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  2. Industrial shredder - Wikipedia

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    Industrial shredder. This shredder is set up in line with a granulator, in order to reduce the size of the processed material more. An industrial shredder is a machine used to break down materials for various applications such as recycling, volume reduction, and product destruction.

  3. Hydraulic splitter - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic splitter, also known as rock splitter or darda splitter, is a type of portable hydraulic tool. It is used in demolition jobs which involve breaking large blocks of concrete or rocks. Its use in geology was first popularized by volcanologist David Richardson. Following the darda splitters, the second type hydraulic splitter, known as ...

  4. Heavy equipment - Wikipedia

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    Heavy equipment functions through the mechanical advantage of a simple machine that multiplies the ratio between input force applied and force exerted, easing and speeding tasks which often could otherwise take hundreds of people and many weeks' labor. Some such equipment uses hydraulic drives as a primary source of motion.

  5. Jackhammer - Wikipedia

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    Advances in technology have allowed for portable hydraulic breakers. The jackhammer is connected with hydraulic hoses to a portable hydraulic powerpack: either a petrol or diesel engine driving a hydraulic pump; or a mini-excavator or skid-steer via a power take-off driveshaft to the machine's hydraulic system. Hydraulic power sources are more ...

  6. Demolition - Wikipedia

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    To demolish bridges, hoe rams are typically used to remove the concrete road deck and piers, while hydraulic shears are used to remove the bridge's structural steel. Bridge demolition using explosives near Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands, 1920-1940. Fred Dibnah used a manual method of demolition to remove industrial chimneys in Great Britain. He ...

  7. Excavator - Wikipedia

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    House demolition by an excavator in Invermere, British Columbia. Excavators are used in many ways: Digging of trenches, holes, foundations; Material handling [6] Brush cutting with hydraulic saw, mower, and stump removal attachments; Forestry work; Forestry mulching; Demolition with hydraulic claw, cutter and breaker attachments

  8. Shear (sheet metal) - Wikipedia

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    An alligator shear, historically known as a lever shear and sometimes as a crocodile shear, is a metal-cutting shear with a hinged jaw, powered by a flywheel or hydraulic cylinder. Alligator shears are generally set up as stand-alone shears; however, there are types for excavators. The jaw size can range from 4 to 36 in (100 to 910 mm) long.

  9. Alligator shear - Wikipedia

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    An alligator shear, historically known as a lever shear [1] and sometimes as a crocodile shear, [2] is a metal-cutting shear with a hinged jaw, powered by a flywheel or hydraulic cylinder. Alligator shears are generally set up as stand-alone shears; however, there are types for excavators. The jaw size can range from 4 to 36 in (100 to 910 mm ...