Conveyor belt cleaning at the highest level. The PUCEST head scraper is a key component for conveyor belt cleaning, as it removes adhering material directly at the head drum. It is extremely wear-resistant, gentle on the belt, and easy to install. Thanks to its flexibility, it adapts perfectly to the conveyor belt, thus ensuring an extended service life for the system. Smart addition: Even wear protection components eventually experience their own wear. Therefore, as wear increases, the PUCEST head scraper can be retensioned in just a few steps, so that the contact area and scraping pressure remain constant, and thus also the cleaning performance. Meanwhile, the patent-pending PUCEST bottom belt scraper roller ensures efficiency under the belt. It was specially developed for cleaning the bottom belt. Consisting of a drive, shaft, and flexible scraper blades, the latter ensure thorough and belt-friendly cleaning and reliable material removal, while the roller is actively motor-driven and operates against the direction of travel of the conveyor belt. The flexible lamellae adapt perfectly to the conveyor belt, and the individual rings can be replaced at any time if needed. The wiper roller is available for all common belt widths, making it a versatile solution for conveyor belt cleaning. Thanks to the durable PUCEST material, the bottom belt wiper roller offers a long service life and particularly gentle belt cleaning.

Mehrtec is ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. At the start of the new year, Mehrtec GmbH is sending a clear signal for quality, structure, and responsibility: Our company has been successfully certified according to **ISO 9001 (Quality Management System)** and **ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System)**. For us, these certifications are not merely a seal of approval, but an expression of our core values. At Mehrtec, quality and responsible business practices should not depend on chance, individuals, or project sizes, but rather be systematically embedded. The **ISO 9001 certification** confirms that our work processes are clearly defined, transparent, and continuously monitored. For our customers, this means reliable processes, consistently high quality, and professional, predictable collaboration. With the **ISO 14001 certification**, we are firmly integrating environmental and resource issues into our daily business operations. We consciously consider the use of energy and materials, identify environmental aspects early on, and continuously improve our processes – not because of trends, but out of a sense of responsibility. For existing customers, the certifications provide added security and stability. New customers gain clear guidance: Mehrtec works in a structured manner, takes responsibility, and thinks long-term. Successful certification is a joint team effort and, at the same time, the foundation for our further development. In the future, we will continue to review and optimize our processes – for the benefit of our customers and the environment. **Mehrtec GmbH – Quality with a system. Responsibility with foresight.**

The CCube field service and asset management platform is deployed worldwide and forms a central basis for inspection, maintenance, and service processes – from the mining and raw materials industries to cement production and conveying and processing technology. By switching to Gomocha's technological platform, REMA TIP TOP ensures that CCube will meet the increasing demands of the industry in the long term while also being flexibly adaptable to the specific local characteristics of markets and facilities. The global rollout of CCube in cooperation with Gomocha has already begun and will continue gradually in the coming months. “With Gomocha as a partner, we are laying the foundation to take our service business to the next level worldwide and efficiently manage complex service requirements across national borders. This also gives our subsidiaries greater flexibility in their daily operations, while we benefit from uniform standards, high data security, and economies of scale across the entire group. Together with Gomocha, we are developing CCube into a platform that not only increases efficiency in the mining and raw materials industry but also enables new digital business models for other sectors,” explains Dr.-Ing. Daniel Kasparek, Head of REMA Engineered Technologies at REMA TIP TOP. Martin Knook, CEO of Gomocha, adds: “We are delighted to be working with RTT on the continuous development of CCube. Our collaboration will help ensure that the platform remains adaptable to local needs, globally scalable, and forms a solid foundation for future digital services.” The collaboration aims to do more than just increase efficiency. The expanded platform will enable RTT to offer additional digital and AI-based services for predictive maintenance and automated documentation in the future, thereby opening up new sales channels.

The inspection process is simple and efficient: First, the conveyor belt is filmed with a standard smartphone, and the video is then uploaded via the REMA TIP TOP upload platform. The AI-powered software automatically detects cracks, defective joints, edge and surface damage, and other anomalies. The software then generates a detailed report, including a defect map with severity ratings, high-resolution images, and recommended actions. This provides users with a transparent, objective, and standardized evaluation that can be used for operational maintenance as well as for compliance and audit purposes. MCube CAM's recommendations are based on REMA TIP TOP's decades of expertise in mining and conveyor technology, which has been incorporated into the AI training and the software itself. “We have succeeded in making continuous conveyor belt monitoring as simple, accurate, and cost-effective as possible. Since everyone carries a smartphone these days, plant operators incur no additional costs for purchasing expensive maintenance equipment to use MCube CAM. With MCube CAM, AI image analysis replaces the visual inspection often performed by individuals,” explains Dr.-Ing. Daniel Kasperek, Head of REMA Engineered Technologies at REMA TIP TOP. MCube CAM is suitable for all types of conveyor belts – from overhead and pipe conveyors to long main and transport belts, as well as inclined and downward conveyors. The product can therefore be used in many industries, such as mining, the building materials and recycling industries, and logistics providers. MCube CAM offers clear advantages, especially in hard-to-reach or enclosed areas: Manual inspections are reduced, employee safety is increased, and damage is detected early, before it leads to costly downtime.

Rhein-Plast – Containment from a single source. From film extrusion to the finished containment packaging. Everything from one source. Rhein-Plast has been manufacturing continuous film systems for containment applications since the turn of the millennium. In subsequent years, the product portfolio was successively expanded to include other containment packaging, such as transfer bags, to offer our customers the widest possible selection to solve their challenges. The best price-performance ratio in the industry. Our packaging is suitable for use in the continuous filling lines of all manufacturers and can be individually adapted to your requirements. All our continuous film systems can be used in the same way as those of our competitors. For the protection of the environment and health. With its containment packaging, Rhein-Plast offers the ideal products to meet the strictly controlled requirements of the REACH Regulation up to OEB Class 6.

Die kontinuierliche Überwachung des Zustands der Komponenten ist entscheidend, um katastrophale Ausfälle von Förderanlagen zu verhindern. Die möglichen Schäden, die durch einen Komponentenausfall verursacht werden können, reichen von keinen bis hin zu sehr schweren Konsequenzen. Förderanlagen benötigen eine benutzerfreundliche Möglichkeit zur Überwachung des Zustands der Förderkomponenten. Rulmeca Monitoring System (RMS) ist die revolutionäre Lösung von Rulmeca zur Fernüberwachung von Förderkomponenten. Das Konzept ist einfach: Das Förderband wird mit einem Überwachungssystem ausgestattet, das in der Lage ist, Ausfälle zu erkennen und dem Endnutzer einfache Informationen über den Zustand der Komponenten bereitzustellen. Das Rulmeca Monitoring System (RMS) ist ein integriertes System, das entwickelt wurde, um die Produktivität einer Förderanlage zu steigern.

Kaeser completes its blower product portfolio with the BBC and FBC series. These compact rotary blowers are ready to connect with integrated mains power supply equipment and the proven Sigma Control 2 controller for comprehensive system monitoring and communication. Kaeser’s high-efficiency, energy-saving rotary blower range covers air deliveries from 2 to 72 m³/min at up to 1000 mbar gauge pressure and 500 mbar vacuum. Key applications for these blowers include pneumatic conveying and water treatment. "Ready-to-connect" means that the units are supplied complete with all sensors, controls and a choice of star-delta starter or variable speed drive. The complete system packages are CE and EMC certified, which means less work for both the operator and system provider when it comes to planning, installation, certification, documentation and commissioning, because the machines and the electrics are preconfigured and ready-adjusted at the factory. But that’s not all; these rotary blowers feature even more integrated intelligence: Highly effective broadband sound and pulsation damping ensure quiet operation at all times, which applies to both the machine and the pipework. The blower block with its proven Omega profile rotors significantly enhances operational reliability and uptime, whilst adaptive compression reduces energy consumption, and long bearing life minimises maintenance costs. Moreover, space-saving component layout results in an exceptionally compact footprint. Also, as these blowers have been designed to allow all service work to be carried out from the front of the unit, it is possible with star-delta equipped models to install several blowers side by side. Components such as control valves and exhaust silencers, which would normally be installed externally, are already integrated.

In many sand, gravel and bulk material plants, warehousing and loading processes are still largely manual. A lack of transparency and inaccurate inventory data lead to waiting times, inefficient transfers and unnecessary production orders. Two established providers – Sachtleben Technology, a specialist in sensor-based material detection, and Axians IAS, a provider of digital plant logistics solutions – have now entered into a strategic partnership and are addressing this challenge with an integrated solution that makes real-time data on material availability available for the automated control of loading processes. Sachtleben's OWL EYE® system uses LiDAR sensors to continuously measure the volume of stockpiles and record material flow on conveyor belts. This material inventory and flow data is retrieved in real time via an API from Axians IAS's VAS® Yard Management, where it forms the basis for automated decisions, such as selecting the loading point with the highest fill level or controlling loading with pinpoint accuracy. ‘The combination of continuous material inventory tracking and intelligent logistics control shows how digitalisation creates concrete added value in the building materials industry,’ says Quirin Krauss, Managing Director of Sachtleben Technology GmbH. For Marc Graner, Managing Director of Axians IAS, the collaboration with Sachtleben Technology demonstrates the importance of integration with partner companies: ‘Thanks to our partner integration, we can access additional valuable data and thus further automate and optimise our customers' processes.’ The solution is scalable and suitable for both large and medium-sized plants. Initial projects are already running successfully at leading building materials manufacturers. The combination of automatic material inventory recording and digitised plant logistics offers great potential for use in other areas such as management dashboards, automated production planning and just-in-time loading.

On 5 November, Sachtleben Technology was honoured to receive the Schleswig-Holstein 2025 Digitalisation Award. The award, worth €15,000, was presented by Dirk Schrödter, Minister for Digitalisation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. This recognition shows that our courage to change, our passion for technology and our shared team spirit are truly paying off. Our sincere thanks go to Digitalisation Minister Dirk Schrödter for this wonderful award and his commitment to digitalisation, to our team for their tireless efforts, to our partners for their trusting cooperation, and to the jury for recognising our project. Picture: © Staatskanzlei.SH

Whether agricultural logistics, grain trading, compound feed production or agricultural consulting - Lippe Agrar Handelsgesellschaft mbH is an established agricultural trading company offering a wide range of services. The premises are always bustling with activity - up to 50 vehicles are weighed every day. The weighing of the loaded and unloaded vehicles takes place at robust scales from Waagenbau Dohmen, with integrated W&M approved IT8000E weighing indicators provided by SysTec. Lippe Agrar has contracted Waagenbau Dohmen GmbH with the realization of new vehicle scales with SysTec weighing electronics IT8000E. At two locations of the agricultural trading company, vehicles are weighed that are loaded and unloaded with agricultural goods. The goal is that the new scales, in combination with existing silos and new silos to be built, enable largely automated vehicle loading and driver-operated weighing. Efficient weighing processes and robust weighing electronics are important to ensure productivity of agricultural logistics. SysTec’s W&M approved weighing indicator IT8000E has proven itself in vehicle scale applications and offers great flexibility when connecting load cells or weighbridges. The compact and robust design with tight stainless steel housing allows the use even under difficult operating conditions. With the TRUCK/ONLINE E application software, SysTec offers many useful standard components for vehicle weighing. In addition, the terminal can be customized to adapt it to the requirements of a specific project thanks to the inherent free programmability with RTC WIN and multiple interface options.

Four years on, a revisit to the Italian wood panel specialist FANTONI reveals how a partnership with STEINERT enabled a new global benchmark: furniture-grade MDF with over 70% recycled content in its core. For nearly 150 years, FANTONI S.p.A. has been a benchmark in producing engineered wood products like Medium-Density Fibreboard (MDF). Four years after commissioning one of Europe’s most advanced sorting facilities, a revisit to their headquarters confirms the lasting success of a truly visionary project. Where many in the industry struggle to achieve 15-20% recycled content, enabled by STEINERT, FANTONI now routinely produces premium MDF panels with up to 70% recycled material in their core layers. The facility processes approximately 450,000 tonnes of recycled wood annually, a testament to a bold engineering vision that has redefined what is possible in sustainable manufacturing. Beyond Wood Waste: A Truly Circular Model Perhaps FANTONI's most significant breakthrough is pioneering a process that recycles not just post-consumer wood, but end-of-life MDF panels themselves. "We can also use waste MDF again in the process, which is very important because recycling MDF itself is a known problem," explains Marco Fantoni. This creates a truly circular production model where today's furniture becomes tomorrow's raw material. The Path Forward FANTONI's facility demonstrates that achieving 70% recycled content in premium wood panels requires proven technology and engineering excellence. As regulatory requirements increasingly drive demand for recycled content, this approach offers a roadmap for the industry's sustainable future—proving that environmental responsibility and market leadership can advance together.

CHALLENGE With a total processing capacity of 300,000 tons each year, including over 100,000 tons of commercial waste, Hufnagel Service is a European center for innovative waste treatment. With the global trend toward increasingly stringent recycling regulations, Marc Hufnagel, the company’s Managing Director, knew that Hufnagel would need to continue to build on its history of innovation to keep up. “It was important for us to meet the requirement of the new German commercial waste ordinance, it was most important that we were able to hit the required reuse and recycling rates as best we can.” With a wide variety of materials in the company’s waste flow, Hufnagel tested his material at STEINERT’s test plant to ensure his new facility was optimized for high-quality sorting of many different materials. RESULTS Depending on the input material and market conditions, the Hufnagel company decides which products to recover from the waste flow. The UniSort PR is used to separate polyolefin and other 3D plastics and to separate the fraction containing paper and cardboard, helping Hufnagel achieve a purity of up to 95%. “It is important to us that we can manufacture sorted products to a quality level that means they can be integrated into the circular economy well and on a sustained basis, and thanks to the STEINERT units that we use we feel very well-equipped for the future,” Hufnagel says.

Sieving Machines Rocky DEM can simulate Screen sieves and the real shapes of the rocks they separate. Virtual sieve modifications allow to design more efficient machines, which better separate coarse and fine particles of iron ore and ensure better operability.