Capital Equipment News June 2023

SOIL COMPACTION

With a weight of 20 – 26 t, a 154 kW engine (Tier 3), a working width of 2,140 mm, and many optional features, they fulfil the needs of the local construction markets in South East Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Reducing CO 2 emissions Increasing price pressure, rising fuel prices, and the need to protect the environment render efficient and economical machines indispensable. With the Hammtronic electronic machine management system and a powerful ECO mode, the soil compactors of the HC series meets these requirements. Hammtronic is standard in all soil compactors of this series, enabling optimised load distribution that leads to tremendous gradeability and low fuel consumption. It adjusts the diesel engine speed to meet the power requirements of the individual drives. In addition, the

consisting of three components. This enables easy conversion of the smooth drum to a padfoot drum, making it ready to compact cohesive soil. Easy maintenance When it comes to maintenance, the new Hamm soil compactors offer a huge advantage in terms of their engine, since this is freely accessible from all sides. In addition, the key points for daily checks are located on one side of the machine, and the hood opens towards the operator’s platform via gas springs, all of which make maintenance tasks fast and uncomplicated. b

efficient ECO mode generates fuel savings of up to 20% and results in reduced CO 2 and noise emissions. The models also offer manual traction control to transfer the torque as required. As an option, customers can choose models with differential gear for even greater traction.

March to your own drum The Hamm soil compactors of the HC series offer a consistently high

compaction performance, regardless of whether they are equipped with a smooth drum or padfoot drum (“P” models). Customers who need both drum types can use the optional padfoot shell kit,

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