Atlas Copco attachments reduce scheduled time for bridge demolition by 25%.
Hasselt-based Dutch demolition specialists BVBA Baldewijns & Co faced a tough challenge: within a single weekend, a pair of 100 metre long bridge sections on the E 313 over the A2 highway had to be removed and the rubble cleared away.
Having laid a sand bed to protect the underlying asphalt road, twelve excavators were put to work with heavy breakers and concrete crushers. The most powerful breaker on the site was a 3,000 kg Atlas Copco HB 3000. A total of 4,000 m³ of concrete was demolished, sorted and removed, including 300 tonnes of reinforced steel. The job was completed in only 40 hours, far less than the scheduled time of 55 hours.
The starring role was played however by the newest concrete cutters from Atlas Copco: the CC 6000, equipped with universal jaws that made it possible to cut through and crush the bearing beams of the bridge and then cut through the heavy reinforcing bars.
