Crushers / Pulverizers / Shears News, Videos, and Information

Tue March 17, 2009

Cat B-Series Mobile Shears Feature New Jaw Design

Three new Cat B-Series mobile shears — S320B, S325B and S340B — round out the six-model lineup of Caterpillar designed shears. The new shears feature a redesigned lower jaw, wider jaw opening, new knife-retention system, new jaw-adjustment system, greater hydraulic power and boom or stick mounting options....

Tue July 08, 2008

Fecon Introduces New Tree Shears for Excavators

Fecon has added three new tree shears to its line of excavator attachments. Two models are designed for 12- to 18-ton (11 to 16 t) excavators with 15 to 20 gpm (56.8 to 75.7 Lpm) — the FBS1400EXC and the FBS1500EXC....

Wed August 16, 2006

Genesis XP Maxx Shears Offer Large Results From Small Body

Citing a demand from its customers for a shear that provides large-scale results on a smaller-class machine, Genesis has introduced its line of XP Maxx mobile shears. Genesis GXP 660 Maxx and GXP 990 Maxx shears provide power usually found in a shear that is one to two sizes larger, according to Shane Kuhlmey, Genesis’ national sales manager....

Wed March 15, 2000

Appetite for Destruction: Magnum Shears, Grapples Raze Steel Plant

In its heyday, the LTV Steel plant in downtown Pittsburgh, PA, represented about ten square miles of steel making facilities. However, changes in global and national economics, a growing reliance upon foreign steel and a push toward mini mills have collectively brought about the demise of the massive steel plant in America....