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EQUIPMENT
V
olvo has supplied Edmonton, UK,
based contractor Embassy Demolition
with four new EC220D excavators
along with a EC480D with a Kocurek produced
26 m (85.3 ft) high reach boom with a forward
reach of 14 m (45.9 ft) that can carry a 2.5
tonne tool at full height. This machine replaces
an EC460B based high reach and is fitted with
Kocurek’s modular joint on the boom to allow
quick changes from high reach to standard dig
equipment.
The EC220Ds have been equipped with
FOGS guarding as well as additional third
hydraulic service lines to handle a range of
attachments, with a hammer and shear with
quick fit hydraulics provided as standard.
According to Embassy Demolition managing
director Jim O’Doherty: “Equipping the
Collard invests in
material recovery
R Collard Ltd has taken delivery of a state-of-the-art material recovery facility designed
and built by BlueMAC and supplied to Collard by Blue Machinery London, with the
equipment having been installed in the company’s recently opened recycling facility in
Eversley, Hampshire – one of four such sites operated by the company. Designed by
BlueMAC specifically to meet Collard’s requirements, the MRF will initially be predominantly
processing construction and demolition waste although it will be able to handle other types
of waste should that be required in the future.
The new MRF is part of a planned expansion of the company’s recycling activities and
is a necessary response to the growing volume of waste materials available for recycling
from the company’s increased demolition work and expanding skip hire activities.
The system consists of a variable speed belt that feeds a 2510 trommel that
removes fines at 50 mm (2 inch) that are transported by a transfer conveyor, passing
under an overband magnet to remove ferrous metals. The material is then passed into
the fines processing system by a conveyor fitted with a magnetic head roller to remove
smaller ferrous items that are collected via a chute into a skip. The remaining material
passes over a flip-flow screen for processing of fines from -10 mm (0.3 inch). The 10
to 50 mm material is then segregated through a GK air classifier for heavy and light
separation. The +50 mm material passes an air separator after the trommel before
entering the picking station, purpose designed as a six bay, double sided configuration
with six additional drop boxes for high
value materials. A 1.5 m (4.9 ft) wide
variable speed conveyor belt provides
optimum material spread for maximum
recovery. An overband magnet after the
station cleans the remaining material,
dropping ferrous metals into the same
collection area as the fines transfer belt.
K
obelco Construction Machinery
Europe B. V. is to introduce three
new tracked excavators into that
continent as part of its long-term business plan
for the region. The three are the 26.4 tonne
Kobelco is to introduce three new tracked
excavators into Europe. Pictured is the middle
sized machine, the 36.9 tonne SK350LC-9
A Kocurek-modified Volvo EC480D with a pin height of
26 m is Embassy Demolition’s new flagship machine in
an almost exclusively Volvo fleet
SK260LC-9, the 36.9 tonne SK350LC-9 and
the 46.4 tonne SK500LC-9, and together these
machines form the second wave of product
introductions into Europe by the company.
All three machines are powered by
turbocharged Hino diesel engines developing
131 kW (176 hp), 201 kW (270 hp) and 257 kW
(345 hp) respectively. The machines are built
at the company’s state-of-the-art Hiroshima
factory in Japan and started to arrive in Europe
in April.
Commenting on the availability of the
three machines, KCME product marketing
manager Peter Stuijt said: “The introduction
of three further machines to an already
impressive line-up underlines our commitment
to providing Europe with the best technology
and expertise in excavator manufacture and
operation. Our use of modern technology
in all aspects of machine manufacture sits
alongside 80 years of experience to ensure
that all our machines meet and exceed the
demands of the industry and operators, and
increase productivity. The growing Kobelco
range of products in Europe
mirrors the demand of specific
machines for specific roles
within earthmoving
and construction
industries.”
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Demolition
machines this way means we can gave full
flexibility for the contracts we are undertaking,
which can be anything from demolition to
muck shifting, material or waste handling.”
All of Embassy’s Volvo machines are
covered by Volvo Blue Customer support
agreements that see all the machines serviced
and maintained by qualified Volvo service
engineers, including regular inspections, oil
sampling and analysis, and comprehensive
proactive reports to maximise machine
productivity, with the goal of ensuring good
residual values.
Embassy Demolition, a long standing
member of the UK’s NFDC, specialises on
providing demolition and recycling solutions
for projects covering Greater London and the
Home Counties.
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The new MRF has been installed under cover at Collard’s
recently opened recycling facility in Eversley, UK
Triplets from Kobelco Europe
