by Nick Drew | Thu 20 Mar 2014
Movax gets a grip at MaskinExpo
Following on from next month’s ScotPlant event in Edinburgh, Scotland and Samoter in Italy, it will be the turn of our friends in Sweden to put on a show as MaskinExpo opens its doors in May, for this year’s fest of all things Scandinavian in the plant & machinery world. In this blog I take a look back at the Movax demonstration plot which caught my eye at last year’s event in Stockholm.
I have not had a lot do with sheet piling to any great extent throughout my career as a machine operator, but it is always interesting to see these bits of kit in action and I am sure that many of our readers like Steve Rule who use these pieces of kit on a regular basis will be interested in reading this post. The machine on the demonstration plot of Finnish specialist attachment company Movax, was a Caterpillar 330D LN ME model, equipped with an Oil Quick OQ80 fully automatic quick coupler system. Mounted below that was Movax’s SPH80-6 side mounted grip vibratory hammers, which was being put through its paces on the stand.
Here’s a brief video I took of the machine in action in Stockholm.
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Basic specifications.
Piler typeSPH80-6 (SPH75-6)
Weight without adapter 2,896kgs
Frequency (1/min) 2000/4000
Centrifugal force (kN) 800 (750)
25-30 ton excavator equipped with Movax power-pack
MaskinExpo 2014 takes place at the Stockholm Outdoor Exhibition Area close to Arlanda Airport in Stockholm from the 22nd-24th May.