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Haver & Boecker Niagara acquires stake in screen media, liner company Tandem Products Inc

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Haver & Boecker Niagara, a leader in screening and pelletising technologies since 1872, has acquired partial ownership in Tandem Products Inc, a long-standing family-owned polyurethane producer of open-cast screen media and liners for the mining, concrete, industrial and grain industries.

Haver & Boecker Niagara’s parent company, Haver & Boecker OHG, is a fifth-generation family-owned business with deep roots in industries such as mining, minerals, aggregates, cement, construction materials, fertilisers, salt and recycling.

This joint venture is the result of many years of successful sales and production partnership between the two family-owned businesses and represents the mutual respect and core value alignment between the shareholders, Haver & Boecker said. The companies bring together a focus on high-quality products, innovative engineering and a unique customer solution-driven market approach. The combined worldwide sales channels and expansion of Haver & Boecker Niagara to a North American polyurethane manufacturer further support the OEM’s business motivation and will benefit both companies’ plans for growth, it added.

Tandem Products will continue to serve current and new customers with the Rhino-Hyde brand, as well as with modular polyurethane screen media which will carry the Niagara brand. Niagara open-cast polyurethane products have been manufactured at Haver & Boecker Niagara in Brazil for a number of years now, and this move rounds out the Niagara screen media brand for the mineral processing company.

Haver & Boecker Niagara tackles high moisture levels with new elliptical screen

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Haver & Boecker Niagara has engineered a new, elliptical motion Niagara XL-Class vibrating screen for a Brazilian iron ore producer that, it says, is ideal for applications challenged with high moisture content.

The new technology can handle capacities up to 3,500 t/h while minimising water usage, with the XL-Class running in an elliptical motion of up to 6 g in this high moisture iron ore screening application to ensure stratification in all phases of screening. The new vibrating screen also features an elliptical exciter drive that offers a bearing life up to 75,000 hours.

“We are dedicated to using innovative technological solutions to enhance our customers’ daily processes,” Denilson Moreno, Haver & Boecker Niagara Sales Manager, said. “Our new XL-Class design is a prime example of that. The vibrating screen’s unique elliptical movement maintains unrivalled screening performance when processing high moisture materials.”

Iron ore, for example, can contain up to 15% moisture, and often behaves like a pasty, clay-like material, prone to blinding on a screen deck. The elliptical movement motion and increased acceleration of the XL-Class ensures the material is stratifying without blinding or contamination, according to Haver & Boecker.

The elliptical motion XL-Class vibrating screen is available in a wide-range of sizes, in either a single module or tandem design.

Haver & Boecker Niagara manufacturers its own brand of Niagara Exciter technology, which functions as the drive system for all elliptical XL-Class vibrating screens. The bridge-mounted exciters are available in five different sizes and offer the largest static moment range on the market, according to the company.

Each elliptical XL-Class machine is custom designed to the operation’s specific application using Finite Element Analysis (FEA), which measures high stress areas and natural frequencies of a vibrating screen. The analysis helps engineers optimise machine performance by giving them the information they need to determine where to reinforce critical areas and reduce the weight of any oversized components, the company explained.

“With more than 15 years of FEA and experimental measurement experience – and nearly 400 high-capacity vibrating screens supplied to the global market – Haver & Boecker Niagara is able to engineer state-of-the-art high-capacity vibrating screens that offer easy operation, low maintenance and unmatched reliability,” it said.

Operations can pair the elliptical XL-Class with the with the company’s signature Ty-Deck Ultra modular screen media to maximise the screening efficiency of high moisture material and address its challenges, according to the company. Ty-Deck Ultra’s accelerated screening action cleans material without the use of water, therefore reducing the need for tailing dams.

With a 50% longer wear life than the original Ty-Deck, the screen media panels are an ideal choice for screening high moisture materials, such as iron ore, Haver & Boecker said.

Haver & Boecker Niagara’s Pulse Vibration Analysis to feature at MINExpo 2021

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Haver & Boecker Niagara is to showcase its Pulse Vibration Analysis (VA) software at the upcoming MINExpo 2021 event in Las Vegas, USA.

Providing mining and aggregate operations insight into their equipment’s performance, Pulse VA is specifically designed to examine the health of a vibrating screen to ensure optimum screening performance and equipment reliability, according to the company. It detects irregularities that could translate into diminished performance, decreased efficiency, increased operating costs and imminent breakdown.

Pulse VA will be front and centre of the Haver & Boecker Niagara booth at MINExpo 2021, taking place on September 13-15.

Karen Thompson, President of Haver & Boecker Niagara’s North American and Australian operations, said: “We understand screening equipment is a significant portion of an operation’s budget, which is why we developed Pulse VA. Pulse VA offers operations the tools to optimise screening efficiency on a daily basis. This helps increase their operation’s profitability by minimising downtime as well as maintenance costs.”

Pulse VA is designed to be easy to operate, with components specifically chosen and engineered for the harsh environment where screening takes place. The system uses an industrial-grade tablet computer that connects wirelessly with eight tri-axial sensors, which attach to key places on the equipment and send up to 24 channels of data to the tablet. The table then displays a real-time view of the machine’s orbit, acceleration, deviations and more, Haver & Boecker Niagara said.

Beyond the real-time view on the screen, all information from the sensors is electronically stored in the database for an historical overview of the machine, with the information downloadable online in two report formats. The Orbit Report provides a visual of orbit and wave form, as well as data about acceleration, stroke, speed and phase angle. Fast Fourier transformation, or FFT, plots are processed by the software for values for three channels of data for each measuring point. The Tuning Report extrapolates deviations between measurement points while providing recommendations on balance, acceleration, stroke and speed. It provides feed and discharge analysis as well as diagonal measurements.

Haver & Boecker Niagara says it also offers its signature Pulse Vibration Analysis Service program to help customers achieve production targets, minimise unscheduled downtime and demonstrate sustainable improvements through online asset management, it said. The service program includes a complete vibrating screen inspection by a Haver & Boecker Niagara certified service technician, along with a Pulse Diagnostic Report.

Pulse VA technology, the company says, serves as a critical part of PROcheck, Haver & Boecker Niagara’s service process dedicated to keeping customers’ operations running at peak performance. PROcheck applies Haver & Boecker Niagara’s expertise in diagnostics, processing equipment, engineered screen media, original parts, rebuilds and upgrades, services, plants and process engineering to inspect customers’ screening processes in order to recommend best practices for processing proficiency.

Haver & Boecker expands Australia mining, aggregates presence

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Haver & Boecker has created a new mineral processing brand, Haver & Boecker Niagara, that will expand its global presence into the Australia mining and aggregates industries.

The new company combines the engineering expertise and product portfolios of Haver & Boecker’s three mineral processing technology manufacturers, based in Brazil, Canada and Germany, to provide customers around the world with shared innovative technology, more in-depth consultations, greater parts availability and better delivery times, it said.

John Brotherson, a 32-year mining veteran, will lead the new company as General Manager.

Karen Thompson, President of Haver & Boecker Niagara’s North American and Australian operations, said: “With a new mineral processing focus on the Australian market and an exciting, new local team, we will ensure that we can serve our customers with spare parts availability, technical consultation, and the shared Niagara brand engineering knowledge.”

She added: “John’s years of experience and enthusiasm for the industry will help us establish the Haver & Boecker Niagara name across Australia.”

Brotherson said: “Throughout my career, I have lived and breathed mining, which gives me confidence in my new role.

“Australia offers immense opportunity for mining and aggregates operations. Our team is motivated by customer success and ready to provide the quality service for which Haver & Boecker Niagara has become known.”