Germany-based equipment maker earns awards in Germany and the U.S. for its mobile crushers’ design features.

Crushing and screening equipment maker Kleemann, part of the Windhagen, Germany-based Wirtgen Group, says it has been honored with “two internationally renowned design awards” pertaining to its EVO2 jaw and cone crushers.

“With these awards, Kleemann has once again demonstrated its innovative strength,” says the company regarding its German Design Award and United States-based Good Design Award honors.

Continues the company, “The mobile jaw crusher MobiCat MC 110(i) EVO2 [and] the mobile cone crusher MobiCone MCO 90(i) EVO2 belong to the new EVO2 generation. Deployed as a linked combination of plants or individually, both crushers were designed to meet economic, ergonomic and ecological requirements, which, together with consistent stylistic elements, ultimately led to a design worthy of the awards.”

In Germany, Kleemann says the cross-industrial German Design Award “counts as one of the most prestigious international awards in the design scene.” According to a German Design Award jury, the jaw crusher MobiCat MC 110(i) EVO2 “impressed with its compact, progressive design, which perfectly meets the demands for power and performance, modern technology and ergonomics, internally and externally.”

In the U.S., the Good Design Award judges have awarded the MobiCat MC 110(i) EVO2 and the Mobicone MCO 90(i) EVO2. “The award-winning products must not only have extraordinary designs and aesthetics but, above all, demonstrate innovative strength, functionality and energy efficiency,” states Kleemann. “In the category Industry Design, the powerful design of the new crushing plants also impressed in this area in the U.S.”

The company says the HC Lift Deck is its solution to maintenance dilemmas faced by transfer station operators nationwide.

Fairbanks Scales Inc., a scale and weighing equipment company based in Overland Park, Kansas, has announced the launch of the HC Lift Deck modular truck scales, a truck weighing solution for waste transfer applications.   

Fairbanks says the HC Lift Deck is its solution to maintenance dilemmas faced by transfer station operators nationwide. The HC Lift Deck’s weighing modules may be individually lifted and removed with a front loader or other lightweight lifting equipment. Recalibrating the scale also isn’t required when a module is set back in place. Simply reset the module and get right back to weighing.   

Some of the features and benefits that the scales offer include: 

a removable deck for timely access to clean and maintain pits;  

a dual remote display so loader operators can distribute the load evenly in trailers while maximizing each load before leaving the tunnel;  

narrow modules to ensure each tire has its own scale platform and to keep the weight manageable so each platform can be removed using simple equipment;   

self-centering cones that allow the decks to be reset in place without any additional tools and to ensure no need for resetting the calibration;  

remotely located electronics that keep the electronics out of the pit, preventing rodents and trash contamination from damaging them and making cleanout easier; and  

customizable configurations to accommodate the different truck/trailers used at a facility, but with a minimal amount of scale surface area to keep maintenance and cleaning as efficient as possible. 

The company offers three new -7 Series wheel loaders in the United States and Canada. 

Doosan Infracore North America, Suwanee, Georgia, has launched three models of its -7 Series wheel loaders in the United States and Canada. These new 200-size-class machines include many of the same features as the larger models and are now available at Doosan dealerships.  

Similar to the -7 Series wheel loaders launched in spring 2021, this next generation of Doosan wheel loaders offers redesigned cabs with comfort features, increased bucket capacities and fuel-saving technologies.   

The three new models include the DL200-7, DL220-7 and DL250-7. The company says they are smaller than the models launched last year. They have standard bucket capacities between 2.6 and 3.3 cubic yards. All three new models are available with a high-lift option for additional dump height and reach.  

“We’re excited to offer a -7 Series iteration of our popular 200 size class wheel loaders in North America,” says Aaron Kleingartner, product and dealer marketing manager, Doosan Infracore North America. “These are among our most popular wheel loader models because of their versatility. It’s quite common for customers with these machines to purchase a hydraulic quick coupler for fast and easy attachment changes.”  

Each model of the -7 Series wheel loader can be equipped with an optional Transparent Bucket, a Doosan-exclusive technology that offers a supplemental view from a monitor inside the cab to improve operator visibility and productivity. The Transparent Bucket has two cameras with protective guarding, one mounted high and one mounted low on the front of the machine.   

“We anticipate that the Transparent Bucket will be a popular option for our Doosan -7 Series wheel loaders,” Kleingartner says. “Another new technology available in our newest Doosan wheel loaders is Situation Awareness Technology (SAT). The technology helps save fuel by automatically adjusting the engine output in real-time to the needs of the drivetrain and hydraulics. It lowers fuel consumption without reducing performance.”   

According to a news release from Doosan, the smaller models are most commonly used on construction sites, specifically for loading, grading and site prep work. They’re also operated in scrap and recycling applications where they may be paired with a grapple attachment for handling bulk materials. Grounds maintenance companies often prefer this size of wheel loader for clearing parking lots with a snow pusher or a bucket for placing snow in trucks for removal.  

For more information about the wheel loaders, click here. 

The company and its subsidiary have been accused of failing to pay its nonexempt employees' overtime compensation. 

Clean Harbors, an environmental and industrial services provider based in Norwell, Massachusetts, and its subsidiary Safety Kleen, Richardson, Texas, have been accused of violating the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  

A federal class-action lawsuit, filed by The Samuel Law Firm in New York in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that the national environmental services provider Safety-Kleen and Clean Harbors knowingly failed to pay nonexempt employees' overtime compensation.   

According to the allegations contained in the 36-page complaint, the eight named plaintiffs worked as Safety-Kleen sales and service representatives in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey during various periods from 2010 to the present. The employees staffed household hazardous waste collection events for Clean Harbors on weekends, typically working significantly more than 40 hours per week, but were not paid overtime compensation.   

According to the 10-count complaint, the defendants allegedly failed to pay the two New York-based plaintiffs "spread-of-hours" compensation, required under New York Labor Law, for daily shifts lasting longer than 10 hours. The lawsuit further alleges that the employees were not provided with proper wage notices or weekly wage statements.   

The lawsuit also claims that Clean Harbors and Safety Kleen failed to keep accurate and sufficient time records or supply them to employees. Both companies also allegedly did not provide information explaining minimum wage and overtime pay rights by the FLSA.   

The 10-count class action complaint requests a compensatory award of unpaid overtime, minimum wage and spread-of-hours pay, back pay, statutory and liquidated damages, interest rate and attorney fees.   

Despite these claims, both companies maintain they meet FLSA laws.  

“Our company always seeks to comply with all state, federal and local employment laws and rules,” says James Buckley, the senior vice president of investor relations and corporate communications. “We work hard to pay our employees exactly what they are owed under the law.”  

Buckley adds that the company hasn’t been formally served yet and cannot comment or rebut any of the specific allegations in this lawsuit.  

EDITOR'S NOTE: Recycling Today Media Group has reached out to The Samuel Law Firm for additional information and comment on the lawsuit.

Equipment maker says its My Komatsu data hub provides useful insight to heavy equipment fleet operators of many brands.

Komatsu America, headquartered in Chicago, says with its “comprehensive” digital hub, My Komatsu, equipment fleet operators can get “easy-to-interpret visual analyses of data collected from numerous sources displayed on easy-to-read dashboards.”

The equipment maker says the feature was designed to answer the question: What if you could monitor the health of your entire mixed-equipment fleet from one dashboard, receive maintenance alerts on your phone, and order parts without searching through manuals?

My Komatsu, says the firm, can pull data from Komtrax, Komtrax Plus, ISO API 15143-3 (AEMP 2.0) data from other OEMs, or other direct data sources and provide “powerful analytics to help you manage your fleet and drive your business” without managing multiple IDs and passwords.

“Komatsu understands that our customers are busy and expect technology to be easy to use,” says Matthew Beinlich, director of digital support solutions for Komatsu. “Starting today, our customers can get the most important telematics data, such as location, hours, fuel consumption, idle ratio and production, from My Komatsu for many of the other brands of equipment they may operate. Enter the ISO 15143-3 API credentials for those brands into My Komatsu once, and you’ll no longer need to log into each OEM’s system separately each day.”

According to Komatsu, the system has been designed to quickly view and manage data on one dashboard, receive maintenance alerts and order part, troubleshoot to help minimize downtime, monitor for theft and unauthorized use, benchmark machine performance, track fuel consumption and manage fuel efficiency, and access data anytime

More information about My Komatsu and how it works can be found here.