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NEWS
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Evolution PL105 working on a steep slope in tandem with competitors pipelayers. NACAP, Tarvisio-Malborghetto 48" Project (Italy) .
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| 5-10-2007 |
IN SYDNEY BP PRESENTS COVETED AWARD TO LAURINI OFFICINE MECCANICHE |
For the second consecutive time, Laurini Officine Meccaniche of Busseto has won the BP Award.
The competition is held by British Petroleum every two years and is open to all the companies operating in the pipeline sector. It rewards the best technological innovation introduced in the last two years; this innovation must bring time and money savings and improve safety and operating conditions in work sites.
Already the winner in the last edition in Vancouver, Canada, Marco Laurini, owner and managing director of Laurini Officine Meccaniche, received the award for the second time, winning the first prize and leaving the second and third position to two world-class giants in the construction of “earth moving machinery”.
The machine that won the award, completely designed and constructed in the Bussetto plant, is the MULETRAX multipurpose tractor is designed for a wide range of applications and conditions thanks to its flexibility. Muletrax transforms to meet a variety of needs replacing a number of machines which used to perform only one specific function
Tratto dalla Gazzetta di Parma - Sezione Economia del 24/11/2007
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| 15-07-2007 |
EVOLUTION PL105 |
Two years after the BP AWARD, won thanks a device that transforms normal hydraulic excavators into pipe-laying tractors (see news dated 15/09/2005), LAURINI OFFICINE MECCANICHE launches on the pipeline market a new patented machine, the EVOLUTION PL105.
PL105 has maximum lifting capacity, 105 tons at 1.20 metres from the chain, 32 tons at 4 metres . The machine is fully hydrostatic and the operator controls translation and direction with a single joystick. With the engine on minimum, moving the joystick sideways, to the right or left, the tracks counter-rotate and the machine rotates on itself.
The engineering choice of equipping the machine with 4 driving sprockets has the aim of dividing the translation torque, which was calculated with the maximum weight applied on a 60% slope, on 4 “standard size” planetary reduction gears, instead of 2 non-standard ones which would be difficult to find. In addition they are equipped with 4 brakes instead of 2.
This means that when the machine is working on a slope, as you release the joystick, the machine is BLOCKED in the real sense of the word and held by 4 wheels with negative brakes. This ensures maximum safety. Translation speed is from 0 to 9 km/h . |
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Standard boom length is 8.5 metres but lengths up to 11.5 can easily be supplied. The counterweight extending outside the undercarriage allows keeping the centre of gravity within a height of 1.20 metres , compared to the 2.30/2.80 of most of the pipe-layers available on the market.
This makes the PL105 the most stable machine for work in mountain areas and may even increase the current slope limit for work on very steep slopes. An international patent has been filed for the 4 driving sprockets with hydraulic tightening system and for the undercarriage counterweight. Overall dimensions are: external shoe width = 3400mm and since the boom supports are bolted on and can be removed, this is also the maximum width for transport.
Height is over 4 metres in terms of operation, but the interesting point is that by removing the ROPS protection, flanged onto the 4 columns, the cab lowers hydraulically by means of a 24 V electric pump and the maximum height for transport becomes 3.30 metres , which complies with requirements for normal transport. The complete machine weighs 57 tons but the counterweight can be removed using the 2 eyebolts and this reduces the weight by 15 tons.
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| 15-09-2005 |
LAURINI OFFICINE MECCANICHE” WINS WORLD RECOGNITION
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Laurini Marco titolare della “Laurini Officine Meccaniche” di Busseto è stato premiato a Vancouver, Canada, in un concorso mondiale indLaurini Marco owner of “Laurini Officine Meccaniche”, of Busseto (Parma), received an award in Vancouver, Canada, in a world competition organized by British Petroleum “BP”: BP Award 2005. The award went to technological innovations developed over the last two years that brought a reduction of costs in oil and gas pipeline construction. Laurini presented its latest creation consisting in a device used to transform normal hydraulic excavators in “side boom” tractors that may be used for laying pipes in trenches.etto dalla British Petroleum "BP": BP Award 2005. Il concorso premiava l'innovazione tecnologica degli ultimi 2 anni, che portasse una riduzione dei costi nella costruzione di oleodotti e metanodotti. Laurini ha infatti presentato la sua ultima creazione che consiste in un’attrezzatura che permette di trasformare i normali escavatori idraulici in“side boom”, trattori posatubi, idonei alla posa della condotta nello scavo.
As this modification is not permanent, it makes it possible to restore the machine to its original condition in just a few hours thus reducing the investment normally required when companies have to buy a number of different machines. This solution also has advantages in terms of safety and comfort for the operator as well as for the transport of the vehicles. Unlike standard pipe laying tractors, the side-boom excavator can be transported without having to remove the boom or the counterweights. After receiving the award, Marco Laurini commented: «My objective has always been to create something innovative that could bring favourable changes in the sector where i work». Laurini Marco, who has been operating in the pipeline sector for over 20 years, has already patented and manufactured several machines designed by him and successfully sold around the world. This year “Laurini Officine Meccaniche” celebrates its 50th anniversary from its foundation by Lodovico Laurini.
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