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CMI launches second Roto-Mill cold planer

CMI Roadbuilding has taken the wraps off a second Roto-Mill cold planer at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show. The RM-6 joins the larger RM-7 launched last year, offering much of the performance of the bigger machine but with more compact dimensions. Powered by a Tier 4 Final Cummins QSX15 diesel engine, delivering 466kW, the RM-6 has a hydrostatic drive system with variable speed ground motors.
March 13, 2017 Read time: 1 min
The Roto-Mill RM-6 provides a smaller footprint for contractors

8591 CMI Roadbuilding has taken the wraps off a second Roto-Mill cold planer at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show. The RM-6 joins the larger RM-7 launched last year, offering much of the performance of the bigger machine but with more compact dimensions.

Powered by a Tier 4 Final Cummins QSX15 diesel engine, delivering 466kW, the RM-6 has a hydrostatic drive system with variable speed ground motors.

The RM-6 can be configured on three or four tracks with operating weights of 30.8 tonnes and 32.7 tonnes respectively. The machine comes with 914mm wide primary and secondary conveyors, there are operator panels for right- or left-hand control and the machine has a pivoting full-colour LCD display.

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