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Automated Crushing

Published Thursday, January 01, 2009

Three years ago, Slusser Brothers, a large aggregate producer based in northeastern Pennsylvania, decided to update the crushing operation at its then newly acquired Pittston Township Quarry. The company was looking for a system that could operate efficiently around the clock, without close operator scrutiny. That was not going to be easy at the Pittston location, according to Paul Yankanich, Slusser Brothers operations manager. That quarry's particularly hard and abrasive graywacke sandstone yields aggregate that is oprated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for wear and skid-resistance. However, at the Pittston location, the sandstone had worn the ...

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