Bulk material handling equipment is an investment, it’s a large expense, and its useful life is often measured in decades. But what happens when that useful life comes to an end after 40 years of service, and there is no capex budget for a replacement? That's when H&P steps in to help you rehabilitate aging equipment for a longer future of material handling. H&P will help customers to progressively replace equipment components to return aging machinery back to its original specs.
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The European Union plans to turn heavily towards using renewable energy in order to reduce emissions by 80 percent before 2050. They are focused on reaching this goal, not just through the use of solar and wind but also wood pellets. In numerous European countries, the use of wood pellets to produce electricity is becoming more commonplace. Pellets are a by-product made from the sawdust, bark, chips and other pieces of scrap wood that are generated by the processing of trees into lumber. The pieces are milled, dried and pressed into a pellet shape, and the lignin in the wood plasticizes to form a natural glue that allows a pellet to remain in one piece.
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An all-too-painful truth is that bulk material handling equipment breaks down over time, and whenever it occurs, it's almost always costly. The most common problems that lead to breakdowns are actually quite preventable. They include improper maintenance, overrunning a machine's capability, not replacing worn parts, poor electrical connections, and even operation by untrained personnel or not consulting the operator manual. Almost all mean that someone has ignored the warning signs of an impending stoppage. These problems account for most of the breakdowns seen in the field, and all are avoidable by taking some simple precautions.
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Electricity has been generated at power stations since 1882, and the first such plants ran on water or coal. Over 130 years later, the modern world mainly relies on coal, nuclear, natural gas, petroleum, hydroelectric and biomass, with a small amount from wind, solar, tidal and geothermal sources. The process of powering by electricity is known as electrification, and like these methods of power generation, it is usually associated with a change in a power source from one form to another.
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Coal-fired power plants continue to be the largest source of electricity generation in the United States, but their market share is declining. About 15 percent of the coal-fired capacity currently active is expected to be retired by 2040. Existing coal plants that have undergone environmental equipment retrofits will continue to operate throughout the projection, with natural gas, renewables and nuclear power steadily growing in the years to come. The American energy mix is changing, and the U.S. can learn from growing pains occurring on foreign soil.
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Electricity drives our nation’s economy and powers smart technologies that enhance our quality of life. Today, the electric power industry is a robust industry that contributes to the progress of our nation. America’s electric companies pay billions of dollars in tax revenue, employ nearly 400,000 workers, provide a variety of public service programs to benefit the local communities they serve, and produce one of our most valuable commodities — electricity.
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