Eight Atlas Copco heavy-duty hydraulic attachments working on a major demolition site in Rutesheim
2010-04-21
A total of eight Atlas Copco hydraulic attachments are used by FWA Fischer Weilheim Abbruch GmbH & Co KG (FWA) resident in Weilheim-Teck for demolishing the former company site of the Drescher printing works in Rutesheim. Now that the Rutesheim approach to the A8 freeway is completed, the site has become an attractive housing and commercial area that will be completely cleaned up and redeveloped this year.
Two administration buildings and seven solid workshops built in the fifties of the last century and representing an overall volume of 150,000 cubic meters have to be demolished in the first phase. FWA are using eight Atlas Copco attachments for this particular job. Four hydraulic breakers with a weight of up to seven metric tons are employed together with four hydraulic combi cutters each weighing three metric tons. In addition to this the new hydraulic combi cutter model CC 6000 U will be used which Atlas Copco will introduce on the occasion of the 2010 Bauma fair (from April 19 to 25 in Munich).
Even before the official introduction on the market, Joachim Schmid, FWA’s technical director, is fully convinced of the CC 6000 U: „The 1400 mm jaw width is quite exceptional for this size of cutter. Power and quality of the cutter are typically Atlas Copco. We bought the CC 6000 and are looking forward to being the forerunner on the market.“
In Rutesheim the CC 6000 U mainly has to tackle reinforced concrete structures which – after being demolished – need to be recycled in a professional manner and with their volume of some 38,000 metric tons will be used to backfill trenches and as bedding material for the roads of the housing and commercial area to be developed on the site.
„With the CC 6000 we are playing in on the trend towards bigger demolition excavators,“ Wolfgang Hohn, Atlas Copco’s Product Line Manager Silent Demolition Tools explains. „Just five years ago carrier units of more than 60 metric tons were the exception. This has changed. With the CC 6000 attachment we are offering the perfect match for these carrier units.“