CROSS CUTS An Outsider’s View
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
News
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Programmable Controllers
A new generation of programmable controllers has been introduced by Asea Inc. of Saint-Laurent, Que. The MasterPiece 100 family of controllers includes adaptive and pid controllers; logic control; seq…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Beefed Up Excavator
Caterpillar has beefed up its Cat 225 hydraulic excavator. Using a direct- injection Cat 3208 diesel engine rated at 108 kW, engine power has been increased 7%. The additions of a 3.9-tonne counterwei…
Suppliers’ Notes AUTOCLAVE ENGINEERS
Pennsylvania-based Autoclave Engineers is to become the exclusive North American distributor of Maximator hydraulic pumps and gas compressors. Maximator products are used in the mining and petrochemic…
WHAT’S NEW The Tools of Automation Economical Excavator
Komatsu Canada (Mississauga, Ont. and Richmond, B.C.) is marketing a 5.9-cu-yd hydraulic excavator equipped with a 404-hp diesel engine. The company’s unique, open- centre, load-sensing system automat…
CROSS CUTS Heroes and Leaders
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
ON THE MOVE NORCAST INC.
The Calgary-based mining equipment manufacturer Norcast Inc. has appointed Mark Pipke to regional sales manager. Pipke has held senior positions in the beneficiation area as well as special project w…
Suppliers’ Notes NORTHWEST ENGINEERING CO.
Wisconsin-based Northwest Engineering Co. has signed a letter of intent with General Motors Corp. to acquire TEREX Corp. of Ohio and TEREX Equipment of Scotland. Terex is to be operated as an independ…
CROSS CUTS Wasting Time
The following remarks were heard from people who attended the Mining Automation Symposium, in Sudbury, Ont., Oct 15-16, 1986. We think they provide a good illustration of the diversity of opinion in t…
ON THE MOVE FREEPORT MINING CO.
Robin Hickson is the new vice-president of Freeport Mining Co., a subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Co. He will be relocating to the Freeport-McMoRan Inc. headquarters in New Orleans, La., where he wi…
Suppliers’ Notes WOODWAY RESOURCES
Woodway Resources of Toronto has purchased the assets of a private, numbered company.
Letters Open for Business
With reference to your article on zinc (“Outshining Other Major Metals”) in the November issue, I wish to inform you that the Black Angel mine is not closed. It is operated by Boliden, the Swedish min…