ALLU AND MAPEI ANNOUNCE CO-OPERATION WITHIN CONCRETE RECYCLING
04/18/2018
ALLU MAPEI Circulus is a solution to transform returned concrete into a high quality recycled aggregate. The immensely mobile and industrially efficient method has a strong impact on the environment and business.
ALLU and MAPEI are both world-class leading companies in their respective fields with global distribution networks. Through the co-operation customers will have access to the highest level of knowledge within concrete recycling.
The ALLU MAPEI Circulus system is aimed at large and medium-sized RMC producers or cement/concrete recycling companies who wish to reduce the cost of handling returned concrete waste. Besides the positive environmental effects, through less new material needed, the system will generate substantial savings in production. Savings of up to tens of euros per cubic metre of concrete produced are achievable through savings towards landfill cost and reduced costs for virgin aggregate.
The system is simple and requires minimal investments: the MAPEI Re-con Zero- chemical and an ALLU Transformer. With Re-Con Zero the wet returned concrete is transformed into a dry granulate. The ALLU Transformer then processes the hardened lumps and screens them into the specified aggregate size to be recycled with fresh concrete. A concrete manufacturer may then use between 5 – 30% of the recycled aggregate with new concrete. This will bring significant savings to the cost of buying virgin aggregate. The system also greatly reduces the amount of washed out sludge from concrete trucks. Waste sludge is an environmental challenge as it must go to a landfill and is therefore an additional cost for concrete producers.
The system is simple and requires minimal investments: the MAPEI Re-con Zero- chemical and an ALLU Transformer. With Re-Con Zero the wet returned concrete is transformed into a dry granulate. The ALLU Transformer then processes the hardened lumps and screens them into the specified aggregate size to be recycled with fresh concrete. A concrete manufacturer may then use between 5 – 30% of the recycled aggregate with new concrete. This will bring significant savings to the cost of buying virgin aggregate. The system also greatly reduces the amount of washed out sludge from concrete trucks. Waste sludge is an environmental challenge as it must go to a landfill and is therefore an additional cost for concrete producers.
ALLU Group will be proudly exhibiting equipment from the Transformer and Processor ranges at Intermat 2018. As well as established equipment, ALLU will unveil the latest features of the equipment and launching a new, exciting IT development – the ALLU App – which will be demonstrated at the ALLU stand.
The next Intermat will be held from the 23rd – 28th April in Paris. As one of the world’s leading construction equipment exhibitions, ALLU will be using the show to exhibit leading members of its Transformer and Processor ranges, outline the new features on the equipment and launch its latest development aimed at further enhancing customer business operations.
New Solution to be launched at show – the ALLU App
As well as its leading Transformer and Processor equipment, ALLU will be introducing for the very first time solution aimed at maximising customers’ investment. The ALLU-App will be shown and demonstrated at Intermat, enabling visitors to see at first-hand how ALLU is about much more than the supply of world-leading equipment.
The many features and benefits of the ALLU-App include:
Connects the serial number to the relevant data
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
Provides access to relevant pictures & videos as well as a safety guide
Links to closest ALLU dealer & ALLU Finland contact information as well as social media
Enables access to operational and installation guides
…..and many more exciting features besides
With the widest range of attachments on the market, the range enables businesses to choose the right piece of equipment to meet their very particular requirements. We look forward to showing at first-hand how we can help any business transform more than just its profits.
On Solid Ground Screener Crusher Transforms Non-Hazardous Contaminated Solids into Beneficial Reuse Material for Cavern Stabilization
04/05/2018
February/March 2018
Near Hutchinson, Kansas, about 500 to 750 feet below the earth’s surface, there lie a number of abandoned underground salt caverns, filled with brine water and capped with concrete. The caverns, initially created in the early to mid-1970s using the solution-mining process, were used to store liquid propane gas (LPG), which was then extracted for consumption. The cavern wells were used in this capacity until the early 1990s.
After that time, the caverns sat plugged, abandoned, and largely unnoticed until 2011, when three businessmen – Craig Pangburn, a licensed geologist; Kenneth Gates; and Kevin Gates – acquired the land and founded Underground Cavern Stabilization, LLC (UCS) as a commercial Class V emplacement facility to contain non-hazardous contaminated materials within the abandoned caverns. The company received its licenses and permits in 2012, and opened for business in 2013.
According to Steve Pangburn, UCS facility manager, the purpose behind the company’s process is two-fold. “We provide a method for backfilling, emplacing, and containing non-hazardous semi-solid or solid material into these plugged/abandoned underground salt caverns. At the same time, we are helping to stabilize the ground in this area,” he says.
Known as “beneficial reuse material,” the material matter accepted by UCS for containment includes such industrial material as drilling muds, cement slurry, and salt-saturated or high-chloride contaminated soils. “These are not hazardous materials, but they are considered contaminated, and we don’t want them getting into the environment and causing issues,” emphasizes Pangburn.
Process Within the Process With only a narrow bore hole to access the brine-filled caverns, how does UCS remove the salt water in the caverns and replace it with the solid soils?
The caverns are filled one at a time. The company must first drill out the concrete seal left behind by the former owners on each individual plugged/abandoned cavern well. Then, using a patented, proprietary process, a slurry created by mixing salt water and the beneficial reuse material solids is emplaced down into the cavern via a 5-1/2-inch steel pipe, set within a larger 8-5/8-inch pipe in the bore hole. The 8-5/8-inch outer casing is cemented in the well from the surface to the bottom of the casing. The displaced brine water from the well is forced up the outer pipe and into above-ground containers, where it is reused to create more slurry or sold to customers who can use it – creating zero waste.
“Business has been good,” says Pangburn. “In fact it was so good that we were working hard to keep up with the material coming in.” He explains that the dry material brought to the UCS site is placed into a covered concrete slab with 6-foot walls, to contain it until it can be processed for the slurry. The dry material often is bulky, sticky, and clumped together, and he says the larger clumps would not pass through the hopper into the slurry.
“Over the years, we tried all kinds of ways to break down the dry material, including hitting it with the backside of a bucket and even using a grinding wheel, but nothing really worked,” he says. “Then one of our partners discovered ALLU’s material processing buckets online. We were steered toward Murphy Tractor, the local ALLU dealer, and Luke Fanshier from Murphy came out and had us try an ALLU bucket.”
According to Fanshier, “In January of this year, we took a wheel loader and an ALLU D-Series bucket out to the UCS site, and began using it to process and reduce their dry solids prior to their slurry pit. Immediately, it doubled their production. That’s when we started discussing how to fit the ALLU bucket to UCS’s John Deere 644 loader.”
The ALLU Transformer™ material processing bucket replaces a standard bucket on a wheel loader, excavator or other carrier machine. Turning drums in the bottom, outfitted with changeable blades and hammers, will crush, pulverize, separate and screen the dry material, allowing the sized dry material to pass through the bottom of the bucket.
“The ALLU unit has provided a huge advantage for us,” says Pangburn. “It quickly breaks apart and reduces the soils we receive, turning them into finer dry material that works better with our slurry. It’s been a huge time saver for us, and has helped us to increase our production by at least 100%.”
Heavily Regulated Material arriving at the UCS facility must be accompanied with documentation from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), verifying that it is non-hazardous. UCS also conducts testing on all incoming materials to check for pH levels, chlorides, conductivity, and temperature. The dry solid material deemed acceptable is unloaded onto the covered concrete slab where the ALLU Transformer™ DH 3-17 40 screener crusher bucket processes the solids. The reduced solids then are added into a hopper and fed into the emplacement slurry, which is introduced into the piping for emplacement.
The KDHE allows containment of the material within the caverns because they are located below the water table. The caverns were previously approved for use in storing LP gas because the salt formation is essentially impervious to liquid and gas, and it has a compressive strength comparable to concrete under the pressure of the overlying rock. In addition, the salt formation is somewhat self-healing because over time the formation creeps and re-seals any fractures or voids that may occur due to pressure. “The LP gas is gone. There’s no danger of catastrophic events with these caverns, as related to emplacement and backfilling of material,” notes Pangburn.
As part of its permit, UCS is required to test the longstring (interior pipe) and casing string (casing pipe) for mechanical integrity on each well as it is opened to ensure it has not been compromised. Opened and finished wells must also be retested regularly, with reports sent to the KDHE.
“This is an environmentally friendly process. We’re offering a different option to oil and gas operators instead of landfilling or landspreading (mixing additional solids into the material to render it inert), which is especially important in groundwater-sensitive areas,” Pangburn says. “We’re also creating beneficial reuse material out of discarded material, and putting it down into the caverns for better stabilization.”
The company’s containment site now encompasses 234 acres, with a total of 61 cavern wells available to fill – a number that is estimated to provide 180 years or more of stabilization activity. ALLU Group Inc., 800/939-2558, www.allu.net
ALLU Holds Successful Global Dealer Network Meeting
03/30/2018
ALLU held a meeting of its global dealer network during the second week of February in Finland. Close to 100 people, representing more than 30 ALLU dealers, enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning ALLU products.
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 maximize their investments.
“The dealer conference and meeting was the perfect occasion for me to meet the ALLU people in the field,” said newly appointed 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.”
The dealer meeting is one of a series of events ALLU intends to hold throughout 2018 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Service workshops are scheduled throughout the world, as are application and product development seminars.
Finnish attachments manufacture ALLU says it held the “‘best ever” meeting of its global dealer network recently when close to 100 people, representing over 30 ALLU dealers, visited Finland. The company says it has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its highly professional dealer and distributor network, and throughout Europe, Latin America, the US and increasingly South-Est Asia, the network has continued to grow. During the meeting in Finland, dealers enjoyed a series ofAn ALLU attachment at work
Finnish attachments manufacture ALLU says it held the “‘best ever” meeting of its global dealer network recently when close to 100 people, representing over 30 ALLU dealers, visited Finland.
The company says it has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its highly professional dealer and distributor network, and throughout Europe, Latin America, the US and increasingly South-Est Asia, the network has continued to grow.
During the meeting in Finland, dealers enjoyed a series of events aimed at providing them with the latest developments and application thinking concerning the ALLU products, including the ALLU Transformer and Processor ranges.
In addition to seminars, workshops and an 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,” says Jeroen Hinnen, newly-appointed ALLU vice president of sales.
“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 outstanding performance of ALLU’s dealers. Huppenkothen from Germany was presented with Dealer of the Year with PT. Alluxindo Pratama Sukses from Indonesia being awarded the ALLU Award for Excellence.
Newly-appointed dealer R D Williams from Australia, 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 2017,” says Ola Ulmala, ALLU president.
“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 2018 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Service workshops are scheduled throughout the world, as are application and product development seminars.
The ALLU Transformer Series comprises an excavator/loader/tractor-mounted processing bucket which screens, pulverises, aerates, blends, mixes, separates, even crushes, feeds and loads materials.
ALLU held the ‘best ever’ meeting of its global dealer network during the second week of February. Close to 100 people, representing over 30 ALLU dealers came to Finland for what proved to be a fantastic occasion.
ALLU has placed a great deal of emphasis over the last few years in growing its highly professional dealer and distributor network. Throughout Europe, Latin America, 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, close to 100 representatives from over 30 ALLU distributors came to Finland early 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.
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 maximize their investments.
“The dealer conference and meeting was the perfect occasion for me to meet the ALLU people in the field,” said newly appointed 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 outstanding performance of ALLU’s dealers. Huppenkothen GmbH from Germany was presented with ‘dealer of the year’, with PT. Alluxindo Pratama Sukses from Indonesia being awarded the ‘ALLU award for excellence’. Finally, newly appointed dealer R D Williams from Australia, 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 2017,” 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 2018 aimed at helping its dealers help their customers. Service workshops are scheduled throughout the world, as are application and product development seminars.
ALLU would like to thank all of the dealer representatives for coming to Finland, and for being an essential part of the ALLU global family.
ALLU attachments are designed to operate in demanding environments on a variety of materials. This enables our customers to transform the way they work. Manufactured for over 30 years our attachments have been known for their quality and reliability, transforming business solutions throughout the world. We now operate from 7 regional offices, and distribute to over 30 countries.
The solution whatever your material
The ALLU Transformer Series 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 your business 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 Series. All are designed to transform the way in which construction businesses are able to improve their efficiency and profitability.
Some applications and benefits of the ALLU Transformer Series include:
Landscaping and Agriculture: The ALLU DL Transformer Series makes the perfect attachment for landscaping and agricultural applications. From composting to aerating, top soil screening to waste and debris processing, all can be carried out on site. This truly mobile solution provides the versatility and flexibility to let you work more efficiently in the most challenging environments.
Earth Moving and Demolition: Through using ALLU Transformer attachment excavated soil and rubble will not need to be transported away and replaced with fresh soil. Not only does this result in substantial savings in material and transport costs, but no time is lost when waiting for replacement material. Additionally, binders can be mixed if the material handling includes additive requirements or stabilization.
Mining processes, Quarrying and Aggregates: Crushing and loading of raw material (e.g. soft lime stone) can be completed in one cycle. The process change reduces the need for buffer storage and extra material transportation, with capital expenditure being lower than for large stationary processing stations. This speeds up the transportation from one site to another and in some cases even eliminating the need for electricity thus delivering further cost savings and flexibility.
New Transforming Products from ALLU at INTERMAT 2018
03/08/2018
ALLU Group will be proudly exhibiting equipment from the Transformer and Processor ranges at Intermat 2018.
As well as established equipment, ALLU will unveil the latest features of the equipment and launch a new, exciting development. These will enable customers to get even more from their investment.
ALLU will be using INTERMAT to exhibit leading members of its Transformer and Processor ranges, outline the new features on the equipment and launch its latest development aimed at further enhancing customer business operations.
The equipment being shown will include a selection from the ALLU Processor and Transformer Series as well as other customer-focused solutions.
ALLU will also be introducing for the very first time a 2-way solution aimed at maximizing customers’ investment. This will be shown and demonstrated at Intermat, enabling visitors to see first-hand how ALLU is about much more than the supply of world-leading equipment.
With the widest range of attachments on the market, the ALLU Transformer range enables businesses to choose the right piece of equipment to meet their very particular requirements. ALLU looks forward to showing how it can help any business transform materials into more profits.
Continuing its global expansion, ALLU is pleased to announce that Jeroen Hinnen has been appointed its new vice president of sales. The new role is seen as a key development which will help continue ALLU’s impressive growth.
The last two years have seen Finnish based Transformer and Processor manufacturer ALLU enjoy impressive growth. This has enabled the company behind the attachment concept to further assist companies throughout the world.
In order to continue its expansion, and the growth of its international business, ALLU is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeroen Hinnen as its new vice president of sales.
Dutch born Jeroen brings a wealth of sales and business development experience to the role, having built up an impressive track record of success in a variety companies across the globe.
“With all his experience, his drive and his focus on understanding the needs of customers, I am sure Jeroen will contribute greatly to ALLU’s continuing success,” says ALLU president Ola Ulmala.
Jeroen Hinnen himself says of his new position: “ALLU is the leading name in the attachments business. Its reputation is without equal, and I am proud to play my part in bringing ALLU solutions to more businesses throughout the world.”
All at ALLU offer Jeroen a warm welcome to the ALLU family, wishing him the best in his new position.
ALLU announces 3rd year without injuries
Factory and operational health and safety are increasingly becoming major issues for manufacturers of construction equipment. Finnish based manufacturer ALLU, is pleased to announce that for the 3rd year in a row there have been no injuries at its Pennala manufacturing plant.
For the 3rd year in a row there have been no accidents at ALLU’s Finland manufacturing plant. This tremendous achievement is due to the ALLU team embracing the concept of total health and safety in the factory, with the well-being of the ALLU staff being paramount to the production process.
“Our people are the most important thing to ALLU, and we value their health and safety. The emphasis we place on this is shown by the fact that for the 3rd year in a row there have been no reported accidents at the factory,” says ALLU president Ola Ulmala.
Health and safety are key concepts to all at ALLU. This is reflected not only in the manufacturing process but also in the way the Transformer and Processor equipment are used in the field, with operator training and pro-active customer support being endemic to ALLU operations.
ALLU attachments are designed to operate in demanding environments on a variety of materials. This enables our customers to transform the way they work. Manufactured for over 30 years our attachments have been known for their quality and reliability, transforming business solutions throughout the world. We now operate from 7 regional offices, and distribute to over 30 countries.
The solution whatever your material
The ALLU Transformer Series 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 your business 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 Series. All are designed to transform the way in which construction businesses are able to improve their efficiency and profitability.
Some applications and benefits of the ALLU Transformer Series include:
Landscaping and Agriculture: The ALLU DL Transformer Series makes the perfect attachment for landscaping and agricultural applications. From composting to aerating, top soil screening to waste and debris processing, all can be carried out on site. This truly mobile solution provides the versatility and flexibility to let you work more efficiently in the most challenging environments.
Earth Moving and Demolition: Through using ALLU Transformer attachment excavated soil and rubble will not need to be transported away and replaced with fresh soil. Not only does this result in substantial savings in material and transport costs, but no time is lost when waiting for replacement material. Additionally, binders can be mixed if the material handling includes additive requirements or stabilization.
Mining processes, Quarrying and Aggregates: Crushing and loading of raw material (e.g. soft lime stone) can be completed in one cycle. The process change reduces the need for buffer storage and extra material transportation, with capital expenditure being lower than for large stationary processing stations. This speeds up the transportation from one site to another and in some cases even eliminating the need for electricity thus delivering further cost savings and flexibility.
Factory and operational health and safety are increasingly becoming major issues for manufacturers of construction equipment. Finnish-based manufacturer ALLU, is pleased to announce that for the 3rd year in a row there have been no injuries at its Pennala manufacturing plant.
This tremendous achievement is due to the ALLU team embracing the concept of total health and safety in the factory, with the well-being of the ALLU staff being paramount to the production process.
“Our people are the most important thing to ALLU, and we value their health and safety. The emphasis we place on this is shown by the fact that for the 3rd year in a row there have been no reported accidents at the factory,” said ALLU president Ola Ulmala.
Health and safety are key concepts to all at ALLU. This is reflected not only in the manufacturing process but also in the way the Transformer and Processor equipment is used in the field, with operator training and pro-active customer support being endemic to ALLU operations.
ALLU Group is an innovator and pioneer of the screener crusher bucket concept. A major rebrand of ALLU has helped deliver impressive results for the Finland-based company. The development of the ALLU Transformer brand and strategy was undertaken by U.K.-based industrial marketing agency Armstrong in order to accurately portray the true attributes of the ALLU equipment.
“Our core skill is technical translation of what our customers’ technology actually does. We then use this as a platform to develop a strategy, which forms the basis of communication to a global audience, thereby delivering a single strong brand identity,” commented Armstrong Director Daniel Owen. “ALLU and its customers knew what the equipment was capable of, but the essential message was not getting across. From our research, we identified that the ALLU equipment literally transformed material into something that is valuable,” added Owen.
The new ALLU Transformer brand was at last year’s ConExpo-Con/Agg show in Las Vegas. “It’s obviously too early to tell how successful the Transformer brand will be, but the first signs are way above our expectations, with Las Vegas being the perfect stage for the launch. We are now working on the ALLU brand architecture and associated technology brands, which will strengthen the entire portfolio and reinforce ALLU’s market position,” said Owen.
“The reception from customers and the industry as a whole at the Transformer launch was unprecedented. ALLU is now informing us that they are experiencing real growth with the values and clarity of the Transformer playing a key part.”
An ALLU attachment at work
