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EIS Waste Services buys first Doosans

by Kyle Molyneux  |  Thu 23 Jul 2020

EIS Waste Services buys first Doosans

EIS Waste Services Ltd, based in Aberdeen in Scotland, has purchased two new Doosan DX180LC-5 18 tonne crawler excavators from Balgownie, the local Authorised Doosan dealer, with headquarters in Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.

With roots dating back over 45 years ago, EIS Waste Services is an independent waste management provider specialising in bespoke waste collection, recycling and disposal services. Working on behalf of a wide range of public and private sector clients in the industrial, commercial, construction and domestic sectors in the city of Aberdeen and across the county of Aberdeenshire, EIS Waste Services has grown steadily over the last three decades and now handles in excess of 100,000 tonnes of waste materials every year.

The new DX180LC-5 excavators are the first Doosan machines purchased by EIS Waste Services and are part of the continuing investment being made to further increase capacity at the company’s Gallowhill Waste Recycling Facility. This includes a new £1 million processing plant, one of three now installed at the Gallowhill site.

The new Doosan DX180LC-5 excavators have been equipped by Balgownie with raised cabs, hydraulic grabs and several other features to meet the specifications required by EIS Waste Services. The raised cabs, rear/side cameras and side mirrors on the excavators provide excellent visibiity for the operators to sort and pick through the many piles of waste arriving at the site, removing large items made of wood, metal, plastic and other materials, before feeding the remaining waste into the processing plants at the Gallowhill facility.

The DX180LC-5 is driven by the Perkins 1204F diesel engine providing 97.9 kW of power at 2000 rpm. Like all Doosan crawler excavators, the DX180LC-5 has innovative and exclusive features that lead to huge reductions in fuel consumption amounting to an average of 10% compared to the previous generation machines.

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