Rammer 9033E working at Eggborough Power Station for DSM Demolition

DSM Demolition, one of the UK’s leading demolition companies, have been working on the demolition of Eggborough Power Station since 2020.

Blue Machinery have supported the project by supplying various bits of equipment along the way. In 2022 we supplied a Fortress FS-95 shear which went onto a high reach excavator and was used to process the steel on the buildings that had been brought down.

Their most recent purchase was a Rammer 9033E breaker. The hydraulic hammer, which is the largest in the Rammer range, was working on a section of the site that was previously used as an inlet/outlet for the pump house and cooling towers. This area is made up entirely of concrete and rebar, with the shallowest area being 18 inches deep. This required a breaker of substantial size to carry out the job.

Machine Operator, Dave Barlow, commented “there are two words that I would use to describe the hammer, efficient and brutal. It gets the job done.”

Xcentric XC9 is a crushing success for Belford Brothers

Based in Stoke-on-Trent, Belford Brothers Skip Hire is a family run business with over 40 years of experience, specialising in both commercial and domestic skip hire. The company were previously using a mobile crusher to crush the hardcore that had been sorted by their recycling plant. However, the crusher was becoming increasingly unreliable and was taking up too much space in the yard. With Belford Brothers having recently taken delivery of a new 13 ton excavator, Blue Machinery (Central) suggested that they use an Xcentric XC9 crusher bucket to process the material. Following the purchase of their new crusher bucket, Belford Brothers can now crush up to 30 tons per hour to keep up with the throughput of their recycling plant. The customer has also benefitted from the fast size change settings for quick and simple adjustments of the output size so that they can meet the required specifications of their buyers. Whilst the reverse crusher feature allows the operator to clear any blockage without having to get out of the cab to remove the blocked items from the bucket.