Reply No. 219


Hire Update


Makita Disc Cutters “Better All-Round Package” For Stanton Bonna • Ultra low vibrations enable 6.58 hours use per day • Low fuel consumption and lightweight choice Stanton Bonna is a leading UK manufacturer of concrete and GRP products for the water, highways, rail, housing, telecoms and power sectors of the construction


industry. At the company’s production facility at Ilkeston, Derbyshire, these giant concrete products have to be cut to exact lengths and Carl Stevens’ team has four petrol disc cutters running on every shift. Reliability problems with a previous brand determined evaluation of Makita’s latest range of petrol disc cutters including the first 4- stroke disc cutter, EK7650H, on the market. The results of the trial have proved high productive


capacity and economic running costs of the new Makita machines. The 4-stroke Makita EK7650H is a 4hp machine with a maximum cutting depth of 97mm. It has spring assisted recoil starter with automatic decompression valve which ensures easy and reliable cold and hot-starting procedures. All the claimed benefits of this 12” machine, which weighs just 12kg, have been born out during the trials and they are now in regular use at Stanton Bonna’s busy concrete product plant. “Our disc cutters are actually running hard for at least


four hours every shift. We have found the fuel consumption far superior to any previous machine and the time between fuelling is improving our productivity,” reports Carl Stevens. Having previously used 14” and 16” machines, the new Makita 4-stroke has proved better balance and greater manoeuvrability, especially when working around large diameter concrete pipes. The ultra low vibration levels of the new Makita


EK7650H are so low that the machine can be used for more than six and a half hours daily. The company has never been able to authorise this usage time before from previous machine brands. Using the Makita 12” disc cutter is more productive than previous 14” machines and there is less fatigue down-time for the operators.


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