China deal for Barin unit

Italian company Barin has supplied bridge inspection equipment in China. The model ABC 60/l belongs to the automatic bridge control range and the deal was handled by Barin’s distributor company in Hong Kong, New Motion. The skid unit machine, mounted on a two-axle Nissan truck chassis, was shipped in a container in pieces and then reassembled locally. The unit, made of aluminium alloy, is an underbridge platform-type machine with a maximum undebridge working length of 6m, and has a total payload of 300kg.
August 20, 2012 Read time: 1 min
Bridge inspection equipment supplied in China by Barin
Italian company 1481 Barin has supplied bridge inspection equipment in China.

The model ABC 60/l belongs to the automatic bridge control range and the deal was handled by Barin’s distributor company in Hong Kong, New Motion.

The skid unit machine, mounted on a two-axle Nissan truck chassis, was shipped in a container in pieces and then reassembled locally.

The unit, made of aluminium alloy, is an underbridge platform-type machine with a maximum undebridge working length of 6m, and has a total payload of 300kg.

It can stretch over pathways up to a maximum width of 2m; overcome wind barriers up to a maximum height of 1.8m and can work parallel to the bridge axis, with an undebridge rotation of 135°. During road service the machine occupies one traffic lane.
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