Kobelco has developed two new industrial machines for bauma 2016. The first is a high-reach demolition unit with a 24m boom and the second is a new dismantling machine designed to recycle vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life.
A Dutch company is the first in Europe to take delivery of the latest specification excavator from Kobelco, the SK210LC-10 Generation 10. Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe, through its authorised dealer, Kemp Groep, delivered the machine to civil engineering and construction firm Kok Lexmond The new SK210LC-10 excavator is working in conjunction with an SK350LC-9 purchased by Kok Lexmond in July. The two acquisitions follow previous experience with Kobelco machinery before the establishment of Kobelco
Roadtec says that it saw a strong financial performance in 2016 and has high hopes for 2017. Part of Astec Industries, Roadtec says that it finished 2016 exceeding its sales performance goals. The firm says that the asphalt paving market benefited from the passage of the 6-year FAST-ACT Highway Bill on December 4th, 2015. Astec Industries and Roadtec played important roles in an industry-wide campaign calling for US legislators urging them to pass the bill.
“Through these efforts and many others in our i
The first Volvo EC480E high reach demolition machine to arrive in Great Britain has been sold to Wessex Demolition & Salvage in the southern English coastal city of Southampton.
“Following the purchase of our first mid-sized excavators rigged for secondary demolition duties, it was time to replace our older high-reach machine,” explained Wessex contracts manager Ashley Grant. “This, coupled to the performance and reliability of our EC300E and two EC250E’s we purchased last year, and with our own operator
For fast underground construction of slot holes with small diameters within highway tunnels, Herrenknecht is highlighting its Boxhole Boring Machine.
The BBM is for slot holes, or boreholes, such as ventilation shafts, either inclined or vertical, with diameters of up to 1.5m and lengths of up to 60m. The machines are designed for stable rock with compressive strengths of 180 Megapascal or more.
Herrenknecht, based in Schwanau, southwest Germany, uses pipe jacking technology for its BBM. A drilling un
