Capital Equipment News November 2020

bushing with 90° rotation. Flat top or top-mount hammers provide a larger work area and improved operator visibility. “The top-mount style increases impact power by keeping breaker force and stick force in line. A top-mount bracket will transfer back significantly less recoil and bending stress into the end of the stick, resulting in reduced impact on machine structures,” says Dube. Flat top hammer bracket design features enhanced hose routing and improved ingress/egress with a new bolt-on step and updated central step. She says Barloworld Equipment has improved the ground engaging tools (GET) on its larger machine buckets. “You can potentially see a 15% increase in productivity due to the improved tip and adapter geometry and up to a 50% improvement in adapter nose life due to wear. Changing out the tips is quick and easy with the new Advansys locking system. All our 20 to 95 t excavators come standard with the new penetration and tips designed in such a way that they sharpen as they wear.” The company has also recently released its GC series hammers for its 13 to 49 t excavators. b

The Simex crusher attachment from Maximum Equipment.

A hydraulic winch attachment from Manitou Southern Africa.

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