Despe reveals further details of patented top down demolition system.
Earlier this week, we brought you a couple of new videos from Italian demolition giant Despe, one of which showed the company’s patented TopDownWay system in action.
Now, thanks to the Panseri family behind Despe, we can bring you more details on a system that the company claims will revolutionise top down demolition in the 21st century.
Technically speaking, TopDownWay it is an auto-descending system with a hydraulic drive system and is controlled by an automated system that handles its movements and security systems. It can be adapted to suit individual buildings, it is installed on top of the structure and encapsulates the top three storeys, allowing the removal of the windows, the demolition of the floors and the containment of the debris. As the works proceed, the platform descends to the next level by means of controlled mode operations. The building is demolished storey by storey, until it reaches ground level.
Despe reports that TopDownWay has obtained European Community CE certification, passing all the safety and suitability tests. It is a safe system as it retains all the material generated by the
demolition works within the structure.
“TopDownWay is an intelligent containment system that keeps all the demolition and strip out products inside the skyscraper: glass, rubbish, dusts, rubble, noise, vibrations,” the company says. “The platform takes just 20 days to assemble and is immediately ready to operate. Its autodescending feature which works on three storeys at a time, means that demolition times
are greatly reduced compared to systems using traditional scaffolding systems. To demolish a 25 storey skyscraper, of roughly 1,000 square metres, it takes three months to assemble standard scaffolding and 6 months to complete the demolition works. Using TopDownWay however, the worksite is ready in 20 days and the skyscraper will disappear into thin air in just 4 months.”
To take a look at the system in action, check out the video below:
