feature is the optimized belt heating,” says Mr. Fleischer. “The new control system provides optimum temperature management and is even more economical than before.” The system can handle even critical materials, such as low-temperature asphalt, without loss of temperature.

Optimized material handling concept: the new design of receiving hopper, for example, guarantees extremely fast material transfer and loss-free conveying.

Simple To Maintain, Simple To Transport The MT 3000-3i Standard and Offset material feeders, weighing some 20 and 24 tonnes respectively, are real power packs – yet users can now inspect, maintain and clean these new machines much more easily: VÖGELE has significantly improved access to the maintenance and setting points, as well as to the cleaning zones. For example, the MT 3000-3i Offset’s transfer hopper is hinged, and its larger step makes it easy to clean. The setting points have also been reduced in number and colour-coded to make them more easily identifiable. Contractors can also transport the new material feeders comparatively quickly and easily: on the one hand, the large angle of inclination of 15° makes it easier to load feeders onto commercial low-loaders, whilst on the other, the receiving hopper of the new models can be raised 25 cm higher than before. This now allows users to deposit material feeders on the so-called goose neck of the low-loader without any issues, significantly reducing transport length. “Material feeders are

Quicker maintenance: VÖGELE has reduced the number of setting points, colour-coded them and improved accessibility.

now being used more and more. From a paved asphalt surface area of 6,000 m², they are compulsory in specifications, which was why we gave particularly high priority to rapid readiness for operation and simple handling when developing the new models,” says Mr. Fleischer. “With the new Dash-3 generation, we have once again significantly increased the practicality of the product.”

For further information,
visit: www.wirtgen-group.com/india

The Art Of Scaffolding – Layher Scaffolding For Cooling Tower

by cecr | Jan 15, 2021 | Construction Equipments

Mithilesh Kumar Director, Layher Scaffolding Systems Pvt Ltd

The Layher (the name of German Company) has been producing high-quality scaffolding systems in Germany for more than 60 years. Layher is present worldwide with more than 30 sales subsidiaries. The products are used for building and construction, in all kinds of industries like chemical plants or power plants, at shipyards and offshore. Due to innovative products, superior technical solutions and Layher’s absolute customer-orientated service package, Layher has become the standard in scaffolding systems worldwide.

More Possibilities. Layher Products And Services

Customers can see for themselves the capabilities of Layher Allround Scaffolding Systems every day with its corporate philosophy of “More possibilities. The Scaffolding System.” Layher presents product characteristics and services that help customers achieve long-term success and increase their companies’ profitability. Continually optimizing all its scaffolding systems and making their application more effective gives Layher’s customers a crucial advantage in their practical operations.

The Layher Allround Scaffolding has been established as a synonym for modular scaffolds on the market. With its unique, bolt-less connection technique, the patented Allround joint replaced the conventional scaffold technique. The Allround Scaffolding offers unsurpassed versatility in use: on construction sites, in industry, in the chemical industry, in power plants, in the aircraft sector and shipyards, in the event sector, in theatres and arenas, Allround Scaffolding does full justice to its reputation as an “Allrounder”.

Requirements for working, protection, a facade, or support scaffolding with the most challenging structures and architecture, including the engineering construction sector, were supremely fulfilled with Allround Scaffolding. This system’s focus is the Allround joint permitting up to 8 connections in one plane with automatic right angling and flexible angle selection with self-locking wedge head couplers.

Layher Allround Scaffolding for Support of Racker Column and Ring Beam Support 

Application In Construction Of Power Station [NDCT Ring Beam]

All thermal power stations need cooling towers, and it can be natural draft cooling towers or inductions draft cooling tower. A cooling tower houses a large network of RCC columns and beams to create the support for the cooling fills. The cooling tower construction is challenging due to heavy load coming on inclined columns and ring beams. The selection of support systems (scaffolding or temporary structure) to construct NDCT ring beam and inclined circular columns is very important to complete the project. Layher Allround Scaffolding systems provide a unique, bolt-less connection technique. The patented Allround joint has replaced the conventional scaffold technique, especially in the construction of the cooling tower. Allround Scaffolding can accommodate all types of high loads and is ideal for all kinds of support scaffolding. It has an efficient solution to deal with all challenges, regardless of whether they involve falsework at great height or round inner scaffolding.

A ring beam over the inclined columns constitutes the first lift of the cooling tower shell. It needs to be built in a modular scaffolding system to construct a ring beam and inclined column. This lift acts as a starter for further laying lifts of the cooling tower shell by using very special support systems that are best possible by using Layher Allround Scaffolding Systems. For the construction of the first lift, Allround Scaffolding is used to support the inclined shell and NDCT (natural draft cooling tower) ring beam. Layher Allround Scaffolding gives outstanding performance against true curvature of the shell support (replacing traditional support systems) and effectively transferring stresses.

Layher Allround Scaffolding makes an ideal propping system, especially during pouring of concrete and to resist concrete pressure, friction hoists to lift the buckets full of concrete to the working platform, concrete mixers, and needle vibrators, to optical instruments to check the alignment and curvature of the ring beam buckets and trolleys for concrete transportation.

Layher Scaffolding Systems for construction of NDCT Ring Bean and inclined Racker Column

Evenly distributed and radially arranged supporting towers made of Allround equipment provide the crucial bracing needed by the circular scaffolding. Thanks to Allround equipment, these supporting structures are ideally matched to the circular scaffolding requiring the bracing effect, and thus absorb a substantial proportion of the horizontal load components from the Allround Scaffold structure.

Layher Allround has a suitable solution for all access need on the construction site. Access stairway towers for a broad spectrum of applications and requirements are created at the site for hoisting of concrete buckets, passenger hoist and to accommodate Modular Stairway, accesses that always fit and that match the system can be constructed (replacement of huge quantities of scaffolding pipes and clamps) are possible by using Allround Scaffold Systems.

Permissible load can be increased considerably by using Layher Special Reinforced base plate, Head Jack (U-Head), and diagonals suitable for veavy load and horizontal.

The structures stand out as living testimonies to man’s victory over nature. These are the structures conceived and built by minds in constant search of new methods, ideas, applications, and solutions.

For further information,
visit: www.layher.co.in

Evoquip Launches The Versatile Falcon Range Of Finishing Screens

by cecr | Jan 15, 2021 | Construction Equipments

EvoQuip® has added the Falcon^TM Range of finishing screens to its product portfolio. The Falcon range consists of the Falcon 1220 and Falcon 1230, providing a solution for scalping, screening, and stockpiling in self-contained units.  Both models are available to order now and will be shipped to customers in early 2021.

Barry O’Hare, Business Line Director, said, “This enhances the EvoQuip product offering and results in us having a more comprehensive product portfolio that will improve our versatility and make us more competitive in the marketplace. We are confident that these highly aggressive finishing screens will open up new opportunities for EvoQuip customers globally.”

The Falcon range, with its exceptional screen angle range, provides an efficient classification of fines and is ideal for multiple applications and processing materials, including sand and gravel, crushed stone, coal topsoil, and demolition waste. In keeping with the EvoQuip range, both the EvoQuip Falcon 1220 and Falcon 1230 are compact, easily transported machines and offer operators rapid set-up and tear-down time

The Falcon 1220 features a 3.65 m x 1.5 m (12’ x5’) double deck incline screen with remote tipping reject grid, hydraulic screen tensioning of the bottom deck, and three on-board hydraulic folding conveyors as standard, with the option of adding the double deck vibrating grid.

The screenbox on the Falcon 1230 features three inclined decks – top and middle deck: 3.66 m x 1.52 m (12’ x 5’), and bottom deck 3.00 m x 1.52 m (10’ x 5’), giving a large screening area of 170 ft² to provide efficient, high capacity screening – even at small fractions. The fourth product conveyor has variable tilt and side slew to discharge material for recirculation and stockpiling accurately. The screenbox features quick wedge tensioning (top and middle deck), access holes, and a bottom deck hydraulic tensioning system to reduce the time required for mesh changes.

The Falcons come with T-Link telemetry system fitted as standard, providing the customer with real-time information on their machine’s performance, meaning effective machine management and maximized uptime.

For further information,
visit: www.terex.com/evoquip