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sifiesplantsof the five tracked screen family. In addition to quarry andcontract crushing of aggregates the machine is suitable forscreening concrete and other waste materials.Metso also revealed their future project of a new screeningmethod called Ellipti-Flow. According to the company,the system is able to monitor all screening related parametersand increases the screening efficiency by up to 30 percentin comparison to a nominal banana-type screen of the samescreening area. It will be launched later this year.This maximises the throughput and reduces wear costs.The QI440 is another model with a larger impact crusher.Atlas CopcoHere is another global manufacturer that showed varioustypes of machinery. For the demolition and recycling sectorthe company offered a track-mounted crushing unit andseveral hydraulic breakers.Atlas Copco acquired the Powerscreen (Powercrusher)range of track-mounted crushing and screening units fromthe Austrian Hartl last year and showed the first new unitin Atlas Copco colours. It really seemed to fit very well inthe Atlas Copco large family of products. The Powerscreen(Powercrusher) product range includes four jaw crusher,six impact crusher and one cone crusher models and sixscreening units.In the breaker side the company introduced the HB10000, rated the most powerful heavy hydraulic breaker inthe world. It is suitable for carriers from 94 up to 154t andapplicable also for demolition of large concrete structures.On the lighter side of hydraulic breakers Atlas Copco introduceda new generation of handheld hydraulic breakerswith improved vibration characteristics. The weight rangesfrom eighteen to forty kg.MetsoMetso is another global manufacturer from the Nordiccountries like Sandvik and Atlas Copco. This time Metso’sfocus was in screening.The launch machine was the track-mounted screeningplant Lokotrack ST3.5, which is the second smallest memberTerex – PowerscreenPowerscreen is the Terex division in charge of tracked mobilecrushing, screening and recycling machinery. In LasVegas, Powerscreen showed four units that can be appliedin demolition projects, as well.The Powerscreen XH500 is equipped with a horizontalshaft impact crusher and is designed to process soft to mediumhard primary and secondary materials, including asphalt,recycling and demolition waste. The model XH320SRis a smaller unit with an impact crusher also applicable inrecycling and demolition.The XA400S is a jaw plant designed for quarrying,recycling and demolition applications. The PowerscreenWarrior 2 400 is a large-scale screening unit that is ableto handle aggregates, topsoil, coal, and construction anddemolition waste.AlluThis is a Finnish manufacturer best known for screenercrushers.Once again at a show, their on-stand demonstrationsattracted a continuous flow of potential customersand other viewers.Allu had the opportunity for a special celebration. Year2011 marked the 20th anniversary of the company’s originaland revolutionary idea, the screener-crusher. Although themachine was launched in 1991, it can still be regarded asrevolutionary, since the working concept continues to befairly unknown. This is why Allu organises demonstrationsat most exhibitions, which is the easiest way to spread theword and convince onlookers.The number of companies offering machinery andattachments for demolition and recycling continues toincrease. Nevertheless, the old and established players werealso present, such as Astec – KPI-JCI, Stanley – LaBounty,Wirtgen – Kleemann, Eagle, Lippmann, Rubble Master,Furukawa, Chicago Pneumatic, Allied-Gator, REMU, RedRhine to mention a few.Customers need to look closely to determine whichequipment can best suit their projects and the near futurewill show which are the fittest companies.Issue 2 • May - June 2011 • PDi 57