IN ACTION
Keeping
cool under
pressure
Bodens Group, aManchester, UK,
based wood productsmanufacturer has
taken delivery of the two additional Bell
wheeled loaders, a new L1806E and a
low-hours used L2606E, to join an existing
L1506E acquired last year. The latter is
predominantly working indoors, while the
two additional machines will be working to
load up to 200 trucks per day.
The environment in which themachines
is working is probably one of themost
arduous to be found anywhere, with high
levels of dust that can clog radiators along
with high heat levels from continuous
engine use. This dust arises from the
conversion of wood waste into biomass
fuel, sawdust and woodchip.
Bell loaders are fitted with the
QuadCool cooling system that works by
compartmentalising the radiators by
incorporating finemesh pre-filters and
wide core radiators to ensures that dust
bypasses the radiators, in turn helping
to avoid build-up and extending periods
between cooling system cleaning. The
system also includes an automatic
reversing fan to blow accumulated debris
away from the radiators andminimise the
frequency of cleaning routines.
“There are high expectations placed on
themachines in operationwithin our plant.
Each is given a long, heavy workload,
within what can only be described as
challenging conditions,” explained Alan
Whitrow, operationsmanager at Bodens
Group. “Given our high daily throughput,
we needmachines that not only deal with
the dust, but can alsomake the grade
when it comes to fuel efficiency.”
“While historically, our drivers and yard
manager have held allegiance to other
reputable vehiclemanufacturers, the
success we’ve achieved with our first Bell
loadermeant that it made sense to return
to QuadCool technology,” Alan added.
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Bell loaders equippedwith QuadCool are proving
a reliable solution in a dust-laden recycling
environment
Innocrush aids
recycling
A
mannGmbH, based inSasbach in
Baden-Württemberg, southwest
Germany, has takendeliveryof adsb
Innocrush35 impact crusher that it isnow
using toprocessdemolitionwaste. The34.8
tonnemachine, poweredby aCatC11diesel
delivering287kW (385hp), has amaximum
throughput of 350 tonnes/hour.
AfterAmannhad taken avery close look
at variousmachines, the company chose
dsb Innocrush. “I needmachines thatwork
reliably. The Innocrush35 is a crusher
without anyunnecessary extras.Here they’ve
concentratedonwhat reallymatters. Themost
obvious thingwas the above-average capacity
of the crusher,” explainedmanagingdirector
FerdinandAmann.“Other advantages of the
machine are themaindischargebelt that
canbe lowered, the good accessibilityof all
components, optimum easeofmaintenance
and, of course, the simplebut verywell
thought-out overall concept.”
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Speedy bridge lift
byMammoet
I
nternational heavy lift and transport
specialistMammoet has replaced a 2,100
tonnebridge over ahighway inOttawa,
Ontario, Canada, in a record timeof two and
ahalf hours. The replacement of the 85m
(279 ft) longLeesAvenueBridge inOttawa is
theheaviest one tobe carriedout inOntario.
Mammoetwas commissionedbyTomlinson
Ltd to carryout theproject.
The bridgewas installedusing96 axles of
self propelledmodular transporter (SPMT),
built anddesignedbyMammoet and
specialised trailermanufacturer Scheuerle,
Mammoet said. Challenges during the lift
werepresentedby the curveddesignof
thebridge. Thismade it difficult to align
the transporters beneath thebridge, a
spokesperson said. Themovewas also carried
out over a curved sectionof themotorway,
adding to the challenge.Despite this, the
The curved bridgewas installed using a 96-axle self-propelledmodular transporter (SPMT) trailer, built and
designed byMammoet and specialised trailermanufacturer Scheuerle
bridgewas installed in two and ahalf hours,
beating the expected time frameof between
four and sixhours.
SteveCripps, professional engineer and
director at theRail ImplementationOffice
for theCityofOttawa, said: “This heavy lift
projectwaswell planned and executed and an
excellent example of the teamwork required
todeliver theHighway417 component of the
OLRTProject. This projectwas another first
inNorthAmerica; theheaviest lift of amulti-
span structureover a freeway todate.”
VipinBansal,MBA, estimation anddesign
buildsmanager, said: “Once again,Mammoet
with their hardwork and efforts has proved
that they are thenumber one best company
toperform rapid lift bridge replacements.
TheLeesAve rapidBridgeReplacementwent
without a glitch and itwas a great team effort
tomake this project successful.”
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