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The Wonder Lift
Gandhi Automations' retractable tail lift comes with several
advantages which includes the tried and tested features of
the company's well proven futura retractable range of lifts
as well as various new additions.
Since 1986, Gandhi Automations Pvt Ltd has held a lead position
in importing, distributing and installing entrance automation
systems and warehouse equipment that are problem free and
easy to operate. High speed industrial doors, sectional overhead
doors, dock levellers and dock shelters, forklifts and warehouse
equipment, cold storage doors, entrance automation systems
and access control, etc are some of the major products of
the company.
Using the tried and tested features of the company’s
well proven futura retractable range of lifts; retractable
tail lift has incorporated the advantage of a flat/horizontal
platform which is suited for roll cage operations, especially
to the typical British food industry operator. The platform
is available with three way stops/leading edges, in column
lift style to the three open sides, and the new fully automatic
mechanically operated foot protector/roll cage stop.
Anteo superb guide rail system eliminates any "racking
or bounce" of the lift frame and platform during deployment
and retraction. Available in futura version, one can choose
to have the facility of tilting the platform at any level,
a must where the operator loads or unloads on gradients.
The guard automatically rises and falls as the tail-lift
is operated. As the platform moves away from body floor level,
cam locks lift the guard thus preventing anyone on the platform
from trapping or crushing feet or toes, at the same time holding
roll cages from preventing falling as the lift descends to
ground level. As the lift is raised back to the floor level,
the guard automatically falls to level with platform and body
floor, allowing smooth transition of roll cages into the vehicle.
The Anteo automatic positioning in and out makes it very
easy to use. The main options of the platform include fixed
internal two button controls with changeover switch, wander
lead with changeover switch, hinged side ramps that are 390
mm, 500 mm or 620 mm deep, safety gate, foot control and tilt
cylinders.
(Communication by the management of the company)
Bent on Progress
Ashapura Volclay Ltd (AVL) sets up its first bentonite base
Geotextile waterproofing membrane plant in the Bhuj district
of Gujarat under technological collaboration with CETCO.
Ashapura Volclay Ltd (AVL) is an Indo-American-Japanese joint
venture between Ashapura Minechem Ltd (AML) and Colloid Environ-mental
Technologies Company (CETCO). This joint venture company is
engaged in activities like manufacture and supply of Bentonite
products to various industries in India including developing
and promoting new applications for the products and also export
of Bentonite products. The unique hydrophilic property of
Bentonite gives it an ‘active’ quality,meaning
it can swell to seal punctures within itself and also small
voids and cracks that develop within concrete over the life-cycle
of the building.
It has set up India's first bentonite base Geotextile waterproofing
membrane plant in the Bhuj district of Gujarat under technological
collaboration with Colloid Environmental Technologies Company
(CETCO). Ashapura Volclay Ltd has several Bentonite based
products. Some of them are as follows
Voltex and Voltex DS
Voltex is a highly effective waterproofing membrane ideal
for below-grade vertical and horizontal foundation surfaces.
Voltex uses the high swelling and self-healing properties
of Sodium Bentonite to form a monolithic, low permeable membrane
to protect the structure from water. Installation is fast
and easy, requiring no primers or protection courses. Voltex
is a composite comprised of two high strength Geotextile and
4.8 kg of Sodium Bentonite per sq m. Voltex DS is comprised
with an integrated HDPE liner on Voltex. Typical applications
include backfilled concrete walls, under structural rafts/slabs,
tunnels and property line construction. Over 200 million sq
m of Voltex has been successfully installed on prestigious
projects worldwide.
Waterstop RX-101
Waterstop-RX 101 is a flexible strip concrete construction
joint waterstop that provides a positive seal by expanding
upon contact with water. Waterstop-RX101 is designed for both
continuous and intermittent hydrostatic conditions and has
been successfully tested to resist 70 m (231 ft) of hydrostatic
pressure. Waterstop-RX 101 contains 75 per cent Sodium Bentonite
content which provides superior expansion to seal cracks and
fill small voids.
(Communication by the management of the company)
On the Move
The Wirtgen Group intends to start a green field manufacturing
facility near Pune, in a bid to provide cost effectiveness
to its customers.
Wirtgen Group is a Germany- headquartered manufacturer of
Mobile Road Construction and Mining Equipment, with four brands
Wirtgen, Vogele, Hamm and Kleemann. Wirtgen manufactures a
wide range of cold milling machines, cold recyclers, soil
stabilisers, hot recyclers, surface miners, slipform concrete
pavers and mobile cold recycling mixing plant. Vogele is the
world market leader in ashpalt pavers, Hamm is the leading
manufacturer of vibratory compactors and Kleemann is one of
the most renowned manufacturers of mobile crushing and screening
plants.
The € 1.5 billion Wirtgen Group employs 4,400 people
worldwide with four manufacturing plants in Germany and has
three plants outside Germany i.e. in the US, Brazil and China.
It also has its own sales and service companies in 55 countries
including India. Wirtgen India, a 100 per cent subsidiary
of Wirtgen Group started its operation in the field of sales
and service in the year 1995 in Bengaluru. Now it has regional
offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.
The company also has branch offices and site offices all over
the country.
According to P Ramesh, CEO and Managing Director, Wirtgen
India, the company has an established presence in the Indian
market. In order to make its products more cost effective
to the customers it has decided to start a green field manufacturing
facility on 23 acre near Pune. The land purchase agreement
was signed during the recent visit of Minister - President
of the German state of Rheinland - Pfalz Kurt Beck to Pune.
The fourth manufacturing facility of Wirtgen GmbH will have
an initial investment of Rs 35 crore and is expected to begin
production in the first quarter of 2010. The initial plan
of the company is to produce fast moving equipment like compactors,
which would have nearly 60 per cent local content in the initial
period. The exact product lines are being finalised.
(Communication by the management of the company)
Marvellous MAC
MEVA Automatic Climbing (MAC) plays an important role on
one of the biggest residential developments in Perth, Australia.
EVA, one of the world’s leading formwork solution supplier,
is involved in the construction of The Peninsula, Burswood,
one of the largest master planned communities in Western Australia
on 17.1 hectare in the town of Victoria Park. MEVA climbing
systems that work on the basis of hydraulic rams without any
crane support are used to build the high-rise towers.
Two independent systems are running on lift and staircase
shafts. MEVA Automatic Climbing (MAC) provides protection
for workers with full cladding surrounding the external hanging
platforms. Generous working space inside the external platforms
and external trailing platforms allow the contractor to follow
closely with the slab construction.
The MAC system is supported by jacking and shear key beams
inside the shafts. The MAC's hydraulic system has a capacity
of 20 tonne per ram and a non-return ratchet that locks on
each cylinder. Thus, the climbing load is carried by concrete
that has already set and offers the benefits of both safety
and speed.
Inside the MAC system, an intermediary platform gives access
to the 3-way adjustment devices which offer the system extreme
accuracy of +/- 3 mm. It also allows the system to be quickly
plumbed and speeds up the stripping and setting-up process.
The top of the ram rests against the beams of the main grid.MEVA's
high-performance wall formwork system Mammut 350 has been
used in MAC and it offers a concrete load capacity of 100
kN/sq m. During steel fixing the external panels or shutters
are retracted by hand and give access to the core structure.
An intermediary working platform ensures safe fixing. MAC
system also allows the usage of drop panels for confined spaces
where retraction is not practical.
The top platform of the MAC is free from jacking masts and
other mechanical obstacles and thus provides ample working
space for concreters. Open voids are minimised on the top
platform while concreting chutes ensure that concrete is not
spilled inside the system. Placing booms can also be integrated
into the MAC system.
(Communication by the management of the company)
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