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Pamplona purchases to Geesinknorba several recolectores of lateral load

Editorial Interempresas13/04/2012

13 April 2012

In Pamplona, with a population of 200.000 inhabitants that sees increased enormously during his Sanfermines, the collected of rubbishes is a very important task. To carry out it, the city trusts a fleet of vehicles of collected that has been supplied by Geesinknorba Spain.

This fleet comprises so much recolectores of rear load like side. The first belong to the Series N of Geesinknorba, of the type RL200 GPM II and GPM III, with variable capacity. These versions work in the centre of the city and rural areas employing three different types of container: for residual and organic scraps, paper and cardboard, and plastic. The glass is collected of independent form in iglús by the Ecoembes.

One of the recolectores of lateral load AMS CL1-N purchased to Geesinknorba Spain.

The service is managed by FCC in representation of the City council of Pamplona, and realises during the night in the city, and along the day in the rural zones.

The system of rear load requires of a driver to carry the truck and of two operarios in the rear zone for vaciar the different containers with the help of a mechanism of elevation. Once castings, the personnel gives back the containers to his location and the truck displaces to the following point of collected.

New units of lateral load

More recently, Pamplona has invested in the purchase of two recolectores of lateral load AMS CL1-N, purchased to Geesinknorba Spain. The new units will collect residual and organic wastes, paper and cardboard, and plastics, of containers of until 3.200 litres of capacity in residential zones of the outskirts of the city. The units are of 25 m³ of capacity and have a hopper of 5,6 metres. To keep the levels of noise to the minimum and help to reduce the footprint of carbon, these units AMS employ a taking of strength Denison of low speed that allows to work to 900 rpm. Other remarkable characteristics of these equipment are his central system of greased and the cover of the hopper.

The new units have been mounted in truck MAN TGS 26.320 6x2 with rear steering and 26 tonnes of PMA. The chassis incorporates an engine Euro V EEV and an automatic transmission ZF Astronic of 12 speeds. The chassis MAN also incorporates pneumatics suspension and system of braked with retardo.

The city of Pamplona decided by the purchase of these recolectores of lateral load AMS CL1-N after listening of mouth of his partner FCC his tested reliability and traction. FCC Has employed already these equipment in other a lot of municipalities of all Spain. They obtain with them also greater savings of costs since the lateral system requires of an alone driver and no of the two operarios traditional of the version of rear load.

The lateral load presents several advantages on the rear, like some lower costs in personnel.

These units have also of system GPS, by what his routes can be reproduced in the centre of management and facilitates the can cover temporarily low of the drivers of the vehicles.

In summary, with the investment in these new recolectores of lateral load AMS of Geesinknorba, Pamplona will be able to supply a system of management of sustainable waste so much for the inhabitants of the city as for the numerous tourists that receives.