3 Spring Start-Up Tips for a Safer, More Efficient Season By Matthew Armstrong, MAJOR Business Development Analysist Spring often starts with a flurry of activity for aggregate and mining producers. In the rush to get through preparations for the season, though, eager crews sometimes forget that safety and efficiency require a bit of patience. This…
By Serge Raymond, MAJOR Product Specialist Millions of tons of recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) is used in asphalt mixtures each year, and the popularity of the product is only increasing. It makes sense. Virgin aggregate isn’t cheap, and there’s a ready supply of RAP just waiting to be used. After it’s milled from the…
By Matthew Armstrong, MAJOR Business Development Analyst Starting your production season off on the right foot doesn’t have to be stressful. When it comes to optimizing your screening capabilities, a little bit of forethought goes a long way to help reduce downtime and increase efficiency throughout the year. The key to a successful start-up is…
3 Ways to Prevent Issues with Vibration Analysis When coupled with routine maintenance, anticipating the needs of your equipment is an important way to ensure screening performance and productivity. Consistently monitoring your vibrating screen with predictive analysis programs help to not only keep it merely up and running but helps to do so efficiently….
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MAJOR Places FLEX-MAT Screen Data at Customers’ Fingertips with New FLEX-MAT ID Enabled Technology LAS VEGAS (March 10, 2020) — MAJOR introduces FLEX-MAT ID Enabled. The RFID technology tracks and stores screen media data such as panel dimensions and customer-defined details to offer users information at their fingertips for simple reorders. The technology improves…
Installation 101: The Importance of Proper Training on Screen Media Installation By Lars Bräunling, MAJOR director of product technology Choosing the right screen media for an operation is critical to producing the highest throughput. But perhaps equally important is the way in which the screen media is installed. Proper installation, which includes accurate tightening, can…
Avoid Unplanned Downtime with Preemptive Screen Media Maintenance The term “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” applies to a lot of things, but not necessarily to the mining and aggregates industries. So much valuable material is processed every hour that letting anything breaks without preparation can be a recipe for a costly headache. It’s…
The Benefits of Vibrating Screen Media by Lars Bräunling, MAJOR director of product technology With screening typically occurring at both the beginning and end of production, optimizing the process is vital for overall plant efficiency. There are a number of screen media options on the market but selecting one that best fits your operation…
Tips for Effective Screen Media Maintenance By Lars Bräunling, MAJOR director of product technology It doesn’t matter how much aggregate is produced in a day if it is contaminated or not sized correctly. Though screen media is a minor cost when compared to larger equipment in a quarry or mine, it is a crucial part…
Mastering the Phenomenon Aggregate and mining producers are likely familiar with the concept of stratification, a natural phenomenon vital to their material screening productivity. Stratification is the process by which vibration in a bed of material — in our case material passing over screen media — causes coarse material to rise to the top and…
MAJOR is expanding the manufacturing capacity of its production plants for the company’s signature FLEX-MAT® High Vibration Wire Screens. CANDIAC, Québec (Nov. 20, 2019) — MAJOR, a leading global manufacturer of high-performance wire screening media, is expanding the manufacturing capacity of its production plants for the company’s signature FLEX-MAT® High Vibration Wire Screens. MAJOR’s “Next…
