Wacker Neuson Participates in the construction of the tunnel of the BIRD in Antequera
13 February 2012
By commission of the Ministry Act public and of the company of Spanish railway industrys ADIF, the companies of construction Acciona and Torrescámara are building here a new tunnel for the train of high speed. The most remarkable is that the tunnel is being built to open sky (false tunnel). For this are using two trucks of formwork of the company Doka along the tunnel. The two trucks of formwork of 15 metres of long each one are instrumented with external shakers and converters of the company Wacker Neuson. The total of 104 external shakers and 16 frequency converters are employed for the vibrated of the inner face of the tunnel. With this compact the walls of 75 centimetres of thickness of average. Like result obtains inside the tunnel a surface of concrete caravista, perfectly compacted.
“Decide us by the external shakers of Wacker Neuson, since it convinced us first of all the excellent quality of the equipment”, comments Pablo Sañudo, boss of production of the false tunnel to charge of the UTE Acciona-Torrescámara. And it adds: “The external shakers are light, easy to handle, of fast fixation, offering to the pair some excellent results in the compactación. This is ideal for us”. This also can it ascertain the team of operarios in work. In total work with the external shakers of Wacker Neuson 40 men, in three turns.
