Quarry & Aggregates Carryback Issues on Conveyors: Lots of our quarrying clients struggle with fine material carryback and build-up on conveyor return belts. This can fluctuate due to moisture conditions as many of the lines are outside and exposed to the elements. Other factors include the varying size of material and dust content being processed. […]
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Many of our clients using optical sorters at MRFs, such as TOMRA, need help maintaining accuracy when separating valuable material for recycling. Motorised brush cleaner for optical sorter – case study: Because the TOMRA is an automatic plastic sorting machine, keeping the conveyor belt clean and black in colour is important to maintain its sorting
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Last weekend, Hoverdale FD, David Barter and fellow members of the Carlton Rock Choir sang their hearts out for charity during Market Bosworth’s Parish Festival. The choir delivered a beautiful medley of their greatest hits on Saturday in the Parish Field Bosworth. The session was well supported by the public, helping to raise funds
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Keep conveyor belts clean: Ensuring your conveyor belts remain clean and operational is essential to prevent productivity loss and safety hazards at any materials recycling plant. Conveyor belt spillages, carryback, and downtime can lead to increased maintenance costs, reduced output, and even workplace accidents. As a recycling plant manager, it is crucial to implement preventive
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Introducing the Hoverdale Motorised Brush Belt Cleaner A Revolution in Conveyor Belt Cleaning for MRFs, ERFs & IBA Processing Plants. The Hoverdale Motorised Brush Belt Cleaner offers a cutting-edge conveyor belt cleaning solution specifically designed for bulk materials handling facilities. Our innovative system combines the power of motorised brush technology with unparalleled efficiency, making
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What are our Motorised Brush Conveyor Belt Scrapers and Belt Scrapers used for? Our Motorised Conveyor Belt Scrapers and Belt Scrapers Brush Cleaners are highly effective in solving the following problems when processing bulk materials: Material stuck to return belt Material build-up on return rollers Drive drum motors are overloaded Material under conveyors needs to
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The current belt scrapers were stopping material at the head drum end where the conveyor scraper blade contacts the belt. These cannot be regularly dropped to be cleaned and maintained as this would require a significant increase in manpower. Problems with inadequate belt scrapers Once the belt scrapers fail and a system is left
Case study: Motorised Brush Conveyor Belt Cleaner at IBA Processing Plant Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) is a form of ash produced in incinerator facilities. This material is discharged from the moving grate of municipal solid waste incinerators. Once IBA is processed by removing contaminants, it can be used as an aggregate. When bulk processing uses
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Conveyor belt cleaners: Matthew Beverley, Chairman at Hoverdale UK and Vice President of the MHEA (Materials Handling Engineers Association), looks at how waste & recycling processing facilities can make quick technological improvements to their conveyor belt systems to keep materials flowing out and money flowing in. Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs), also sometimes called material
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Technical Sales Engineers Position: Technical Sales Engineers Company: Hoverdale UK Ltd Process Section: Bulk Material Processing Location: Nuneaton CV11 6RZ Hoverdale is a world-class provider of hard metals & wear-resistant products, conveyor belt products and equipment. We keep waste recycling, biofuel, power generation, wastewater treatment, sea aggregates,
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A time served Mechanical engineer Matt’s background includes many high-profile projects within the Automotive Industry: The Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Spyker Le-Mans racing teams, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Airbus A380. This history and knowledge of complex manufacturing and engineering projects have been transferred and further developed into the bulk material handling sector. Matt has work in Europe, North America, Indonesia, and China
He joined the bulk solids and bulk handling industry in 2019 as Managing Director of Hoverdale UK Ltd and subsequently completed a Management buyout in July 2020. The business has grown yearly, increased employment, its customer base, and worldwide reputation, and disrupted the market with groundbreaking innovative technology. Since Matt took over Hoverdale, the company has filed four patents for innovation; one was granted in 2023 for a design to improve bulk handling. The success had been driven by delivering tailored solutions to the waste recycling sectors that keep material flowing out and money flowing in.
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Matt has been happily married to Julie for 22 years and has 4 children, 3 of which are involved within the Hoverdale group of companies. He is an RFU level 2 qualified coach and referee having been in several head coaching roles at various age groups from under 6’s to adults for his local team Nuneaton RFC. He believes in the core values that rugby teaches of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship and try’s to carry this through in his day to day business activities. He is passionate at brining the next generation of young, diverse engineers into the sector through promotion of apprenticeship scheme and further education routes.
David is an experienced leader, with a background covering Operations, eCommerce, Finance, Compliance, HR and IT. His career spans Banking, Retail and Engineering, spending the majority of his career working for ALDI as they grew to become 4th largest supermarket in the UK, including seven years on their UK board as Managing Director of IT and eCommerce.
David joined Hoverdale’s Senior Management Team in 2023 to seek a fresh challenge in a completely different industry sector. He has applied his approach to Process Improvement, Efficiency, Customer Service and Teamwork to great effect during Hoverdale’s sustained growth.
Married to Jane, with three adult sons between them, David volunteers on the board of the Nottingham Playhouse theatre as well as his local rugby and football clubs. Any spare time he spends enjoying walks with their Golden Retriever, Buzz, who is also regularly seen in the Hoverdale office.
Ben is a time serviced field service engineer in the busy waste and recycling sector, who’s career moved into to managing service teams and beyond. Originally beginning his career with a HGV repair and maintenance apprenticeship with IVECO, from there travelling and working in multiple countries moving towards waste processing shredders.
Ben joined the Hoverdale team in September 2024 seeking to apply his extensive knowledge to a new area. His values and ethics fit perfectly within the Hoverdale ethos.
He is happily married to Kristina, with 4 wonderful young children; 14, 11, 8 and 5. We the children he doesn’t get much spare time. He is a family man, who enjoys spending as much time with them as possible.
