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AIRSTRIP

RENOVATION

AT NIGHT

ORCHESTRATED CAT RENTAL MACHINES OPERATE UNDER TIME AND SPACE RESTRICTIONS
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At Frankfurt Airport, six Cat excavators and their operators
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are on standby – not for a flight, but until the rental fleet from
Cat dealer Zeppelin Rental can continue renovations on the
“November” airstrip. It has endured 20 years of air traffic.

Fraport, the German transport company MACHINE DETAILS
operating at Frankfurt Airport, has hired In addition to hammers, the Zeppelin Cat 336F
construction companies Strabag, Johann and 330F rental machines are equipped with a
Bunte Bauunternehmung and Bratengeier standard Oilquick OQ80, a quick-change coupler
to recondition the nearly one-kilometer system enabling hydraulic attachment changes
airstrip. The main challenge is a tight from inside the cab. The excavators are also
daily schedule from 20:00 to 06:00. equipped with Cat SmartBoom™ technology,
which lowers the boom automatically when the
“This construction site is special,” said Julian chisel penetrates the tarmac. This means no
Zimmermann, Project Manager at Johann Bunte. impact energy is lost upward, vibrations are
“A lot of planning went into it. Now, over one night, reduced, and hammer force is maintained.
our team can renovate about 1,000 square meters.
That means removing 1,500 tons of asphalt and “We remove about 80 centimeters deep
foundation and moving 1,500 tons back in again.” worth of material in areas seven meters

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