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APR 2014

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Last year, Coal Prep celebrated its 30 th anniversary. While it's difficult to keep an event with such a rich history fresh, the organizers strive each year to pull together a well-rounded educational program and 2014 is no exception. Working with the Coal Prep Society of America (CPSA), Penton has developed a technical program that spans much of the coal processing business. In addition to the technical program, Coal Prep also has one of the best annual exposi- tions in the coal business. Penton expects about 280 companies to showcase coal pro- cessing equipment and services. While that total number is about the same as last year, a little more than 10% of the companies will be new to Coal Prep this year. The numbers of international companies exhibiting at Coal Prep also continues to grow, with ven- dors from Australia, China, Germany, India, Israel, South Africa and the U.K. Last year, international attendance increased 17%, according to Penton, and that has had a positive impact for this year. To improve attendance figures, Penton instituted a new "qualified attendee" regis- tration program this year. Exhibit-only passes are an inexpensive way for anyone curious about the business to walk the floor and see the equipment. Many of those reg- istrants are not necessarily the profession- als that buy and specify equipment, which is who the exhibitors are trying to meet. This year, the qualified attendees will still be allowed to visit the exhibit for a nominal fee, while the non-qualified crowd will pay a slightly higher price. Coal Prep begins on Monday, April 28, with the very popular Intro to Coal Prep Workshop; it's one of five workshops scheduled for the week. Similar to last year, Penton is again partnering with the Kentucky Coal Association, which has its own program kicking off on Monday as well. On Tuesday morning, the show offi- cially opens with a keynote session. Over the course of the following three days, more than 16 coal processing professionals will deliver presentations in four technical ses- sions. In addition to the standard sessions and workshops, Penton is also offering a general session that combines information from Alpha Natural Resources' Running Right program with the American Coalition for Clean Coal Energy, which lobbies for continued strong coal use. The National Weighing & Sampling Association will also be on hand Tuesday to discuss their stan- dard and practices. Coal Prep also has a social aspect that allows peer-to-peer networking. There are a number of lunches and receptions sched- uled to accommodate those needs. The CPSA offers professional development hours to the professional engineers attending the general sessions. Penton is raffling a motor- cycle to create some extra enthusiasm for the exhibit area. Coal Age spoke with a num- ber of its advertisers and what follows is a synopsis of what an attendee can expect to see from the leading vendors. That is fol- lowed by the Coal Prep Exhibition in print, which offers a brief description of every exhibitor (as of press time). The Must-see Vendors With six subsidiaries that service the coal preparation sector, Elgin Equipment Group (Booth 423) will have a wide variety of products and services on display. Centrifugal & Mechanical Industries offers both vertical and horizontal screen-scroll and vibratory centrifuges. Centrifugal Services manufactures reconditioned cen- trifuge assemblies and rotary breakers. Coal Centrifuge Services provides after-market service and inspection for centrifuges. Tabor Machine manufactures screening machines, feeders, dewatering and sizing equipment for the coal industry. Norris Screen & Manufacturing builds high-quali- ty screens. The Clinch River Corp. is a full- service fabrication shop specializing in custom equipment for prep plants. Introducing its news HD-1500 (CEMA D+) and SDX-2200 (CEMA E+) conveyor idlers, Joy Global (Booth 1311) will demon- strate its ability to engineer conveying, crushing and loading applications for coal processing and preparation. Product experts will be available to discuss convey- or components and systems, including idlers and high-angle conveyors, as well as feeder breakers, reclaim feeders and load- ing equipment for coal applications. McLanahan Corp. will have two booths featuring dry and wet processing equip- ment. Inside at Booth 619, McLanahan will display its DDC-Sizer, along with an array of wear parts and 3-D models to represent the company's line of equipment. The out- door location (Booth 4016) will include a pilot press version of McLanahan's line of filter presses. Over the past year, the filter press line has undergone extensive design changes to enhance its safety and simplici- ty to continue helping customers eliminate tailings ponds, including moving to a single piston design. The inventor of the sizer, MMD Mineral Sizing America (Booth 605) will exhibit a seven-tooth segmented shaft sizer. It incor- porates the newly designed and patented hydraulic side combs, which allow the unit to be fully adjusted in 20 minutes, accord- ing to MMD. MMD Sizers are low in profile, create minimal fines and have a very low power cost per ton. They are available in primary, secondary and tertiary models, ranging in capacities from 100 tons per hour (tph) to more than 10,000 tph. Polydeck (Booth 1212) will introduce its Vector Slot Technology (VST) screen panel. Designed specifically to optimize coal drain- and-rinse applications, the VST screen panel revolutionizes heavy-media recovery, the company said. The VST's unique design with slots at 45° angles creates vectors in the Z axis of a vibrating screen. This, along with ridges molded into the surface, reduces rac- ing, the tendency of particles or slurry streams to ride or race unhindered across the top of the screen panel. The technology enables a customer to recover heavy media at a higher efficiency than traditional slotted screen panels, and the VST has a much low- er tendency to plug with near sized particles providing higher effective open area throughout the life cycle of the screen panel. The VST panel is currently available in c oa l p r e p 2 0 1 4 B Y J E N N I F E R J E N S E N , A S S I S T A N T E D I T O R , A N D S T E V E F I S C O R , E D I T O R - I N - C H I E F 36 www.coalage.com April 2014 Coal Processors Convene at Coal Prep 2014 The only annual tradeshow dedicated to coal beneficiation offers a high level of quality continuing education CA_pg36-49_V2_CA_pg46-47 4/15/14 3:20 PM Page 36

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