The Daily News team was again out and about on the fourth day of bauma 2019 checking out some of the monster equipment on show, and finding out what has impressed visitors.
Rototilt, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2016, is introducing an additional tiltrotator to its line-up, to better suit excavators in the 14-19tonne sector. The R5 has been designed to sit between, and slightly overlap the existing R4 and R6 models, delivering an improved power to weight ratio for mid-range excavators. The attachment features improved castings and hardening techniques that will be integrated into existing models.
The R5 can be equipped with an optional smart ICS control system
Using ground penetrating radar to determine reason for serious pavement settling in Kentucky-Tennessee tunnel
Just a few years after the opening of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, highway officials noticed moderate to severe settling of the continuously reinforced concrete pavement. The mountain tunnel provides an important link between Kentucky and Tennessee along US25E and the problem looked serious, with many voids discovered beneath the pavement surface.
To investigate the problems, the Kentucky Transpor
Trials have been completed successfully using asphalt manufactured with recycled waste plastic in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Simon Tetley, of VNA Consulting and ARRB Systems, explains the process.
bauma—the world's biggest trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment—has been postponed until 24th -30th October 2022
