The CI series of scrap shears from Italian hydraulic attachment manufacturer VTN Europe have been re-invented and remodelled with the introduction of the new CI-R range, the ‘R’ seemingly standing for revolution. Warrington based attachment specialist ECY Haulmark draws attention to “the well-arranged assembly and top quality hydraulic components”, which make these new shears “more than an extraordinarily ambitious hydraulic attachment” but something that embodies the Italian firm’s pursuit of the state of the art.
The new CI-R series, re-designed specifically for heavyweight excavators, can be put to work in the processing of heavy duty metals and structures. The scrap and demolition shear achieves the highest levels in terms of performance, says ECY. Built from the highest quality steel available, the aggressive shear frame realises a new level of robustness and reliability for this, a new generation of scrap shear.
The jaw type and wide mouth opening have been designed for grabbing and cutting all sizes of materials, and with optimised cycled times, says ECY, thanks to a dedicated speed valve.
Anatomy of a shear
Whilst the piercing tip is made of one piece, the four-times replaceable blades should make for a low outlay on spare parts. ECY says the new jaw alignment works with the fixed jaw fulcrum pin grant to provide a very precise material cutting. The rotation system, with double bearings in rows, can help operators gain the perfect positioning of the material to be processed – helped also by the break system inside the swinging motor.
ECY Haulmark recently carried out the first UK installation of the new VTN Europe CI-R scrap and demolition shear.
The model CI10000-R shear has been boom mounted onto Haywood Crushing & Demolition’s Komatsu PC600LC and is the third set of super-sized shears in the new range. This is a ten and a half tonne shear, with a jaw opening and depth of more than one metre, unleashing a cutting strength of 1320 tonnes distributed along the jaw. Suitable for excavators from sixty tonnes up, it is capable of cutting steel surfaces thicker than ninety millimetres.
Demolition application
HCD Ltd has been contracted by a major house builder to complete the demolition works and clear the site of the former Crown canning works in Worcester. The site comprises fifteen acres which is being cleared for the construction of 240 new houses. The Crown Gate Works are constructed of steel covered buildings with cement asbestos roofing sheets over the whole site, with the main factory production area having a large basement area. This is a twenty five week project to clear all the buildings plus remove all concrete floor slabs and foundation to a depth of two and a half metres.
HCD Ltd Manging Director Ian Musto invested in the new VTN CI1000R scrap shear from UK VTN dealer ECY Haulmark Ltd. HCD Ltd are a long time user of VTN attachments and are also utilising a VTN CI3000 Scrap shear, dipper mounted onto their Doosan DX480LC on the same site. Mr Musto commented: “VTN’s scrap shears have always given us good solid service over the years, in old money we started with the HS200 and HS400 models, moving onto the CI3000 and now the CI10000R to assist in the onsite processing of our heavy duty demolition scrap metals”.
On this current project for HCD Ltd, the VTN CI10000R scrap shear is processing compound girder measuring approximately 600mm x 100mm
The new VTN CI-R range represents a true beast of a shear, says ECY, with a capability to work in the world’s biggest scrap processing yards and demolition sites.
