A U.S.-based minerals company recently began using an ALLU Transformer M 3-20 material processing attachment in its Middleton, Tenn., montmorillonite clay mine. The company purchased the mine-duty M-Series screener-crusher attachment from ALLU to use with its Hitachi 650 excavator in order to crush mined clay down to 4-in-minus and simultaneously load haul trucks. The ALLU Transformer is allowing the facility to mine land it could not previously mine, as well as process clay from boulders. The ultimate goal is to eliminate the primary crusher in the plant. The processed material is used for production of cat litter and absorbent clay for oils.

According to ALLU territory manager Steve Fowler, “The customer is enjoying the advantages of reduced downtime with their crusher at the plant and lower overall operating costs. They’re able to go back and process material that previously was considered unusable, and also mine areas they had passed over, saving them from having to buy and strip additional land. The ALLU Transformer allows them to crush, screen and load as a one-person operation.”

The ALLU Transformer M-Series attachment is a multi-faceted tool for mining and process industries applications. Powered by the carrier machine (an excavator or wheel loader of up to 154 tons), the hydraulic attachment provides quick and efficient production techniques, solves chute blockages and other material flow problems, and easily assists with the processing and transport of wet/sticky or frozen material. By sizing material and removing problematic and damaging waste rock at the initial stage of the process, the ALLU M-Series eliminates double handling of material and contributes to an operation’s maximum efficiency. It helps protect conveyor systems and primary/secondary material processing equipment, as it ultimately saves operations time and money.

ALLU held the ‘best ever’ meeting of its global dealer network during the second week of February. Many representatives from over 50 ALLU dealers came to Finland for what proved to be a fantastic occasion. During the event, Murray Plant was named ‘best performing new dealer’.

In order to provide customers with the very latest developments in ALLU’s increasing solutions portfolio, over 50 ALLU distributors came to Finland from 13 – 16 February. During the meeting, the dealers enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the ALLU products.

“The dealer conference and meeting was the perfect occasion for me to meet the ALLU people in the field,” said ALLU Vice President of Sales Jeroen Hinnen.

At a gala dinner held on the last night of the meeting, an awards ceremony was held to recognise the outstanding performance of ALLU’s dealers. Tianjin Deal Electronic and Mechanical Equipment Trading Company Ltd from China was presented with ‘dealer of the year’, with R D Williams from Australia being awarded the ‘ALLU award for excellence’. Finally, newly appointed dealer, Murray Plant from the UK, was given the ‘best performing new dealer’ award.

Murray plant combined brand offering

Formed over thirty years ago, Rammer dealer and Blue Machinery Group Company Murray plant was appointed as the sole UK distributor for the ALLU range of transformers and processors in April 2018. This has presented new opportunities to both ALLU and Murray Plant.

“What is genuinely exciting for all UK quarrying, demolition, construction, civil engineering and material handling businesses, is that now, for the very first time, the leading industry attachment brands have now been brought together,” says Murray Plant’s Fergal O’Neill.

“Rammer breakers and demolition tools, Fortress shears, Pladnet grabs and ALLU, are all acknowledged leaders in their field. The operating synergies under the Murray Plant banner are simply mind blowing. We’ve been only been involved with ALLU for less than a year, but already we’ve experienced genuine excitement at the possibilities the Transformers and Processors present to our customers. Used alone, or in conjunction with other members of our product line, the ALLU equipment is producing real benefits to our diverse customers’ applications and material processing.”

Of being presented with the ‘best performing new dealer’, Fergal added; “The award came as a real shock. The Murray Plant team has fully embraced the ALLU equipment, and we have been simply staggered by how well received the equipment has been. Simply put, the ALLU transformer series comprises of an excavator/ loader/ tractor mounted processing bucket which screens, pulverises, aerates, blends, mixes, separates, even crushes, feeds and loads materials. This results in the feed material being effectively transformed into highly valuable products, making our customers’ business more efficient, and more profitable.”

“Our dealers are vital link between us and the customers. And the dealer’s performance has been outstanding in 2018,” said ALLU President Ola Ulmala. “Murray Plant’s performance has been amazing. Their professionalism, and expertise, has directly led to the company providing many UK customers with a first class product, and vitally, first class service.”

The dealer meeting is one of a series of events ALLU intends to hold throughout 2019 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers.

ALLU Transformer Screener Buckets mounted on an excavator improve efficiency in material processing due to work speed and reach which results in almost double the processing capacity compared to a slow-moving wheel loader as a carrier.

With ALLU’s Screener Crusher technology, existing loaders and excavators can be converted into effective sorting and screening equipment due to the  ALLU Transformers ability to deliver a one-step screening and loading solution capable of handling all materials from wet soils to coal and rock. This helps improve efficiencies through less chute blockages and also reduces the need for buffer storage areas and transportation of material heaps that are clogged due to moisture or contamination.

ALLU Transformer M series of buckets for mining applications suit 50-160 tonne excavators and 30–90 tonne wheel loaders. To meet the specific needs of each application a range of blade and drum sizes are available to provide fragment sizes of 50, 75, 100 and 150 millimetres.

Operators can ensure that the very best performance is obtained from the attachment with ALLU DARE Data Reporting System. It records bucket count, processing time, total working time and processed tonnes and all the information can be viewed and analysed via ALLU app.

ALLU Transformers are distributed to more than 30 countries and available in Australia via dedicated Australian dealer network with ready access to genuine parts and a wealth of operational knowledge and experience:

• Victoria – Walkers Hammers
• New South Wales – Ground Tec
• Queensland and Northern Territory – Qld Rock Breakers (QRB)
• Western Australia – Total Rockbreaking Solutions (TRS)
• South Australia – RAM Equipment
• Tasmania – DLM Machinery

Dealer contact details at www.attachmentspecialists.com.au

A range of Allu solutions are to exhibited and demonstrated at Plantworx by its UK dealer, Murray Plant. The transforming attributes of the Allu offering will be proudly shown alongside a selection of breakers and other equipment by the Blue Machinery Group owned company.

The ideal solution

The Allu Transformer Series will be the main focus of Murray Plant’s Allu offering at Planworx. This comprises of an excavator/ loader/ tractor mounted processing bucket which screens, pulverizes, aerates, blends, mixes, separates, even crushes, feeds and loads materials. This results in the feed material being effectively transformed into highly valuable products, making any business involved in waste and recycling more efficient, and more profitable.

Catering for applications of all sizes, and capable of processing any material that can be screened and sorted, the Allu Transformer Series comprises of the compact DL & D Series as well as the truly massive M and G Series. All are designed to transform the way in which material handling and processing businesses are able to improve their efficiency and profitability. The latter have proved themselves on truly massive quarrying and surface mining applications throughout the world, being designed for use by excavators up to 300 tonnes.

This means that the Allu Transformer is ideal for processing soil, sand, demolition arising’s, rocks and minerals as it also aerates, as well as screening, loading and processing, all of which can be carried out on site. This truly mobile solution provides the versatility and flexibility to enable work to be accomplished more efficiently in the most challenging environments. This results in substantial savings in material and transport costs, as no time is lost when waiting for replacement material. Additionally, binders can be mixed if the material handling includes additive requirements or stabilization.

Perfect synergy

The Allu and Rammer equipment ranges have proved to be the ideal combination on a variety of construction, demolition and quarrying projects throughout the UK. The power and efficiency of the breakers making light work of anything they encounter, with the Allu Transformers then further processing the material into usable products. As well as being Allu’s UK dealer, Murray Plant has for many years been Rammer’s dealer in the UK. This now allows customers to benefit from two world-class product lines, all supplied and supported by one company.

With the widest range of attachments on the market, the Allu Transformer range enables construction, demolition, pipe laying, quarrying, surface mining and aggregate businesses to choose the right piece of equipment to meet their very particular requirements. Murray Plant looks forward to showing at first-hand how it can help any business transform more than just its profits.

Allu held a ‘truly successful’ meeting of its dealer network for SE Asia in May with representatives from five dealers attended the ground-breaking event in Thailand.

Allu has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its dealer and distributor network. Throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, the US and increasingly SE Asia, the network has continued to grow, enabling customers throughout the world to easily benefit from the unique attributes of the Allu Transformer and Processor ranges.

In order to provide customers with the very latest developments in Allu’s increasing solutions portfolio, which includes soil improvement and mining equipment, representatives from five countries came to Thailand in May for Allu’s first ever dealer meeting focusing on SE Asia. During the meeting, the dealers enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the Allu product lines.

In addition to seminars, workshops and a highly informative discussion on ‘getting the most from an Allu Transformer’, Allu product and service experts were also on-hand to provide advice in order to help the dealers assist their customers. “I thought it was an excellent occasion, enabling us at Allu to not only help our partners, but also to listen to what customers in SE Asia want from Allu,” said Allu area sales manager (SEA) Jaakko Lipsanen.

The dealer meeting is part of an ongoing support program Allu intends to hold throughout 2019 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Training, product support, applications guidance and pro-active servicing workshops are constantly held throughout the world by Allu specialists for its dealers and customers.

Quelle: ALLUALLU unveiled its latest developments and launching new and exciting solutions at bauma 2019. These cover a variety of applications, but through the use of the latest technology in the field, the new solutions are set to further transform customer profitability.

New version of the ALLU Mobile App

The latest version of the ALLU Mobile Application provides an intelligent digital solution for customers and operators to obtain accurate and timely information regarding safe operations at jobsites, thereby maximizing the use of the ALLU equipment. The ‘App’ accomplishes this, whenever a mobile online service is available, through accessing information that is relevant to the serial number of the attachment. 

Using IoT technology, the ALLU App provides information about the working hours and the right angle of inclination with ALLU Transformer. In order to maintain maximum productivity on the site and to minimise equipment downtime, the ALLU App provides information about the ideal maintenance frequency and the changing of wear parts, based on the working hours. “With these new features, ALLU App enables more efficient customer service, now that the specific information of the product is available also for the customer,” says ALLU support manager Jukka Parviainen.

The ALLU Mobile Application provides instructions to guide the operator through safe working methods when using the ALLU attachment throughout the whole operating and ownership process. The ALLU App also provides specific information about different jobsite applications, and how best to utilize the ALLU equipment ensuring that the very best performance is obtained from the attachment. This is facilitated through accessing quick guides ranging from set-up, installation, and operations with the operating manual always being on hand.

The many features and benefits of the ‘ALLU-App’ include:

·Connects the serial number to the relevant data with efficient sensor

·Provides a description of the product (frame and drums)

·Matches base machine (wheel loader or excavator) to the attachment being used 

·Notes specific applications to the model and correct working angle

·Provides access to relevant pictures & videos as well as a safety guide

·Facilitates proactive servicing and maintenance

·Links to closest ALLU dealer & ALLU Finland contact information as well as social media

·Enables access to operational and installation guides

ALLU App can be downloaded from the AppStore and PlayStore and it’s free of charge.

One unit –three fragment sizes with new ALLU TS® blade structure

The patented unique ALLU TS^® blade structure has been developed by ALLU, which has long been a pioneer developing solutions’ to improve the productivity of a customer at different kinds of jobsites. The ALLU TS^® blades are a modern development for the attachment screener / crusher market, with ALLU set to deliver new levels of efficiency and productivity with the new blade variations, with the new blade structure further enabling customers to utilize their ALLU Transformer in more than way.

At the core of the ALLU TS^® drum construction is the configuration of the screening blades that spin between the screening combs. The end product size is defined by the space between the combs, and different fragment sizes can be achieved simply by repositioning the combs. As the screening combs carry most of the material weight, the drums and bearings experience less impact and load, with the design of the assembly ensuring the machine works well in wet and dry materials without clogging.

The ALLU TS^® drums are available with two different blade types: standard blades for screening applications and axe blades when a crushing or shredding effect is required. Blade sizes available include 16-32 mm, 25-50 mm and 35 mm. The latest ALLU development to the ALLU TS^® assembly enables three different fragment sizes from same unit. Fragment size estimation is based on screening comb distance, with it being quick and easy to change from one screening job to another, providing more versatile processing. Due to ALLU TS^®’s self-cleaning design, it allows the best possible capacity even with wet materials, termed a non-clogging structure.

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Quelle: ALLUMore blade variations with one ALLU

With doubling and tripling options, ALLU now has the widest range of blade variations on the market. The single blade set up positions two or three blades in a single position, with one screening comb between every blade. The possibilities for blade thicknesses in this assembly are 8, 16, 25 and 35 mm. With the double blade setup, two blades have the same position moving together with two screening combs between the doubled blades. The possibilities for blade thicknesses in this assembly are 16, 32, 50 and 70 mm. The tripled blade set up has three blades in the same position that move together. The possibilities for blade thicknesses in this assembly are 24, 48, 75 and 105 mm. By changing from a single blade setup to one that is doubled or tripled blade, the estimated fragment size can be changed from single to double or triple. One ALLU – three fragment sizes.

Dredging has resumed in the Delaware and Raritan Canal, with the current season expected to run through the end of October. As of May 1, the canal was closed to boaters between the Walking Bridge and Griggstown Lock, to accommodate work in Reach 3. The next segment to be dredged in 2019 will be Reach 5 from July to October, between Griggstown Causeway and Blackwells Mills Causeway.

“The canal functions as a means to transport water and as a reservoir, and is part of the Raritan basin water supply system, providing source water to millions of central New Jersey residents,” said Julie Shelley, property and permit administrator of the New Jersey Water Supply Authority (NJWSA), which is responsible for maintaining the canal. “One hundred million gallons per day is diverted from the Delaware River to the canal. Dredging will improve water quality and restore the canal’s original carrying capacity by removing accumulated sediment, aquatic vegetation growth and debris.”

A more than 10-mi. section is being dredged, located between Route 27 (Kingston) and Amwell Road (East Millstone), all within Franklin Township, Somerset County.

“The canal is 60 miles long, and this stretch of it has never been dredged in the 82 years that the state of New Jersey has owned it. The canal’s storage capacity in this stretch has become hampered as a result of the accumulated sediment and associated aquatic vegetation growth.”

According to the NJWSA website, the canal is fed by the Delaware River and smaller streams, channels and other runoff sources. Sediment from road and land runoff is deposited in the canal, decreasing its water storage capacity. Periodically, the sediment needs to be removed to restore the canal’s original capacity.

“Executing a big project like this in the midst of all the complexities associated with the ‘construction site’ is quite a challenge,” said Shelley. “So far, approximately one third of the project has been completed. Three-and-a-half miles out of 10.5 miles have been successfully dredged.”

According to Sharmila Rahman, NJWSA project engineer, site preparation began in March 2018, with tree clearing/trimming at the staging area and five access areas, where dredges are placed into the canal with a crane.

“In-water work, which includes removal of submerged aquatic vegetation, debris and dredging, began in July of 2018. We expect three years of seasonal dredging activities and full completion of the project by the beginning of 2021.”

Rahman said the logistics of the undertaking require year-round work and oversight.

“After the 2018 dredging season, which ended in November, produced 50,000 cubic yards, or 76,000 tons, of sediment, the material was allowed to dewater for a period of time. The material needed to be mixed with cement to reduce the moisture content and improve handling for the end-user before it could be hauled.”

Hauling began in December 2018, and continued through the end of March, followed by preparation for the next dredging season.

As far as the biggest challenges on the project, said Rahman, “The timing restrictions for different species have created short windows for specific operations. The dredging window is so constrained that any unforeseen situation, especially weather, could delay the project.”

The most time-consuming part of the work involves hydraulic dredging. It is a slow process, with only 100 linear ft. of canal per day per dredge accomplished, on average. As part of the work, sediment is amended with Portland cement and trucked to an offsite facility for reuse, with the drained water returned to the canal after treatment.

“It takes four to six weeks for sediment to dewater,” said Rahman. “The geotextile sediment storage bags are then cut open and cement is then added to the sediment with an ALLU system that conveys dry Portland cement from the silo to the sediment and also mixes the cement with the sediment at the same time. After mixing in the cement, the sediments are loaded with excavator mounted clam shell buckets into triaxle dump trucks. This past winter approximately 2,700 dump truck loads transported 76,000 ton of amended sediment off site.”

The canal is listed on the National and State Registers of Historical Places, requiring NJWSA to engage a cultural resource consultant to monitor the project.

“The canal itself is a historical structure, and the associated structures along the canal also are historic. The dredging project was designed to protect all of the historical structures from any adverse impact. For example, to protect sections of the embankment still lined with historic stone armoring, dredging is not allowed within five feet of the embankment walls.

“Further, the dredge is not allowed to operate within ten feet of any known historic structures. In addition, the dredge operators were all trained in how to monitor for historic artifacts, and how to preserve if any artifacts were found during the dredging.”

“It is a unique project, which involves engineers, environmentalists, cultural resource consultants and construction managers,” said Marc Brooks, NJWSA chief engineer, who noted that the original canal prism was constricted to the point where it was negatively affecting the ability to transfer water.

The design called for approximately 248,000 cu. yds. of material to be dredged from the canal.

“Cranes are used to place the dredges and floating barges with excavators into the canal,” said Brooks. “The barge mounted excavators are used ahead of the dredging operation to remove subaqueous vegetation and debris. Dredges are used to remove the sediment from the canal.”

To build the staging and sediment dewatering area, approximately 33,000 cubic yards of soil and weathered bedrock were handled to create a shallow sloping dewatering pad on the side of a hill, which included import of 27,000 tons of gravel for geobags to be placed on and helps convey water to the settling sumps.

“Geotextile and an HDPE liner was used to cover the entire eight-acre staging area, and create an impervious barrier to contain the water after draining from the geobags that contain the dredged sediment,” said Brooks.

Slurry is conveyed via booster pumps and floating pipes to the geo-textile dewatering bags. Before entering the bags, polymer dosages are applied to expedite flocculation and coagulation of the sediments in the geobags.

“All the drain water from the geobags is collected in dewatering sumps,” said Brooks. “At the sumps, ferric chloride is applied to the collected water, so that the rest of the sediment in the drained water can settle out in the sumps. Then the water is pumped back to the canal from the sumps via a 75 hp pump and discharge pipe.”

During periods of active dredging, the portion of the canal being dredged is shutdown to boaters, although it was only closed during the tree trimming that lasted for roughly a week, but generally not more than 1,000 ft. at a time.

All the maintenance work, mobilization and demobilization of barges, dredges and pumps was accomplished from the access areas, which are situated on the opposite side of the canal from the towpath. Based on an agreement with Franklin Township, trucks are only allowed to haul material in the immediate vicinity of the staging area after the morning rush hour and before the evening rush. All trucking near the staging area must take place from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday only.

(CEG Editor in Chief Craig Mongeau contributed to this article.) CEG

ALLU held a meeting of its global dealer network during the second week of February, with close to 100 representatives from ALLU dealerships coming to Finland for the occasion.

The company has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its professional dealer and distributor network. Throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, the US and increasingly SE Asia, the network has continued to grow, enabling customers throughout the world to benefit from the unique attributes of the ALLU Transformer and Processor ranges.

In order to provide customers with the very latest developments in ALLU’s increasing solutions portfolio, close to 100 ALLU distributors came to Finland from 13-16 February. During the meeting, the dealers enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the ALLU product lines.

In addition to seminars, workshops and a highly informative walk-through of the production process, ALLU product and service experts were also on-hand to provide advice in order to help the dealers assist their customers maximise their investments.

“The dealer conference and meeting was the perfect occasion for me to meet the ALLU people in the field,” said ALLU vice president of sales Jeroen Hinnen. “I thought it was an excellent occasion, enabling us at ALLU to not only help our partners, but also to listen to what they and their customers want from ALLU.”

At a gala dinner held on the last night of the meeting, an awards ceremony was held to recognise the performance of ALLU’s dealers. Tianjin Deal Electronic and Mechanical Equipment Trading Company Ltd from China was presented with ‘dealer of the year’, with R D Williams from Australia being awarded the ‘ALLU award for excellence’. Finally, newly appointed dealer, Murray Plant from the UK, was given the ‘best performing new dealer’ award.

“Our dealers are vital link between us and the customers. And the dealer’s performance has been outstanding in 2018,” said ALLU president Ola Ulmala. “The ALLU awards recognise how well our dealers are performing, providing customers with outstanding solutions wherever they are in the world.”

The dealer meeting is one of a series of events ALLU intends to hold throughout 2019 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Service workshops are scheduled throughout the world, as are application seminars.

The recent global dealer network meeting held by Finnish crushing and screening hydraulic bucket attachment maker ALLU attracted close to 100 representatives. During the meeting the dealers were given a series of seminars, workshops and a walk-through of the production process aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the ALLU product lines such as Transformer and Processor. ALLU has recently placed great deal emphasis on growing its dealer and distributo

The recent global dealer network meeting held by Finnish crushing and screening hydraulic bucket attachment maker ALLU attracted close to 100 representatives.

During the meeting the dealers were given a series of seminars, workshops and a walk-through of the production process aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the ALLU product lines such as Transformer and Processor.

ALLU has recently placed great deal emphasis on growing its dealer and distributor network throughout Europe, Latin America, Africa, the US and increasingly SE Asia, the network has continued to grow enabling customers throughout the world to easily benefit from the unique attributes of the ALLU Transformer and Processor ranges.

At a gala dinner held on the last night of the meeting, an awards ceremony was held to recognise the outstanding performance of ALLU’s dealers. Tianjin Deal Electronic and Mechanical Equipment Trading Company Ltd from China was presented with ‘dealer of the year’, with R D Williams from Australia being awarded the ‘ALLU award for excellence’.  Finally, newly appointed dealer, Murray Plant from the UK, was given the ‘best performing new dealer’ award.

“Our dealers are vital link between us and the customers. And the dealer’s performance has been outstanding in 2018,” said ALLU president Ola Ulmala. “The ALLU awards recognise how well our dealers are performing, providing customers with outstanding solutions wherever they are in the world.”

The dealer meeting is one of a series of events ALLU intends to hold throughout 2019 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Service workshops are scheduled throughout the world, in addition to application seminars.

Companies working together to transform returned concrete into high-quality recycled aggregate  

ALLU MAPEI Circulus is a highly mobile and industrially efficient method for transforming returned concrete into a high-quality recycled aggregate. The system is aimed at large and medium-sized ready-mixed concrete producers or cement/concrete recycling companies who wish to reduce the costs associated with returned waste concrete. The system also greatly reduces the amount of wash-out sludge from concrete truckmixers.

According to ALLU and MAPEI, savings of up to tens of Euro’s per cubic metre of concrete produced are said to be achievable through reductions in both landfill costs and virgin aggregate costs.

The system itself is simple and requires minimal investment in MAPEI’s Re-con Zero chemical and an ALLU Transformer. Using Re-Con Zero, the returned wet concrete is transformed into a dry granulate, whereupon the ALLU Transformer is used to process the hardened lumps and screen them into specified aggregate sizes suitable for recycling in fresh concrete.

Concrete manufacturers can use between 5% and 30% of the recycled aggregate in new concrete, resulting in significant savings in production costs.

According to ALLU and MAPEI, the Circulus system can assist the concrete industry’s drive towards sustainability in concrete manufacturing. Global consumption of concrete is around 23 billion tonnes per year and it is estimated that approximately 2% of all concrete is returned to the producer, much of it ending up in landfill.

With an estimated 5% percent of all man-made CO2 emissions resulting from cement and concrete production, the 2% (460 million tonnes) of concrete that is produced and returned results in some 53 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissons. With ALLU MAPEI Circulus, there is an opportunity to save up to 96% of these emissions.