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Volvo CE Trains Technicians In Transition To Electric Machines

The shift to electrification requires more than switching to zero exhaust machines – the whole supply chain needs to be empowered to optimize these gamechanging construction solutions. To ease the transition, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is going above and beyond in supporting equipment rental company Loxam to make the most of their new electric acquisitions.

The training sessions cover everything from the technical to the commercial.

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Aug 26, 2021 - 4 years ago
From The Supply Post Archives: The Story Of Johnston Terminals

Johnston Terminals Limited is this year celebrating its 60th anniversary. From a modest beginning as a cartage company, with a team of horses, it has developed into one of our larger transportation and distribution companies.

Johnston Terminals is a Canadian-owned, B.C.-based company which takes pride in its motto: “A Canadian Company serving the World.”

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Aug 26, 2021 - 4 years ago
Canada’s Construction Industry Rebounds Post-Pandemic, With More Muted Growth To Come

Construction requirements across Canada are expected to rebound in 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and rise through the coming decade – albeit at more muted levels than in the past 10 years.

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Aug 25, 2021 - 4 years ago
Breaking New Ground In Pellet Plant Safety

British Columbia’s wood pellet producers are devoted to running safe operations. In 2014, the Wood Pellet Association of Canada established the WPAC safety committee as a forum for industry participants to share knowledge and to work collectively on solving common safety concerns such as combustible dust management, safe-guarding, working in confined spaces and lock-out procedures.

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Aug 25, 2021 - 4 years ago
Demag PC 6800-1 Lifts Foundation Piles For Windfarm

Unique operating conditions require unique approaches – this phrase perfectly sums up the project currently being carried out by crane service provider Sarens NV with a Demag® PC 6800‑1 pedestal crane. The job, which involves a whole series of challenges, consists of lifting 89 steel piles from a barge on The IJsselmeer on behalf of customer Van Oord Offshore Wind.

The first challenge revolves around the platform from which the crane is doing its work: More specifically, all the lifts are being carried out from a barge on open water. “And since the IJsselmeer is very shallow, this meant that we had to build a special barge that would have a small draft thanks to its dimensions of 62 x 53 meters. This is how we were able to make sure that the work platform would not run aground,” reports Sarens project manager Mart van Hoorn. With its dimensions, the platform is roughly half the size of a soccer field, and has been as such baptized the “Sarens Soccer Pitch” (SSP) internally.

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Aug 25, 2021 - 4 years ago
Kinshofer Announces New Heavy-Duty Clamshell Buckets For Excavators

For 50 years, Kinshofer GmbH has been a prominent manufacturer of high-quality attachments for truck-mounted cranes and it is now on the way to be one of the leading excavator attachment producers worldwide, too.

Down to the last detail designed for Heavy Duty: The large HPXdrive of the C40HPX works with four helix threads on two opposing pistons. The Re-Handling Clamshell Bucket is ideal for excavators with an operating weight of up to 40 tons – available with open or closed shells.

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Aug 25, 2021 - 4 years ago