Industry Insights

The 2013 Bluefield Coal Show takes place from September 11-13, 2013 at the Brushfork Armory-Civic Center in Bluefield, West Virginia. FLANDERS will be one of over 240 exhibitors at this year’s show.

The international coal show is organized by the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and welcomes industry leaders, technicians, professional experts, and coal equipment manufacturers.

Highlights of the show include emerging coal equipment, products, and services, along with innovative new technology designed to help advance the industry sector. Attendees can expect to see truck equipment, mining services, industrial and mining products, tire products, industrial technologies, mining and industrial systems, mine machinery, and more.

• Multi-pass and semi-pass automation
• Unprecedented drill hole and hole angle accuracy (.5 meters on X and Y axes, +/- 1 degree on hole angle)
• Automatic drill string adding and racking
• New Human/Machine Interface (HMI)
• New data collection
• New, more modular hardware