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On a challenging job
MotoCut automated pile cutters were in
operation at a massive oil industry construction
site in Central Asia. The project
involved cutting nearly 60,000 precast concrete
piles over a period of two years. The
project was carried out with four MotoCut
units (three of the Q-400 model and one
Q-500 model) to cut 16-inch square concrete
piles. The MotoCut pile cutters were
fitted on 30-ton excavators.
The ground at the site was a former
seabed, which meant that the piles had been
specially treated to fit the salty environment
– the piles contained stronger and larger
diameter steel than usual. On average, one
MotoCut cutter was able to cut 30 to 50
precast concrete piles per day. Manually, the
cutting speed would have been two per day
as the piles in this project needed to be cut
in two directions due to the large number
Steel pipe pile being cut with MotoCut’s P-400 plasma cutter
Compared to the traditional,
manual pile-cutting
method, the automated
process is a faster and
safer way to cut piles.
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