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News Release from: Damar International | Subject: Slide Sledge
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 03 April 2008

Bucket replacement system boosts speed
and safety

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Using the Slide Sledge, a task such as pin removal on an excavator bucket is a simple one-man operation.

Morrison Construction is using Slide Sledge sledge hammer replacement, on a contract they are undertaking for the government of South Georgia Damar International's Slide Sledge ensures safety, speed and simplicity

Using the Slide Sledge, a task such as pin removal on an excavator bucket is a simple one-man operation.

Instead of needing a mate to hold the chisel, while another man swings the sledge hammer, Slide Sledge allows the operator to apply force directly to the pin, by driving the captive bar within the tool.

This is far safer and more productive than the conventional method.

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.

The islands are remote with a harsh climate, but also stunningly beautiful and rugged and a sanctuary for wildlife.

Morrison has been commissioned by the SGSSI government to build a hydro electric scheme to serve the area of Grytviken and King Edward Point.

The scheme, with approval from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will make this the first UK overseas territory to be almost completely supplied with energy from a green and renewable source.

Contractors are working in extreme conditions.

The islands have permanent glacial fields and are snow covered throughout the winter months.

Temperatures on the islands are moderated by the surrounding ocean, but 0C is typical at sea level, with severe wind chill factors.

Maintaining heavy plant in these conditions, wearing gloves and bulky clothing, requires tools and techniques that allow the job to be done safely and quickly, which is why the Slide Sledge is so useful.

Despite using low-temperature grease, said to remain workable to minus 60C, Morrison Construction operators have found bucket pins frozen in place but have been able to dislodge them with Slide Sledge.

In addition to other international customers, Damar has now supplied Slide Sledge to contractors in Iceland and the South Atlantic.

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