Whirlpool Corporation Reports First-quarter 2012 Results

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) announced today first-quarter net earnings of $92 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $169 million, or $2.17 per diluted share reported during the same period last year.  The primary driver of this year-over-year change in GAAP earnings is lower tax credits of approximately $1.46 per share.  On an adjusted basis, excluding unusual items, restructuring expense, Brazilian (BEFIEX) tax credits and U.S. energy tax credits, diluted earnings per share(1) totaled $1.41 compared to $0.64 in the prior year.  Sales in 2012 were $4.3 billion, compared to $4.4 billion reported in the first quarter of 2011, decreasing 1 percent driven by weaker appliance demand, unfavorable currency and lower monetization of (BEFIEX) tax credits.
First-quarter operating profit totaled $205 million compared with $228 million in the prior year primarily driven by lower industry demand, higher material costs, reduced monetization of Brazilian (BEFIEX) tax credits and increased restructuring expense. On an adjusted basis, first-quarter operating profit(2) totaled $232 million and was up significantly from the $163 million reported in the prior year.  Continued improvement in product price/mix, cost and capacity-reduction initiatives and ongoing productivity positively impacted results during the quarter.  Strong profitability improvement in the North America and Latin America regions was partially offset by weak economic conditions in Europe.
"The first quarter was a strong start to the year as we benefited from our margin expansion efforts and continued innovation investments," said Jeff M. Fettig, Whirlpool Corporation chairman and chief executive officer.  "Our cost and capacity-reduction initiatives and previously implemented cost-based pricing actions are on track to deliver our operating profit margin, earnings and free cash flow guidance for the year."During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the company reported cash flow used in operating activities of $(423) million compared to cash flow used in operating activities of $(224) million in the prior-year period.  Current year results include $275 million related to the settlement of the Brazilian collection dispute and $58 million in U.S. pension contributions. The company continues to expect to generate free cash flow(3) between $100 million and $150 million.  Included in this guidance is the $275 million final installment to settle the Brazilian collection dispute, $110 million for antitrust settlements, pension contributions of up to $250 million and restructuring cash outlays of up to $279 million.  Strong cash generation from our business is expected to more than offset these legacy liabilities, fund our cost and capacity-reduction initiatives and new product innovation.

Spring Cone Crusher may be the Oldest Cone Crusher Today

Spring Cone Crusher is appropriate to crush many different types of ores and rocks of method or above method hardness. in comparison with Jaw Crusher, PY sequence Spring Cone Crusher is of stable structure, higher efficiency, quick adjustment, and economical utilizing etc. The spring security technique of crusher functions as an overloading safety technique that permits metals to pass via the crushing chamber so as to not harm the Cone Crusher. The security technique utilizes dried out essential oil and drinking water as two types of sealed development to produce plaster powder and powerplant essential oil divided to make certain reputable performance. This sort of crushing chamber is dependent upon the sizing of feeding and fineness in the crushed product. The conventional sort (PYB) is used to method crushing, the method sort is used to method or good crushing as nicely as the brief mind sort is used to good crushing.
Cone crusher crushes supplies through the functioning surface area in between the movable cone and repaired cone. So it is far more sophisticated and overall performance effective than jaw crusher. The movable cone is supported by spherical bearing and repaired on an hanging erect shaft that is arranged with the eccentric sleeve, as nicely as the sleeve is arranged about the stopping and pushing bearing. The movable cone and erect shaft are driven through the eccentric shaft sleeve together. The eccentric shaft sleeve is driven by horizontal shaft and fimbriated gear, as nicely as the wheel in the conveyor belt is driven by engine via v-belts. The reduce component of vertical shaft is set up with the eccentric sleeve. once the eccentric sleeve rotates, there is primarily a conical surface area lined out through the shaft. once the movable cone arrives close to the repaired cone, rocks are grinded into pieces, once the movable cone leaves, grinded supplies is discharged from your discharge hole. The repaired cone could be ascended or descended by adjusting setting to adjust the width of discharge hole, consequently the output sizing is determined adjusted.
The The HCS90 kind cone crusher with high-efficiency and solitary cylinder hydraulic stress applies to steel mine , metallurgical, substance , building, cement and sandstone business etc. it may utilize towards the center and smallbroken bitsbreak materious of mines and metal ore using the Knoop quantity hardness f equals mine 5-16's,such as sums rock, non-ferrous steel ore , granite , limestone , quartzite , sandrock , cobblestone etc.

A washing machine no more

There is a BBC car reality show called Top Gear which is very popular across the world.The programme could not have been more insane: A car was mounted on a rocket, launched to the sky and exploded; two car teams were organised for a car football game that saw a score of cars crashing against one another.The programme's three presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are notoriously showy and acrimonious: Hammond once sped a jet-powered car at 465kph, bursting its tyres and getting himself nearly killed.
Another character of the show is Western-centricity (Western Europe-centric to be exact). German machines are most affirmatively on top tier, followed by Italian and French makes.
As for American and Japanese vehicles, they are nothing to brag about. Korean, Eastern European and yes, our own Malaysian models are at best "washing machines" in the very words of Clarkson.Top Gear on several occasions put Malaysia's national cars on litmus tests and the results were appalling. Clarkson once dumped a vehicle in a ghetto after test driving it. That could have been his most merciful act so far.
Another time, feeling utterly disgruntled by the car's performance, he wildly crushed a Malaysian car with a sledgehammer.On another occasion, he lifted a car and dissected it mid-air before blowing it up into flames.Amused by the stint, TV viewers burst into laughter, with their impressions of Malaysia-made vehicles deeply etched into their heads.But what about Malaysian viewers?I was thinking those who bear some grudge against the national car maker might just join in the ridicule but other compatriots might feel bitterly humiliated.Top Gear's appraisals are often prejudiced, reflecting its Western superiority complex. Its exaggerated tricks are geared towards entertaining and pleasing the crowd.
Having said that, there is the professional side of the programme. Indeed, developing countries pale by comparison in car-making technologies and product quality. The presenters are not simply making up the stories.Obviously, Top Gear in the past never looked up on Korean cars, but given the leaps in the country's car-making technologies, the show presenters' attitudes have significantly changed, making Kia models the show's regular test cars in the latest season.Proton has positioned its new model Preve as a "global car" with the hope of marketing it throughout the world. From the specifications to the reactions of test drivers, the new model is top rated among the models developed by the national car maker. It is equipped with CVT, ESC, EBD, ABS and turbo engine, making it a notch above other "B" class machines.

Jaw crusher with a hydraulic cylinder overload arrangement

Quarried material is often processed by means of crushing plant, for the production of aggregate, for example. There are various known forms of crushing plant for the comminution of rock material and the like, one of which is referred to as ajaw crusher.One conventional jaw crusher consists of a frame having side walls and a pair of jaws, a fixed jaw and a swing jaw, disposed therebetween. The fixed jaw and a swing jaw each have a crushing face, the crushing faces being arranged in a spacedapart relationship to define a crushing chamber for receiving material to be crushed. The swing jaw is movable between a first position in which the crushing face of the swing jaw is inclined to the crushing face of the fixed jaw, and a second positionin which the crushing face of the swing jaw is brought substantially parallel to the crushing face of the fixed jaw, at a predetermined spacing therefrom.
The upper end of the swing jaw is connected to an eccentric shaft, which is located in a rotatable bearing. In use, as the bearing is rotated, the shaft is caused to proscribe a circle, which in turn causes the upper end of the swing jaw toproscribe a circle in the direction of the fixed jaw. Hence, the crushing face of the swing jaw moves in a crush cycle between the first and second positions, up and down, as well as towards and away from the crushing face of the fixed jaw. Movement ofthe swing jaw in this manner causes impelling forces for crushing material present in the crushing chamber.
Typically, a jaw crusher as described above will include a toggle plate located behind the swing jaw, adjacent the lower end of the swing jaw, for supporting the lower end of the swing jaw during the crush cycle. In a known type of jaw crusher,one end of the toggle plate reacts against the rear face of the swing jaw, and the other end of the toggle plate reacts against a cross beam provided behind the swing jaw and extending between the side walls of the jaw crusher frame.To enable a predetermined maximum product size to be produced during the crush cycle, the spacing between the pair of jaws at their lower ends, i.e. where the crushed material is discharged during the crush cycle, can be adjusted. It is known toinsert or remove shim packs or other adjustment means between the toggle plate and the cross beam, thus reducing or increasing the distance between the lower ends of the two jaws. It will be understood that larger pieces of crushed material are producedusing a greater jaw spacing than would be produced by using a smaller jaw spacing.