French contractor chooses Liebherr's R 918 for inner city demo work

Thu 01 Sep 2016

French contractor chooses Liebherr's R 918 for inner city demo work

The company works mainly in the busy city centre of Paris and therefore needs a compact machine which is easy to transport for demolition work on inner city construction sites. With a width of only 2.5 m the Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator can be moved easily from one job-site to another without the need for special transport, a huge advantage for a company which works on several construction sites simultaneously. The R 918 crawler excavator comes from the standard model series and was configured by Liebherr-France SAS to the customer's requirements. "Liebherr really listened to what we wanted and adapted the excavator to meet our specific requirements", explains Etienne Dadou, President of the demolition company. The company adapted the R 918 to the particular demolition requirements right down to the very last detail. Liebherr was the only manufacturer able to implement the option to equip the excavator with a straight boom. A height of 1.30 m can be reached with this solution - which is roughly half a floor-height. liebherr-crawler-excavator-r918-ecd-01

The Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator with an operating weight of approximately 21 tonnes, is equipped with a Liebherr diesel engine with a power rating of 95 kW / 129 HP and is Stage IIIB emissions compliant. It boasts a straight monoblock boom of 5.45 m and a stick of 2.70 m, a NLC travel mechanism with track gauge of 2000 mm, B60 chains with triple grouser track pads of 500 mm, and a heavy counterweight (2.5 t) for a high degree of stability. For work in dusty environments a water spraying system and an air pre-filter with dust discharge are available. The excavator is also equipped with a reversible fan drive and a dust grid at the cooler. In order to increase the service life of the components, the Liebherr R 918 crawler excavator has been fitted with demolition specification protection, including side skirt impact protection, hydraulic ram guards and reinforcement of the travel mechanism. liebherr-crawler-excavator-r918-ecd-02

Additional protective equipment has been fitted, such as the FOPS protective grid, the ROPS cabin design, as well as an armoured windscreen and roof, to guarantee the driver's safety. The rear area monitoring and the lateral camera ensure additional safety. They give the driver a superb view of the working area and an overview of the surrounding area of the machine. ECD (Etude Conseil Démolition) Etude Conseil Démolition (ECD), with its head office in Louvres (Ile de France) was founded in 1966 as a planning office and has been involved in the demolition industry since 2000. Three years ago Etienne Dadou took over the Parisian-based company, which currently has 21 employees.

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