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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2015
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nformationonnewmodels of excavator
that havebeendesigned and engineered
specifically for thedemolition sector has
been scant of late, to say the least. Intermat in
March looks set to change all that, with
D&Ri
awareof several suchmachines likely tomake
their debut at theParis showground.Wehope
to carrydetails of these in thenext issue, as
manufacturers are traditionally coy about
releasing full information too soonbefore
the show theyhave chosen touse as a launch
vehicle.
Theprimary reason for this is simple–
engine emissions regulations.Having covered
this topicmany times in thepast in some
detail, all wewill say in thesepages is that the
interval between the current Stage IIIB/Tier
4 Interim and the imminent Stage IV/Tier 4
Final has been sufficiently short todiscourage
OEMs fromdevotingovermuchR&D time to
developingdemolition specificmachines that
comply to the former regulationswhen their
attentions havebeen firmly fixedon ensuring
that their volume general construction
equipmentwas in compliancewithboth in
turnover the courseof time.
With the introductiondate for theultimate
StageV/Tier 5 regulations a considerable
time away, we can confidentlypredict that
thenext year or so shouldhopefully see a
flurryof activity. Thiswill be confirmed
at the forthcoming Intermat construction
equipment exhibition inParis, with several
manufacturers expected tohavenew
demolition specificmachines on their stands
Komatsu is oneof these, and the company
With OEMs focusing on
meeting the latest engine
emissions on their standard
machines, new demolition
specificationmachines have
been few and far between
in recentmonths.
D&Ri
reports on the sector and
catches upwithRon Callan,
winding down from a career
selling suchmachineswith
Kocurek in theUK
Quiet times
Komatsu’s new PC490LC-10 in full
high reach configuration
DEMOLITION
EXCAVATORS
The PC490LC-10 in itsmedium
reach form, with a Komatsu
breaker on the end of the boom.
Komatsu formally endorses
the use of these tools on this
machine layout
