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Outside our offices near Heathrow with our 10,000 gallon water tanker. |
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The PC-150 machine is brand new and was purchased from Tyrolit UK. Built by Diamond Products in California it represents the biggest investment in diamond cutting plant, by any company, ever in the UK.
Built for two uses - airfield anti skid grooving and concrete profiling/bump cutting. Head width is 1000mm and the machine is extremely quick and the slurry pick up leaves the grooves spotless. Complimenting our existing range of equipment from 300mm to 1600mm widths, we are now at the forefront of grooving and grinding service and technology in Europe.
The PC-150 is capable of grooving 1200m2/Hour @ 4mm x 4mm x 25 centres (UK Airfield Spec) on Marshall Asphalt. New grooves left clean and dry.
Some technical information
on the machine;
Engine: Cummins QSBS.9 liquid cooled, turbo-charged/after cooled,
electronic controlled diesel engine producing 215 HP @ 2000 RPM.
Drive to the blades is through a power take-off clutch and mechanical
gear box and belt drive. At maximum power, fuel consumption is 45
lph. Fuel capacity is 450 litres.
Head Drive: Power from the engine is transmitted through a manually operated/over centre PTO clutch into a right angle drive gearbox through a special shock absorbing coupler. The vacuum blower is mounted directly above the right angle drive and driven by one of the output shafts.
Blades: A 125mm diameter spindle for use with 300mm diameter blades is standard. The spindle will accept up to a 1000mm grinding/grooving head.
Propulsion: Traction is provided by two hydraulic wheel motor assemblies, each with integral brake and two speed function. Speed is 0-90 lm / min forward/reverse.
Features: On board vacuum system with diaphragm slurry pump and silencer. Full engine instrumentation including an audible alarm for low water pressure to blades. Slurry can be collected and pumped to a storage/separator tank for recycling or environmentally friendly disposal.
Transport: Bespoke trailer towed by tractor from site compound onto work area each shift, no need for low loader each shift. Between sites easily transported with low loader. Can be supplied with our 10,000 gallon water tanker if necessary.
We will be busy with the machine at Dublin & Edinburgh Airports from march 08 onwards.
John Bunn 25 years service award.
John, one of our senior and highly skilled operatives recently celebrated his 25th year with the company. An evening was organised locally to present John with an award from the company, and have a celebratory drink. John’s retired father Ken, all John’s colleagues and management attended to congratulate him on his achievements and thank him for his loyalty to the company. A good night was had by all and John was presented with a crystal engraved tankard by Declan Davis who is head of the BAA / Morgan Est Pavement & Infrastructure Team whom we work in partnership with on all BAA Framework projects.
On behalf of everyone at Concrete Cutters (Sarum) Ltd well done to John.
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Concrete Cutters (Sarum) Ltd are delighted to have won the non-slip grooving works on the 10 - 26 Runway at Dublin Airport. A limestone concrete runway requires 135,000m2 of 6mm x 6mm x 38mm centres of transverse grooving at a nightshift rate of 3000m2 per shift. We will use our new PC-150 groover on the contract which will start mid march 08. We are working for Dublin airport authority and CM construction. 60 Specialist diamond cutting blades are being manufactured and supplied by Tyrolit UK which will provide 2 blade changes. This project was won on competitive tender. We can now offer the best value works based on our machines ability to produce more production that our competitors’ reducing cost and project time for the client.
We welcome any Grooving/Bump cutting enquiries from airport projects UK or Europe regardless of size. please contact Iain Campbell Operations Director for quotations, technical information and advice.
