WORKING CONTEXT: The working site is a channel situated in eastern Germany. Deposits of sand, lime and gravel has considerably lowered the water depth of the channel. THE PROBLEM: Fast dredging was required in order to re-open the channel to navigation. The customer already had an excavator CAT 324 and a floating platform to perform excavation on the channel. Customer was looking for a dredging solution that was able to avoid loading and unloading of trucks in order to save time and contain operating cost. OUR SOLUTION: Dragflow HY85B with two dredging cutters EXHY20 directly mounted and driven by the excavator CAT 324. Discharge distance of about 400m with a solid production of more than 100 m3/h. |