Equipment Report

SES Equipment Adds High-Reach Excavator

SES Equipment, an equipment dealer based in West Chicago, Ill., has announced it has acquired a high-reach demolition excavator to complement its fleet of excavators fitted with shears, grapples and pulverizers.

The company says its Link Belt LX 460 with a Jewell High-Reach Demolition Package can carry an 8,000-pound tool at a height of 80 feet and, with a configuration modification, the same machine could handle a 5,700-pound tool at 93 feet.

“We have always considered ourselves pioneers in this area for new and efficient methods,” says Steve Martines, owner of SES.

“We have done extensive homework to build a package that is the ultimate in versatility and productivity,” says Bob Jones, vice president of sales. “We are very pleased with the results that Link Belt and Jewell were able to provide.”

SES says the machine is immediately available for rental, rental purchase or sale.

Company Wrench Adds Locations

Company Wrench, an Ohio-based equipment dealer, has opened new branches, one in Aiken, S.C., and the other in Cookeville, Tenn. Company Wrench now has nine locations.

Joe Beyer, who has more than 10 years of experience with Company Wrench, has been named as manager of the Aiken facility, which will provide service to customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, according to a company news release.

Harold Brown has been named branch administrator at the Cookeville location, which will serve customers in Tennessee and Kentucky.

Bandit Introduces Sawdust Processing Technology

Bandit Industries, based in Remus, Mich., has introduced a new technology that allows a quarter-inch-minus sawdust-type material, known as bio-sawdust, to be produced from debarked round wood in a single pass.

The company says benefits of the new processing system include greater fuel efficiency, higher production levels in pellet mills and the potential for expansion into biofuel and bioelectricity production.

The company says benefits of the new processing system include greater fuel efficiency, higher production levels in pellet mills and the potential for expansion into biofuel and bioelectricity production.

Because the process used to produce bio-sawdust is a cutting action, as opposed the beating action used in hogs and hammermills, less energy is consumed in producing the fine material, the company says. When using Bandit’s diesel-powered Beast, up to three tons of material can be produced per gallon of diesel fuel consumed.

Additionally, the wood fibers are cut, not fractured. Pellet operations report that this type of material packs much more efficiently into the pellet dies, yielding greater production, according to the release. Pellet operations in British Columbia, Canada, receiving material from the Beast are reporting a 10 to 12 percent increase in production at the pellet mills when running material from the Beast compared to other grinders, Bandit says.

KPI-JCI Makes Mobile Star Standard

Beginning in April of 2010, all track-mounted impact crusher plants made by KPI-JCI, Yankton, S.D., will come with the company’s Mobile Star equipment monitoring system as a standard feature.

Mobile Star “allows any computer with an Internet connection the ability to access any machine that is compatible with the Mobile Star control system,” says KPI-JCI in a news release.

“Once installed, Mobile Star will monitor all the equipment’s specific operational parameters, including any engine information, hydraulic pressures, and GPS position,” according to the company’s press release.

“This is a fantastic benefit to anyone running these plants,” says KPI-JCI Vice President of Sales and Marketing Mike Johnson. “You now have the ability to monitor all your machines. Plus, it reduces downtime, which essentially means a better bottom line,” adds Johnson.