Lifting mode for specialty excavators
Volvo Construction Equipment offers a lifting mode for its multi-demolition boom.
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| The Volvo lifting mode allows a high-reach demolition excavator to serve as a safe carrier for the lifting and loading of machine components, adding versatility to these already specialized machines. |
Sources report it is a game-changing feature for demolition crews using Volvo high-reach excavators. Lifting mode allows a high-reach demolition excavator to serve as a safe carrier for the lifting and loading of machine components, adding versatility to these already specialized machines.
Lifting mode simplifies the transport of equipment to job sites by allowing the excavator to lift components such as cradles and digging or high-reach booms from the trailer to the ground or vice versa.
The industry-first feature also offers improved flexibility, reduced emissions and lower total cost of ownership on any of Volvo’s high-reach excavators: the EC380E HR, the EC480E HR and the EC750E HR, each of which is already compatible with various extensions and booms to carry out a wide range of applications.
“Total cost of ownership is reduced by eliminating the need for a mobile crane or second excavator, and flexibility is increased thanks to the time savings,” says Tony den Hoed, key account director, demolition equipment at Volvo CE. “Emissions are reduced due to fewer vehicles being on site.”
The solution consists of machine software specifically designed for the controlled lifting of equipment, as well as visual warnings outside the cab to alert bystanders that a lifting process is underway. The software also controls hydraulic pressure and engine speed, ensuring optimum safety throughout.
Lifting mode includes a certified lifting accessory, designed to fit the patented modular joint design from the multi demolition boom and can easily be connected to the lower pin of the boom. When all components are safely unloaded, switching to the high reach or digging boom is easy, thanks to that modular hydraulic joint.
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