Technical Handbooks
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To purchase any of the technical handbooks below please call +44 (0)115 945 3880 or email lyn.bryden@quarrying.org for more details.
Crushing and Screening
£25.00 + P&P
Revised edition
(Ken Rothery & Steven Mellor 2007 pp268)
The first edition of this handbook, 'An Introduction to Crushing and Screening', written by Steve Mellor, has been thoroughly revised by Ken Rothery, a senior engineer who worked for one of the major aggregate producers for many years. Ken has used his experience of designing and commissioning crushing and screening plant to comprehensively review, up-date and extend the introductory text.
All of the latest technical innovations are described and the very important issues of health and safety in the working environment of a processing plant are fully addressed and up-dated to the date of publication. Much more information is given upon the performance, capacity and maintenance of crushing and screening equipment and advise is given upon obtaining full utilisation of processing plant and identifying faults. Finally, a new chapter is devoted to 'recycled aggregates'.
The contents of the sixteen chapters of 'Crushing and Screening' are described below;
CRUSHING
Chapter 1 - The principles of breaking rocks and theories of breakage and energy consumption.
Chapter 2 - Compression crushers including jaw, gyratory, cone and roll crushers.
Chapter 3 - Hammer mills and vertical and horizontal shaft impactors.
Chapter 4 - Grinding mills including edge-runner, rod and ball mills.
SCREENING
Chapter 5 - The principles of screening.
Chapter 6 - Types of screening machine including static, vibrating and rotary screens.
Chapter 7 - Types and applications of screening surfaces.
Chapter 8 - Advice upon efficient screening practice.
FEEDING MACHINERY
Chapter 9 - Belt, vibrating, paddle and other types of feeders.
Chapter 10 - Blenders and bin-discharge devices.
SYSTEM CONTROL
Chapter 11 - Automation of crushing and screening plant.
Chapter 12 - Health and safety aspects of operation and maintenance of crushing and screening plant.
Chapter 13 - Management of crushing and screening operations.
PLANT SELECTION AND LAYOUT
Chapter 14- Selection of process equipment.
Chapter 15 - Layout of crushing and screening plants.
Chapter 16 - Crushing and screening plant for recycling.
CRUSHING & SCREENING VIDEO
A video which complements this handbook by providing moving images of all types of crushers and screens commonly found in quarries producing aggregates is also available.
Running time: 12 minutes
Format: VHS PAL
MOBILE PLANT VIDEO AND DVD
This video is intended to illustrate textbooks, technical talks and three teaching units of the University of Derby diploma course ( Loading at the face, Scrapers and Dumptrucks ) by providing moving images of the most common types of mobile equipment found in quarries producing aggregates. It should be useful for training students and newly recruited plant operators and trainee managers, for induction talks and informing visitors to quarries.
Running time: 25 minutes
Format: VHS PAL AND DVD
The cost for each video is £30 + VAT, plus £2.00 p&p in the UK, £3.50 in ROI & Europe and £5.00 worldwide.
To order telephone +44 (0)115 945 3880
Sand and Gravel Production
£35.00 + p&p
(Andrew Littler and Stephen Millburn. 2007. pp 212.)
'Sand and Gravel Production' was first published in 1990 and proved to be the most popular handbook having sold nearly 2000 copies. It was revised and up-dated by Andy Littler, the original author, in 2001. The principal changes related to ripping, wet working by hydraulic excavators, scrubbers and log-washers, bucket wheel classifiers and de-slimers, control of classifiers and filter presses.
In 2007, Stephen Millburn, national production manager with a major operating company, up-dated the cost data, extended the discussion of silt treatment and water recovery and added a chapter on 'manufactured sand'.
The contents of the revised edition of 'Sand and Gravel Production' are described below;
WINNING SAND AND GRAVEL
Chapter 1 - Removal and replacement of soils and overburden.
Chapter 2 - Dry working using draglines, hydraulic excavators, scrapers, bulldozer-rippers, wheeled loaders and field conveyors.
Chapter 3 - Wet working using draglines, long reach excavators and dredgers with discussion of pump selection and pipeline transport.
Chapter 4 - Layout and plans for working land-based deposits.
GRAVEL TREATMENT
Chapter 5 - Gravel washing plants; washing and scrubbing barrels, oversize rejection and removal of deleterious components.
SAND PROCESSING
Chapter 6 - Preparation and screening; log washers, attrition scrubbers and screening
Chapter 7 - Classification of sand by free settling, hindered settling classifiers, elutruators and hydrocyclones.
Chapter 8 - Removal of slimes (clays) and dewatering of wet sand products.
Chapter 9 - Devices for the removal of deleterious materials such as clays, lignite, chalk, pyrites and shell.
Chapter 10 - Manufactured sand.
MARINE AGGREGATES
Chapter 11 - Dredging and processing of marine aggregates.
Sand and Gravel Planning and Restoration
(Andrew Littler. 1990. pp 160.) Withdrawn from sale
This text examines both the planning process affecting an operation and the work involved in returning the site to an acceptable form of after-use. The demand for sand and gravel within the British industry, along with specifications and operating costs are also given. Finally chapters on sand and gravel geology, exploration, land acquisition and rating complete the picture. This book along with 'Sand and Gravel Production', covers all sand and gravel supply related activities.
Health and Safety Law in Quarries
£35.00 + P&P
(E. Darlow 2007 pp328)
The first edition of this book, published in 1991, was written by Trevor King who was involved in quarry management before joining the Mines and Quarries Inspectorate where he became Senior Inspector of Quarries.
Since 1991 the legislation related to quarrying has changed significantly with the introduction of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and the Quarry Regulations 1999 amongst others. Thus, the book was completely rewritten by Eric Darlow who, at his retirement, was Head of HM Inspectorate of Quarries. By 2007, changes and new legislation required that the textbook be revised again to include, for example, new legislations on noise, working at heights, vibration and corporate manslaughter.
Legislation upon occupational health and safety applies in all sectors of the quarrying industry often presenting managers and other responsible persons with difficulties of interpretation. Thus, the object of this book is to present the main points of the current legislation applying to quarries in a readable form starting with a brief history of legislation and enforcement.
The present laws are then presented, not in date order, but according to the impact of the Act or Regulation upon the everyday working of a quarry beginning with those having the broadest scope for example the Health & Safety at Work etc Act and COSHH. The text continues by discussing more specific legislation such as RIDDOR, Confined Spaces Regulations and Pressure Systems concluding with a review of less frequently encountered laws and regulations industries associated with quarrying. The discussionof each piece of legislation makes reference to the relevant Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance where these exist and is illustrated by examples of court rulings. Numerous references to publications by the Health & Safety Executive and commercial publishers are provided for those needing more advice and guidance.
Chapters in the handbook address all of the legislation related to quarries and many associated activities as summerised below;
HISTORY
Chapter 1 - A brief history of the law
chapter 2 - The influence of European legislation and the European Union.
Chapter 3 - The history of enforcement and the Inspectorate
STRUCTURE OF LEGISLATION
Chapter 4 - The statutory framework of legislation, the role of Parliament and the hierarchy of Acts, Regulations and Guidance.
CURRENT LEGISLATION
Chapter 5 - The Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Chapter 6 - Regulations made under the HSWA; the 'Six pack' comprising Management Regulations, PPE, DSE, PUWER, Workplace and Manual Handling, plus the Supply of Machinery Regulations and Working at Height.
Chapter 7 - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 2002, 2003 and 2004
Chapter 8 - Quarries Regulations 1999
Chapter 9 - The Noise at Work Regulations 2005
Chapter 10 - The Electricity at Work Regulations
Chapter 11 - Confined Spaces, Lifting and Lifting /Equipment (LOLER), Borehole Sites and Operations, Ionising Radiation Regulations.
Chapter 12 - RIDDOR, First Aid, Safety Signs, Health and Safety Information, Safety Representatives Regulations and Control of Vibration.
Chapter 13 - Construction (Design and Management), Storage of Explosives, Gas Safety and Pressure Systems Regulations.
Chapter 14 - Additional legislation particularly to do with explosives, railways and protection of the environment.
Chapter 15 - Legislation relating to land-filling and concrete products manufacture.
Chapter 16 - Corporate Manslaughter
Chapter 17 - An introduction to the increasingly important occupational disease of stress.
A Dictionary of Quarrying Terms
£23.00 + p&p
(Roy Sheppard. 1992. pp 192.)
A comprehensive guide to the expressions found in the range of subjects covered by the Institute's Professional Examination, namely: quarrying operations, quarry engineering, safety and legislation; along with aspects of management and administration. Terms relating to mechanical and electrical practice, geology and surveying as well as concrete and asphalt technology are also included. An appendix provides mathematical formulae, SI units, conversion factors and data of day-to-day use to those employed in the industry.
The Use of Explosives in Quarrying
£25.00 + P&P
(Terry White & Phil Robinson. 1995. pp 212.)
OUT OF PRINT
Provides a source of reference for those wishing to gain an understanding of the use of explosives in quarries of differing rock types. The geological and geotechnical factors which influence blasting practice are considered as well as the types of explosives and their application. Environmental effects, flyrock, and the UK legislative safety requirements are considered in an interpretation of the requirements of The (Quarries) Explosives Regulations 1988 and related guidance.
To be revised in 2008.
Environmental Management
£35 + P&P
(Edited by Dr MR Smith & Dr MS Watkins. 2007)
This completely new title was produced during 2004 in response to the increasing concern of the general public over the potential environmental impacts of the quarrying industry and to assist the operating companies in mitigating these impacts and creating good relations with the local community.
The handbook comprises fourteen chapters, each written by an expert(s) in his/her field, which cover all the potential environmental impacts in terms of causes, science, mitigation, sources of guidance and advice and relevant legislation.
The comprehensive nature of the handbook is indicated by the titles of the chapters which are; Environmental Management Systems; The Protection and Management of Water Resources; Air Quality; Impacts, Monitoring and Controls; Traffic; Identification, Assessment and Mitigation of Visual Impacts due to Quarrying; Environmental effects of Quarry Blasting; Environmental Noise; Biodiversity; Geological Conservation; Waste Management; Energy Management; Archaeology; Contaminated Land and Recycling - Aggregates from a Sustainable Source.
The handbook was thoroughly revised and reprinted as the second edition in 2007.
Asphalt Production
£35 + P&P
(D.E. Jervis. 2005)
New Title
Chapters in this handbook cover the basic principles of mixing and applications of bituminous materials, the design, erection and operation of asphalt (coating) plant including important aspects of safety and environmental control