Preparing the bursting head for one of the bursting runs.The Hydroburst HB80 rig has the capacity to burst pipes of up to 16" (400 mm) diameter on size for size replacement works and so is particularly useful on larger diameter cast iron trunk and transmission mains projects. With the Hammerhead™ Air Impactor system the unit can easily burst diameters in excess of 16" (400 mm) diameter.
Unique features of the new unit include:
• Lightweight upset screwed rods (12.2 kg) for secure rod stringing both out and in
• On-board burst head docking up to 12" (300 mm)
• The Upset rod allows positive grip without the need for jaws
• Auto rod spinner available as an option
• Hydraulic rear stabilising foot
• Fast rod stringing at around 18 seconds per meter
The new unit is also capable of bursting large diameter ductile iron pipes commonly found in the in the UK gas and water industries when used with Hammerhead™ Ductile Slitters.
Equipment Range
U Mole is the approved UK distributor for Earth Tool equipment and offers the company's full range of products for trenchless installation and pipeline replacement for either sale or hire. These include: Active and standard head HAMMERHEAD™ impact moles (earth piercing tools), HAMMERHEAD™ ramming hammers, other HYDROBURST™ rod-based, hydraulic pipe bursting systems and the PORTABURST™ cable-based, hydraulic pipe burster range.
The company is also the representative for The Robbins Company in respect of the Robbins SBU (Small Boring Unit) product line, including provision of all spares and consumables within the SBU range. The territory across which U Mole acts in this capacity includes: France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK and Eire.
U Mole also supplies a full and extensive range of trenchless and limited dig equipment including: MTS/Vac-Tron vacuum excavation systems, coring equipment for keyhole technology for use in the small footprint excavation of utilities and services with minimum disruption to the local area and minimum damage to the buried service. Also available are Pipe to Site coiled pipe trailers, Acuster plastic pipe fusion systems, Rotair compressors, Reed Tools and a complete range of accessories such as pipe Cobra flexible rodding, towing heads, cable socks, pipe pigs, swivels, breakaway connectors.
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