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A NEWSLETTER FOR US WHO LOVE TO DIG
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OLYMPIC MEDALS
CONEXPO 2017
CEO’S STATEMENT
IMPROVED GROWTH WITH A STRONGER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND BROADER PRODUCT PORTFOLIO The launch of C-REX, our new wear parts system, made 2016 an exciting year for Combi Wear Parts. Since the launch of C-REX, sales have rocketed. The market has welcomed the new products and the reviews have been very positive. We look forward to the new year of 2017 and we hope to surprise you with more good news. In other words, we look to the future with confidence.
steps to become a company that moves borders, including providing a workplace for the future focused on our staff. We call ourselves a company of the future with worldclass products, and the internal and external environment go hand in hand.
In 2016 Quarry/Surface Mining showed our strength in terms of technology and performance. We have further strengthened our distribution network, which has increased availability and service locally in several strategically important places globally. We are very confident about our future.
managed to be involved in major assignments and we had the opportunity to offer a product program with Duracore that enabled the market to complete really tough projects.
The dredging market in 2016 had very few major projects. Despite this, Combi Wear Parts still
Our plant at Ljungby started on a new journey in the autumn. In coming years we will take further 3
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IN BUSINESS SINCE OVER 70 YEARS
LORUSSO HEAVY EQUIPMENT, COMBI WEAR PARTS’ LATEST PARTNER Lorusso Heavy Equipment is one of Combi Wear Parts’ recent new partners in the US. Lorusso is the exclusive reseller of Liebherr and Hyundai construction machines in Massachusetts and New England.
In business since 1945 Lorusso Heavy Equipment is a third generation company where the people involved in the day-to-day operation grew up around heavy equipment and know the value of good customer service. They have a unique understanding of the needs of local customers and convert that into tailor-made solutions. This is made possible by the multiple product lines they represent.
The Lorusso family has been in the aggregate business since 1945 and their company has grown to become the largest private aggregate supplier in Massachusetts. A.J. and Paul Lorusso, who are cousins, founded Lorusso Heavy Equipment in 2009 and today there are 12 people working in the company. The family also owns S.M. Lorusso and Sons Inc., which operates several quarries in Massachusetts.
First class products and support “In 2011 we had the first contact with Sacha de Bilderling at CWP. We saw soon that there was a good fit between our companies. Today,
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Combi Wear Parts is one of our most reliable vendors. The support has been first class and the products are top class. Their product range fits well with our machine products, and the product quality stands up excellently in the very abrasive and demanding ground conditions in our area. Therefore, we fit all of our machines with products from Combi Wear Parts today,” says A. J. Lorusso.
Push for C-REX A.J. Lorusso is optimistic about the future, and along with his plan to grow the business in machine sales there is a plan to increase the number of installations with wear parts from Combi Wear Parts. It’s not only the new machines that will be equipped with the Combi Wear Parts products, there is also a plan to make a market push for C-REX, the new wear parts system developed by Combi Wear Parts. Lorusso will extend their offering with a new bucket line for excavators produced by MECALAC in France. The buckets will be equipped with C-REX when sold in the US and will generate additional contacts and sales to end-users not yet aware of the excellent products from Combi Wear Parts. “The acceptance of the Combi Wear Parts products and feedback from end-users has been excellent. Customers are very pleased with the performance and longevity of the products. We have the same
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experience as we are using the CWP products on our machines in our quarries,” says A.J. Lorusso.
ProClaws doesn’t ever fail The Lorusso family also operates several quarries. At a granite quarry in Roxbury a Liebherr 974 is equipped with the ProClaws wear parts system produced by Combi Wear Parts. The machine has been using size W30 with full lip protection since installation in 2014. The wear parts system has proven to be very reliable and Lorusso has noticed a significant increase in the numbers of hours they get out of the teeth. Another example is from a quarry in East Weymouth where Lorusso is running with the ProClaws system on a Hitachi EX1200. This machine is operating in very tough and abrasive conditions. The ProClaws system hasn’t failed once and has helped the customer keep the machine running.
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A riddle One of our customers dug up a huge pile of sand and wanted to store it in barrels. When he had finished there were 7 full barrels, 7 half-full barrels and 7 empty barrels. Now all the barrels,
including the empty ones must be loaded onto 3 trucks. How can the trucks be loaded so that each truck carries the same weight and the same number of barrels?
Some facts about common metals Iron
Zinc
You need iron to make steel, the world’s most commonly used metal. Incredibly, the amount of steel currently used in the world is 20 times the amount of all other metals combined. That tells you all you need to know about the importance of iron mining. China is the world’s largest producer of steel, making about 800 million tonnes per year.
Zinc forms a highly effective barrier against rust and corrosion. That makes it excellent as a protector for other metals. Zinc is also an antioxidant, so it can be used in sun lotion. Zinc and copper can be combined as an alloy to make brass, which has been produced since Roman times. China is also the world’s top producer of zinc, making around 5 million tonnes per year.
Copper Copper is the third most-used metal after iron and aluminium. It is especially useful because it can conduct electricity and heat. The world’s top producer of copper is Chile, producing just below 6 million tonnes per year.
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What do you know about Tyrannosaurus Rex? You no doubt remember that back in the spring we launched our new wear parts system, C-REX, which we named after the dinosaur, T-REX. Well, we thought we should tell you some more about Tyrannosaurus Rex so that you would understand why we thought our new wear parts system should have such an impressive name. The C in C-REX, by the way, stands for construction.
Lead Lead is used to make batteries, cables and pipes. Lead provides good protection against ionising radiation and x-rays. It is also used to add ballast in ship hulls and as weight on fishing lines. Total world production of lead is around 8 million tonnes per year, of which half is recycled lead. China, Australia and the US account for more than half of new production. Mexico is a big producer of recycled lead.
Tyrannosaurus Rex was one of the largest predator dinosaurs. A fully grown T-Rex would be up to 12 metres long, 5 metres tall and would have weighed around 7 tonnes. It had a powerful and muscular body with huge rear legs, small front legs equipped with claws and a thin, long tail which meant it could change direction lightening fast whilst charging its prey. Its jaws measured over 1 metre and held 50-60 saw-like teeth, each of which were about 20 cm long. As soon as one tooth broke or wore out, another would grow in its place.
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Big hole in the ground Gold has also been discovered in Kalgoorlie, Australia. The world’s largest open mine is located here, and called, naturally, The Super Pit. This pit is several hundred kilometres wide, so it can be seen from space. Once this mine has been exhausted, which should happen in 2017, it will be filled with water. Filling it with water will be quite a slow process; it’s expected to take up to 50 years!
Have you heard of these rare minerals?
Painite This mineral was found in what was then Burma (now Myanmar) 50 years ago. Just ten years ago only 18 crystals of Painite had been found. The mineral is named after the man who discovered it, Arthur C. D. Pain. Painite varies in colour between red brown and pink. It has no special use.
Majorite This mineral was discovered in Western Australia in 1970. It has
also been found in France and even on the moon. It varies in colour from yellow-brown to purple-red. It is used in jewellery.
Boleite This mineral was discovered around 100 years ago in California in a region called Boleo, hence the name. It can be anything from indigo to deep blue. Boleite is of interest to collectors because of its unusual chemical properties and crystal
structure. It is often used to make jewellery.
Benotoite This crystal was discovered in San Benito, California, USA, and described for the first time by George D. Louderback. The colour varies between sapphire blue and an opaque colour scale that runs from white to pink. Benotoite is relatively expensive and it is used in exclusive jewellery.
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VISITORS WERE VERY INTERESTED IN C-REX
COMBI WEAR PARTS AT OPEN DAYS IN ZAANDAM On the 10th and 11th of June, Geha Laverman opened the doors of their facilities to invited guests. Customers and relatives to the employees were able to see the wide range of products and services that Geha Laverman offers to the market. It was an opportunity for the visitors to witness the machine halls and to see what the operators can do with a plate of Hardox steel. Many visitors were impressed to see how easy it seemed to be to cut a plate of thickness 100 mm. Suppliers to Geha Laverman also contributed with displays and representatives willing to present their products for an impressive audience coming from The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Sweden.
Combi Wear Parts, a supplier to Geha Laverman
Geha Lavermann is the Combi Wear Parts reseller in The Netherlands, a partnership established in 1999, at that time between GEHA and Componenta Wear Parts. “Today the portfolio is very much different and today Geha Laverman not only offers wear parts produced by Combi Wear Parts, they also offer complete lips with welded adapters ready to be installed on excavator and wheel loader buckets. This makes life much easier for customers who need to refurbish their buckets,” says Peter Kulik at Combi Wear Parts.
Great interest for C-REX At the open days, Combi Wear Parts representative, Peter Kulik, presented Combi Wear Parts’ latest wear parts system, C-REX, for the visitors. In order to make the display authentic they presented
a bucket made in Hardox and equipped with the C-REX system made by Combi Wear Parts’ partner, Winkelbauer in Austria. There was also a display where visitors could experience how easy it is to replace teeth on the C-REX adapters. “The interest in the new system was great and after the event we have received several enquiries and orders for new installations,” says Theo van Schie, General Manager. at Geha Laverman. “Geha Laverman was one of the first partners to sell the C-REX system and today there are several of their customers using it. The feedback has been very positive and we are very optimistic about the future sales development of C-REX,” says Peter Kulik.
Geha Laverman is today the largest Hardox wear parts centre in the world with more than 1,800 customers within many branches where there is a need for wear parts. Geha Laverman, with 60 experienced employees, does not only process wear parts from plate they also sell complete equipment such as crushers and screeners and casted wear parts, where Combi Wear Parts is one supplier.
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Most expensive blue diamond sold In May 2016, Oppenheimer Blue, the world's largest blue diamond, was sold by Christie's in Geneva. The price was a pretty hefty USD 57.5 million including fees and commissions.
World’s biggest gold deposit The world’s largest deposit of gold is in Witwatersrand Basin, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is sometimes claimed that half of all the gold ever mined comes from this region. To date, over 50,000 tonnes of gold has been extracted from the ground. From each tonne of gold ore you get an average of just 8 grams of gold, so an incredible amount of ore has been
mined over the years. Witwatersrand Basin is around 350 km long and 200 km wide. This is surely the deepest mine in the world. The mine goes to a depth of 3,600 metres, and drilling continues down to 4,600 metres. Some mines are so deep that it takes around two hours to get to the surface from the bottom of the mine, and just as long to get to work in the morning, of course.
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The 14.62 carat diamond is the most expensive of its kind in terms of colour and grade ever to have gone under the auctioneer's hammer. It was named after the mining magnate and former owner, Sir Philip Oppenheimer, whose family up until 2012 owned the De Beers diamond house. Significant interest was shown in the sale. A picture on Christie's Instagram account earned 2,000 likes. The origins of the diamond are not clear. The only certain fact is that it was mined somewhere in South Africa, probably in the early 1900s in one of De Beers’ mines.
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Swedish companies behind Olympic medals You must have noticed that the Olympics took place last summer. But did you give a thought about the actual medals? Let's start with what's on them. On one side is the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, and the Acropolis and the Parthenon, and on the other side is the Olympic emblem surrounded by laurels. The prestigious assignment of developing an embossing tool to produce the medals went to the Swedish company, Uddeholm. The embossing tool is made of special tool and has to meet very strict demands in terms of durability. For this year's Olympics a total of 812 gold medals, 812 silver medals and 864 bronze medals were manufactured. Each medal weighs half a kilogram. The medals were made by the Brazilian Mint. So were did the medals end up? Here are the top five nations: 1. USA: 46 gold, 37 silver, 38 bronze. Total 121 medals. 2. UK: 27 gold, 23 silver, 17 bronze. Total 67 medals. 3. China: 26 gold, 18, silver, 26 bronze. Total 70 medals 4. Russia: 19 gold, 18 silver, 19 bronze. Total 56 medals. 5. Germany: 17 gold, 10 silver, 15 bronze. Total 42 medals.
Brinell method In an earlier newsletter (number 4) we explained how we use the Brinell method to measure the hardness of our products. The Brinell method can of course be used for other purposes than measuring our wear parts. Often, for example, we do a simple test out in the field to determine the hardness of material in the ground. We rub a stone against a small mirror. If the material causes scratches on the mirror, then we know that the stone has a hardness of at least 500 Brinell. That will mean extra wear on the teeth, which in turn will mean more frequent changes. It can be very useful to know how many spare parts must be kept in stock. 11
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The answer to the riddle Each truck must have the same number of barrels (7), so it is only the total weight of sand that needs to be divided up. The sand is divided over (7 full + 3.5 half full) 10.5 barrel loads, which
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means 3.5 barrel loads per truck. We can do it this way: truck number one has 3 full barrels, 1 half full barrel and 3 empty barrels; truck number two is
loaded the same as truck number one; and the final truck is loaded with the remaining barrels, i.e. 1 full barrel, 5 half-full barrels and 1 empty barrel.