Series EL

Power Station 

• Water cooled diesel engine 300hp Cummins QSC8.3 C-300 (224kW) continuous power rating, six cylinder, European Stage IIIA / US Tier 3
• Hydrostatic pumps, high quality type such Sauer Danfoss, Rexroth
• Power unit enclosure is noise insulated
• Module includes access ladder and maintenance platform with hand railing
• Power unit designed to work in hot / tropical climates

Machine Control

• Manual steering and height adjustment, supported by status display
• Automatic steering and height adjustment with single stringline system, cross slope via inclinometer 
• Including sensors: 3 stringline sensors, 3 inclinometers
• Anti-torsion control system
• Display for machine status and for fault / self-diagnostic
• Operator control console complete with user friendly allcons software
• Networked PLC system with fault / self-diagnostic capability
• Single electrical lockout key for all electrical provided on power unit

Excavation Equipment

• Production rate depends on the toughness of soil being dug.
  Typical production rate: 180m3/hr in good, 100m3/hr in hard digging soil, that can be dug
• Digging depth up to 300mm in one pass
• Buckets with replaceable teeths and crumbing blades
• Bucketline with approx. 1300mm distance between two buckets
• Each bucket with 4 rollers mounted in chain links for running in a roller track
• Integral bucket roller track in lower cord of main frame provided with replaceable wear bars
• Knee Section hinged with hydraulic cylinders complete with bolt-in frame to match specified slope angle
• Bucketline driving drum with replaceable drive plates driven by hydraulic motor through gear reduction box
• Bucketline chain tensioned via hydraulic cylinder
• Stacking conveyor with 600mm wide belt to deposit center of spoils pile approx. 5m away from edge of canal (right site in working direction only)

Chassis

• Four oscillating crawler tracks (size B4), approx. 600mm wide and 1550mm long center to center with planetary gear reduction box
• Each crawler track with heavy duty jacking column provided with 800mm lift cylinders and hydraulic steering
• The crawlers can be swivelled by 90° for moving in lateral direction
• Low speed continously adjustable: 0 – 7m/min (for working)
• High speed continously adjustable: 0 – 18m/min (for traveling)
• Two hydraulically driven pivoting hinges to kink the main frame
• The machines are designed for working in slopes with inclination or in flat terrain. With additional parts the slope inclination can be easily adjusted.
• Main frame of heavy duty construction with removable sections with bolted flanged connections on slope and bottom, and adjustable slipform pans to match the canal slope and bottom width.

Miscellaneous

• Canopy provided over operator platform
• Emergency stop buttons on all four corners of the machine, at operator control console and at the power station
• DC night lighting system, 2 ea. lamps front and 2 ea. lamps rear
• Tool box with daily maintenance tools
• Operation and maintenance manuals in CD ROM format

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