Last month, the much-anticipated Statue of Liberty Museum opened on Liberty Island, just steps away from the national landmark. New Jersey-based Phelps Construction Group constructed the 26,000-sq.-ft. building on an aggressive schedule and within the $70 million budget set by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.
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Weighing under 2 lbs., light enough to carry all day, and sized for a variety of indoor or yard duty, the DT380CR and DT380Q tablets have IP65 and MIL-STD-810G ratings for military-grade durability and seamless information capture-transmission. Hot-swappable batteries enable zero work interruptions—boosting productivity, while providing users an affordable rugged solution.
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Company’s redesigned High-5 model has a 43-in. frame, 10 inches shorter than predecessor model, making it better suited for plant or storage buildings with lower ceiling heights. Available in 8- to 24-ft. diameter sizes, the fan includes an updated mechanism to ease and speed installation: A clamp is placed over the beam and bolts are adjusted.
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Venturo Logic Controls (VLC) system provides overload protection, vehicle stability and grade indications, real-time load and status updates, safety alerts and wireless or CAN communication. These features keep operators on top of crane sequences and prevent potential damage to loads and injuries to job site crews.
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The Model BSD (belt speed detector) is a “traction action” motion control that indicates when a conveyor belt has slowed or quit moving altogether. The unit can be adjusted as an overspeed, underspeed, or zero speed control. The output of the Model BSD can be wired into a PLC or DCS, or to the optional RMS controller, which has a DP/DT relay to control up to two separate circuits, one for machinery shutdown and one for an alarm.
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Company has extended its Elastocolor product line of coatings to include Primer AR, an alkaline-resistant primer, and Texture, a high-build, textured coating. These two water-based products offer high performance for a variety of cementitious substrates in above-grade, new or previously coated concrete surface conditions.
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Company’s new Air Knocker, available in direct or indirect models, keeps sticky materials moving even if they are clinging to vessel walls.
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CathayGran inorganic, micro-granulated pigments for concrete masonry or hardscape units are produced with a new generation of spray-drying technology. The process yields free flowing, easy to handle, consistently graded granules that exhibit optimal dispersing characteristics in block or paver mixes. The CathayGran series spans the full spectrum of concrete-coloring pigments, all of which are processed at the highest purity possible.
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Elematic Oyj rode into the bauma 2019 trade fair, Munich, with a fifth generation plank and slab extruder sporting new compaction control, bouncing prevention and mix recycling mechanisms. The Extruder E9 sets what company engineers dub a new benchmark for high-speed casting at low operating costs. Equipped with an advanced touch screen user interface and added intelligence features, the machine is geared to offer a new level of user experience and the potential for significant material savings measured against predecessor models.
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Besser Co. has completed a decade-plus development of its next generation Servopac block & paver machines, delivering the newest and largest model to Bellevue, Wash.-based Mutual Materials Co., a top independent in concrete or clay masonry and hardscapes production.
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