First MBI Demolition Attachment for Demolition and Salvage Limited

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• 13th August 2008
• Recycling
 

Demolition and Salvage Limited of Hilsea, Portsmouth has taken delivery of an MBI MS30 Multisystem demolition attachment, from UK distributors INMALO, for their high-reach Liebherr R 944 excavator. Designed for a range of interchangeable jaws to suit specific demolition and dismantling tasks, this versatile excavator attachment is currently equipped with a concrete crusher jawset and is working on a contract to demolish grain silos in Poole, Dorset.

Demolition and Salvage Limited was founded in 2000 by John Hughes who has been involved in the demolition industry for over 20 years. A privately owned independent specialist contractor, the company offers a range of demolition and associated recycling services to the construction and allied industries throughout the UK from their south coast headquarters. A growing fleet of specialist excavators, crushing, screening and materials handling equipment includes the 21 metres high-reach Liebherr R 944 and it is to this powerful machine that Demolition and Salvage has fitted their new MBI attachment.

"We've got a large armoury of attachments from a number of different manufacturers and looked at several suppliers when we were in the market for a new unit" says John Hughes. "We were particularly impressed with the MBI multisystem unit and we found INMALO very easy to work with. They willingly supplied this MS30 for trial and we were so impressed with its performance that we told INMALO's John Polak that we wouldn't be giving it back!"

The MS30 is one of a comprehensive programme of multi-system attachments from MBI (Mantovanibenne), for which INMALO is the sole UK distributor, and all are available with a range of interchangeable jawsets suited to most forms of demolition and dismantling. Operating weights for carrier excavators for MS attachments are from 12 to 75 tonnes, depending on whether they are fitted direct to the main boom or, as in the case of the unit purchased by Demolition and Salvage, fitted to a high-reach machine. The company's Liebherr R 944 is a 45 tonnes class machine. With a long undercarriage and its high-reach configuration, it is ideally suited to the MS30. (A new generation R 944C Litronic is on order for delivery to Demolition and Salvage in June). "We've only taken the concrete cracker jaws at the moment," says John Hughes "but we will certainly be taking other MS30 jawsets from INMALO when the next application for this attachment requires a different cutting, shearing or crushing capability. That's one of the great attractions for us of the multi-system concept".

The MBI MS range from INMALO offers the demolition and recycling specialist what is effectively a five-in-one attachment. Jawsets can be quickly, easily and safely interchanged on the powerful main body to suit the specific task and these options include pulverizers, "combi" cutters, shears, crushers and plate shears. MS units feature full 360º hydraulic rotation, fully protected hydraulic cylinders and MBI's own "POWERVALVE" development for the shortest possible cycle times, which also offers high-speed low pressure and low-speed high pressure operation. The MS range can also be factory-fitted with quick-hitch or pin-on brackets.

Further information:

John Polak, INMALO                           
Telephone: 01962-760055                                                   
Fax: 01962-761956