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New Steelwrist X02 tilt-rotator

Steelwrist has revealed a new X02 tilt-rotator suitable for 1.5- to 2.5-tonne excavators. The X02 will debut at the Swedish Machine Fair (Svenska Maskinmässan) in Stockholm on June 2nd to 4th 2022.

The X02 tilt-rotator has a number of innovative features and comes with either a Direct Fit or an S30 top for the connection to the excavator. The coupler side (bottom) of the tilt-rotator is available in a mechanical locking version as well as hydraulic locking for S30. The hydraulic lock version with the integrated Front Pin Hook is probably the only tilt-rotator in this class that has work tool safety to support CE requirements, reckons Steelwrist.

The X02 is positioned between the smallest TCX tilt coupler for machines below 2 tonnes, and the X04 tilt-rotator for excavators from 2.5 to 4 tonnes. Again, the focus with X02 has been to make a fully casted product with best strength-weight ratio and low building height. Other innovative design solutions introduced with the X02 are a new gearbox design which makes it possible to easily eliminate play over time; lubrication free bearings for easy maintenance; valves and control module placing to protect from outer damage; and a bolt-on lifting eye or lifting hook as option on direct fitted tilt-rotators.

With a complete set of Steelwrist S30 work tools for the X02 tilt-rotator, such as grading, digging, cable/trenching and V-ditch bucket, asphalt cutter and ripper, an excavator is turned into an efficient and versatile tool carrier suitable for a wide range of applications. In autumn 2022, Steelwrist will add a multi grapple (a general purpose construction and log grapple) to the X02’s work tool range.

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