Hanson Cement Heidelberg
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efficiency and savings with Volvo’s flagship loader
Cement Group anticipate significant fuel
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Hanson Cement, has taken delivery of a Volvo L350F wheeled loader as one of its front line machines for its Ribblesdale Works, Clitheroe, Lancashire
The 52 tonne wheeled loader now in residence at the Ribbles- dale facility represents the fourteenth L350F to be delivered into Europe for the Heidelberg Cement Group and was chosen primarily due to the superior fuel economy and productivity on a cost per tonne basis in its size class. “So far we’ve been very impressed with the machine in terms of its ease of operation and penetration of the face at relatively low rpm,” commented Quarry Supervisor Sam Wrathall. “It’s also giving us the flexi- bility for deploying a prime mover quickly around different parts of the quarry to maintain the blend of materials required by the plant,” he commented, highlighting the fact that some areas for material extraction are up to 1.5 kilometres from the primary crushers. “The L350F is ideally sized to handle some of the
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