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GET ground engaging tools are additional components
that are bolted onto the front edge of the bucket, and
sometimes also on the sides, in order to increase the
bucket’s ability to attack and penetrate different muck pile
formations.
- It cuts like a knife through butter. The job gets done
much easier with the new GIII bucket.
- Our team has put a lot of effort into testing and choosing
the best steel available for the new GIII bucket, says
Anders Persson, Manager of the Atlas Copco Materials &
Rock Drill Laboratory.
- The GIII bucket is now made of very wear resistant
steel which will reduce maintenance costs.
Atlas Copco Underground Rock Excavation is a division within
Atlas Copco’s Construction and Mining Technique business
area. It develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range
of tunneling and mining equipment for various underground
applications worldwide. The division focuses strongly on
innovative product design and aftermarket support systems,
which give added customer value. The divisional headquarters
and main production center is in Örebro, Sweden.
Issue 04 | 2010
NEWS & REPORTS
When the GIII bucket is equipped with GET
ground engaging tools it “cuts like a knife”
through the muck pile.
When the GIII bucket is equipped with the ground
engaging tool GET it is said to cut through a muck pile “like
a knife”. GET’s designer Kjell Karlsson says:
- We have made the Atlas Copco GET very sharp and
aggressive, and because of this it will stay sharp all the
time until it is time to change the parts. We believe the
user can wear off almost fifty percent of the material on
each shroud until it is time to change the parts.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT:
Atlas Copco Construction Tools
Marketing Comunication/ Media Relations
Anja Kaulbach
Tel.: +49 (0)201 - 633 - 22 33
eMail: anja.kaulbach@de.atlascopco.com
Internet: www.atlascopco.com
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