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Allroads Technology reports near record sales of new Wirtgen cold planing machines in the first half of 1989. The trend is across the range. Sales of the Wirtgen 2100 VC reflect the trend in road reconstruction using planers as opposed to "break and rip out" methods. The 2100 VC can plane 300 mm in one pass in a clean and controlled manner and forward the loading into trucks which leads to a safer and more manageable operation than is possible with excavators and breakers. In addition, the planed material can be used as sub-base material or for recycling. A current M42 reconstuction contract requires the removal by planing off approximately 100,000 tonnes of coated material to a depth of 280 mm at an average working rate of 200 tonnes/hour. Two 2100 VC machines are working to tight tolerance. The two machines are also being used for night time planing on the southern runway at Heathrow Airport.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Faversham House Group

  Faversham House, 111 St James Road
  Croydon, Surrey CR9 2TH,   England 
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 21
• Serial:
  • Highways
  • Volume: 57
  • Issue Number: 1951
  • Publisher: Alad Limited
  • ISSN: 0142-6168
  • Serial URL: http://www.highways-mag.co.uk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction equipment; Economic efficiency; Planers; Reconstruction; Sales; Statistical trends
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486112
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM