Lovat
Location: Hall C3; Stand 309
Tel: +1 416-6 75-32 93
Fax: +1 416-6 75-67 02
E-mail: tbm@lovat.com
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Lovat, which will be presenting its latest machinery and equipment for the construction of galleries and tunnels, specialises in shielded rock, mixed face soft ground and EPB TBMs and tunnel shields. These are from 1.5m to 14m in diameter and are capable of boring through soft ground to rock of 250MPa compressive strength. Models are customised to suit project requirements, employing compact design features with modular components to be adaptable to any ground conditions. Also available, following the acquisition of MTS Gmbh (now Lovat MTS) of northern Germany, are microtunnelling machines from 150mm to 2000mm diameter.
Meyco Equipment, MBT (Schweiz)
Location: Hall C3; Stands 301/400
Tel: +41 (0) 52-2 44 07 00
Fax: +41 (0) 52-2 44 07 07
Email: Tom.Kurth@mbt.com
Featured on Meyco’s stand will be sprayed concrete machines including robots, mobile systems (including special constructions for incorporation into TBM and shaft sinking systems), and dosing systems. The MBT group supplies a wide range of concrete additives for sprayed and cast concrete such as for tunnel segment and immersed tube element production. Grouts of both cementitious and resin composition are available for annular, injection and anchor grouting. Other products include dust suppression and soil conditioning formulations.
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By GlobalDataLocation: 300 plus outdoors Block 604/8
Soltau Tel: +49 41 31 3005-0
Fax: +49 41 31 3005-19
Email: info@microtunnelling.de
Directional Drilling Tel: +49 24 31 83-0
Fax: +49 24 31 83-267
Email: info@wirth-drilling.com
Tunnel boring machinery makes up some 40% of the turnover at Wirth, the German manufacturer, known for its array of hard rock, large diameter drilling equipment for the high technology end of the foundation and petrochemical exploration industries.
Soft and mixed ground tunnelling expertise is represented by its subsidiary, Howden, in Scotland. But the incorporation of the Soltau soft ground microtunnelling manufacturing business from Lüneberg into Wirth’s factory at Erkelenz, Germany in late 1999 has considerably extended its alluvial ground tunnelling capability in the range 250mm to 3000mm diameter.
The "pre-owned" market in tunnelling machinery is booming more than new build, according to Wirth. Demonstrating this at Bauma on the company’s indoor stand 300 in the new Hall C3 will be the head of an 1880mm diameter Soltau RVS 800 slurry tunnelling machine.
This has been refurbished after driving 2.1km on several sites in Bilbao, Spain between October 1999 and December 2000. Drives of up to 400m were completed and curves of 1000m radius negotiated by the machine which is designed to cope with a mixture of cohesive clay soil with sand and gravel plus groundwater.
Reconditioned machines currently in the field include a 6.87m diameter hard rock tunneller recently delivered to Modern Continental of Boston, USA for a hydroelectric project. Delivered-new products will be represented at Bauma as scale models of two vast 12m diameter tunnelling machines which have been driving rail tunnels at Qingling northern China for the past four years.
Heavyweight directional drilling rigs in the medium to large range able of generating pullback forces from 30t to 250t are another speciality. On display at Wirth’s outdoor site, Block 604/8, will be the Power Bore 50-15 which has a 50t force pullback and 15ft mast. This machine is intended for drilling steered near-horizontal holes up to 800m long and reaming back at up to 800mm diameter. In a joint venture with UK firm ADDS Ltd of Bridgwater, Wirth has 10 large directional drilling rigs working worldwide.
Location: Open area Stand 908A
Tel: +43 3577 755 693
Fax: +43 3577 756 334
Email: sales.vab@sandvik.com
Austrian tunnel machinery manufacturer Voest-Alpine Bergtechknik (Sandvik Construction & Mining group) will show its slurry tunnelling capability, which includes an MDS 445 shield now at work on Munich’s Mittlerer Ring Ost sewer tunnel. The 4.5m diameter machine is driving the main collector sewer through mixed sands and gravels with groundwater at depths of 4m to 8m below the city.
VAB is more familiar for its big roadheaders. Recently started open face rock tunnelling projects employing these include work for completion in Athens in time for the 2004 Olympic Games. Alpine Miner ATM 70 and AM 105 machines are at work in the 400m long Kollegious tunnel, which is being built as part of the Athens metro, cutting rock of up to 150Mpa strength. And quartz limestone of strengths up to 200MPa is being tackled by a VAB roadheader working in Valtellina Valley above Lake Como in northern Italy.
Hilti Deutschland
Location: Hal A1; Stands 325/426
Tel: +49 (0) 800-8 88 55 22
Fax: +49 (0) 800-8 88 55 23
E-mail: schlub@hilti.com
Hilti will be promoting anchor systems and loadbearing systems for precast concrete construction.
Ingersoll-Rand
Location: Open area Stand 910 and 1651
Tel: +44 20 8741 9828
Fax: +44 20 8741 9508
E-mail: jan_simons@ingersoll-rand.com
Among new products on Ingersoll-Rand’s stand will be two Drilling Solutions crawler drills for blasthole applications. The ECM-680 and ECM-660 produce holes from 102mm to 127mm and 76mm to 114mm in diameter, respectively. Both incorporate state of the art hydraulic drifters in which a trapezoidal piston delivers maximum impact energy to the rock, with the rebound energy recovery value changing blow energy to match rock hardness.
The same piston function is incorporated onto the Montabert 300 hammer for use on excavators from 6t to 16t. Spare energy remaining after striking the rock is saved and added to the next blow, increasing the productivity of the breaker.
Bobcat (Ingersoll-Rand group)
Location: Open-air area 9; Site 909
Tel: +32 (0) 2 371 68 11
Fax: +32 (0) 2 371 69 01
E-mail: bobcat_europe@bobcat.com
A highlight among new products on Bobcat’s stand will be the 463 skid-steer loader. Compared with the 453, which it replaces, this model offers a new lift arm design and provides significantly higher auxiliary hydraulic power for enhanced performance with attachments such as the breaker and backhoe. It has a rated operating capacity of 317kg and a tipping load of 645kg.
The quick-change Bob-Tach frame has been redesigned for more flexibility to accept attachments for the 500 series and higher models. Width is only 901mm and height 1,816mm, so it can operate in very tight spaces and pass through narrow openings.
Dywidag-Systems International
Location: Hall A2; Stand 115
Tel: +49(0) 89-92 67-0
Fax: +49 (0) 89-92 67-2 52
Email: dsihv@dywidag-systems.com
The company will be featuring injection anchors.
Krupp Berco Bautechnik
Location: Hall B3; Stands 307/406
Tel: +49 (0) 633 2233
Fax: +49 (0) 633 2281
Email: fuelber_anja@kbt.thyssenkrupp.com
The company will introduce its new HM 2300 hydraulic hammer with adjustable starting features, available in two versions: the Eco and Marathon. The hammer is equipped with an improved piston sealing system and innovative screw clamping system.
Alongside this will be the HM 2600, also equipped with the new StartSelect system as standard, and also the CP 3300 featuring hydraulic breakers and a new pulveriser.
Tracto-Technik
Location: Open area stand 1209/3
Tel: +49 2723 8080
Fax: +49 2723 808 189
Email: export@tracto-technik.de
Pioneer of pneumatic impact hammer microtunnelling, Tracto-Technik has a comprehensive range of equipment including several directional drilling rigs with ranges up to about 250m for pipes approaching 1m diameter.
The Lennestadt company’s crowded 500m² stand in Bauma’s open area at Block 1209/3 will include the new rubber tracked Grundodrill 10X which is described as "robust and compact". The machine is designed for installing a wide variety of pipe materials from HDPE to steel tubes with mortar sleeves in lengths of up to 250m and at diameters up to 355mm, depending on the soil conditions.
A major development in microtunnelling for utility installation, reports TT’s export manager Carola Schmidt, is the division between markets where highly skilled machine operators are the norm and those where relatively low paid unskilled labour is employed.
This division is not clear cut between developed and developing countries but depends on the source of construction labour in a region rather than a state’s apparent affluence.
Rigs with complex electronics and a high degree of automation are now supplied for the skilled labour markets, while bare but tough machines are built to survive the rough usage of unskilled operatives in other places.
A second characteristic of the smallest diameter range microtunnelling business is the boom being enjoyed at the moment on the back of the mobile phone revolution. Mobiles may be cable-less but the explosion in installation of ground stations has meant that there are massive networks of ground loops being installed so as to keep up with growth in phone usage.
Underground power cables are also in huge demand in France which is still suffering from the after effects of the 2000 New Year hurricane, especially in the south. Some villages are still relying on temporary generators and there is a major programme of underground mains cable installation underway to reconnect them to power stations.
Atlas Weyhausen
Location: Open-air site 704
Tel: +49 (0) 4221-4 91-0
Fax: +49 (0) 4221-4 91-2 13
Email: info@atlas-group.de
Atlas Weyhausen will be premiering its new generation mobile excavator in its Series 5 featuring a new electronic control panel and operator’s cab, highlights of the new design. The spacious and quiet cab enables the operator to concen-trate on work in a comfortable and relaxing environment and increase efficiency of the vehicle, says the company.
Also featured will be the new 5005 MI, a 50-ton wheeled excavator, designed for tough material handling operations and for performance, reliability, efficiency and easy handling, as well as the 100 horse power AR 95 wheel loader and a new line of telescopic handlers.
DBT Mineral Processing
Location: Hall B2; Stand 202
Tel: +49 2306 578-5
Fax: +49 2306 578 183
Email: dbtminpro@t-online.de
Crushing and feeding in horizontal material flow is the feature of DBT’s stand. Due to economical, ecological and safety reasons, the company finds crusher-belt combinations are increasingly used for transportation of tunnel excavated materials. Even in tunnelling the DBT MinPro crusher technology has advantages, it says. The horizontal material flow in the crusher guarantees a high throughput and is constructed in a compact, low design – even with high mobile types, allowing the crusher to be moved straight to the heading face.
Presented at Bauma will be DBT MinPro’s impact roller crusher type SB 1010, the smallest of the tunnel crushers.
Controls
Location: Hall C1; Stand 117
Tel: +39 (0) 2 921841
Fax: +39 (0) 2 9210333
Email: controls@tin.it
Controls will be exhibiting its MCC test systems which also feature instruments for testing resistance, deformability and fracture energy of concrete, cement and rocks.
Fraste
Location: Open-air site 708/8
Tel: +39 (0) 442-51 02 33
Fax: +39 (0) 442-8 84 26
Email: fraste@fraste.com
A new drilling rig for soil investigation will be displayed on Fraste’s stand. The unit is very small to allow for operation with new systems and equipment and opening the way for more precision drilling. Also featured will be the drill pipes automatic loading system which can be mounted on any of the company’s rigs. Handling operation is completely automatic to save time and money and for greater safety.
Klärfix
Location: Open area stand 1004
Tel: +49 (0) 2524 2037
Fax: +49 (0) 2524 4029
Email: info@klaerfix.de
The company will feature concrete recycling and water recovery plants, promoted for environmental protection world-wide.
Kleenoil Panolin
Location: Hall A4; Stand 513
Tel: +49 (0) 77 51 83 83 0
Fax: +49 (0) 77 51 83 83 29
E-mail: info@kleenoil.com
Kleenoil Panolin will introduce its latest high-tech lubricants at Bauma. Using the same saturated synthetic esters as its environmentally friendly Panolin HLP Synth hydraulic oil, Panolin Biofluid ZFH is designed for use in wet brakes and torque converters.
All Panolin products are said to have better ageing stability than mineral oils, so with correct maintenance and inspection, oil changes are unnecessary over the entire service life.
Logging-Instrumentation-Mesure
Location: Hall C3; Stand 212
Tel: +33 472 14 68 30
Fax: +33 472 37 72 76
Email: sales@limgeo.com
Measurement equipment and software company Logging-Instrumentation-Mesure will show the Inclinolim 2D-4G and the Visualim 4G display units for drilling machines like crawlers, mainly used for drilling and blasting in the construction and mining fields.
Herman Paus
Location: Open area, block 807/3.
Tel: +49 (0)5903 707-0
Fax: +49 (0)5903 707-33
Email: mail@paus.de
In response to growing demand, Paus has recently updated its range of narrow dumptrucks for tunnelling. The 2000mm width of the PMKT 8000 and PMKT 10000 is just one of a range of features that differentiate the dumptrucks.
A rotary seat enables the driver optimum visibility either driving forward or in reverse. Vehicle construction is extremely rugged, and its electric system is positioned in two central boxes, making simple diagnosis and repair works possible on site.
The PMKT can be equipped with a change-frame system making it possible to switch the carrier from dumptruck during the early contract phase to concrete transporter, and later as superstructure working platforms.
Location: 3/411
Tel: +49 (89)-23 23 73-0
Fax: +49 (89)-23 23 73-10
Email: contact@tachus.de
The Tachusmatic is a new development of tunnelling method which is claimed to be a more economic than excavator and shotcrete lining work, and also shield methods in light rock or soils with minimal cohesion.
The machine includes a partial shield frame which carries a boom-type cutterhead as it progresses.
Wirtgen
Location: Open area stands 1010/2
Tel: +49 (0) 2645 131 0
Fax: +49 (0) 2645 131 499
Email: marketing@wirtgen.de
Focus of Wirtgen’s stand will be its new 2200 SM and 2500 SM surface miners which can also be used for tunnelling. The machines can cut, crush and load rock in one pass, producing small-size material suitable for immediate conveyor transport, which means that drilling, blasting, loading and primary crushing are eliminated.
The 2200 SM has an operating weight of 51t and can achieve a cutting depth of up to 350mm over a width of 2.2m in soft to medium hard rock. The 80t 2500 SM has a working width of 2.5m, with a cutting depth of 600mm and an engine output of 1000 HP, more powerful than its predecessor, the 2600 SM. An additional plus is the mechanical drum drive which transfers available engine power to the cutting drum.
Also featured is the new flexible cutter system, a fast change system for milling drums.
TEI Rock Drills
Location: Hall C2; Stand 526
Email: tei@teirockdrills.com
TEI Rock Drills manufactures a full line of rock drilling equipment, attachments, and parts used by the construction industry, mines and rock quarries. TEI equipment has been delivered to 15 countries. For road construction, tunnelling, mining, and building construction and demolition.
