The 4h pumping of Neufahrn: Large boom team places ... - Putzmeister

In brief
The Governor of Baghdad, his Excellency
Salah Salem Abdelrazaq Al-Hameed, paid
a visit to Putzmeister on 22nd September.
As the representative voted by the people,
he enjoys the status of a minister, and governs
the Governorate of Baghdad. The
delegation was accompanied by representatives
of Liebherr, our partner fi rm
in Iraq.
Governor of Baghdad
visits Putzmeister
“Perilous
ride on the
wild buffalo”
It goes without saying that the “solution” shown here
in no way meets the applicable safety regulations: A truck
mixer feeds a truck-mounted concrete pump. As usual. The
pump in its turn feeds the hopper on a shotcrete
machine. Fine too. The shotcrete
machine is suspended over 10 m
in the air from a truck-mounted
crane, and is manned by two
daring machine operators.
One of them sits on the
hopper by the end hose,
the other controls the
spray arm. Strange and
dangerous! Not exactly a
prime example of slope
reinforcement! Well, at
least the men had their
hard hats on.
The visit was taking place because of concrete
plans by the local government for the
production and pouring of concrete by staterun
construction fi rms in infrastructure projects
carried out by them. A visit to the plant
and demonstration of a BSF 58-5.16 H truckmounted
concrete pump were therefore on
the programme. Having a go at operating it
clearly pleased the Governor.
As well as Putzmeister, the delegation
also visited the companies Liebherr and
Bomag. The trip was fi lmed and will be
shown on Iraqi television.
Putzmeister has been successfully active
in Iraq for over 25 years. There are currently
more than 100 Putzmeister truckmounted
and stationary pumps working
in Iraq to help with rebuilding the country.
q The easy operation of the M 58-5
via remote control clearly pleased the
Governor
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An unusual
tourist
at the
Nordkapp
The Pumi 31.89 S owned by the Norwegian
company Arnesen Beton AS had a long
trip to its destination: a round trip of 470
km in total, from the works in Alta to the
Nordkapp, and back again. Once there, it
Norway’s North Cape – the northernmost
point in Europe‘s road network
The Nordkapp is a shale plateau on the
Norwegian island of Magerøya, rising
sheer from the Arctic Ocean. It lies at
71° 10‘ 21“ north, some 520 km north
of the Arctic Circle. Since being linked to
the road network in 1956, the Nordkapp
has been the northernmost point in Europe
that can be reached by car from the
European continent.
Since 1999, the island of Magerøya has
been connected to the mainland via the
Nordkapp Tunnel. The tunnel is 6,875
metres long, burrowing under the Magerøy
Sound at a maximum depth of 212
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was used to renew the foundations of the famous
sculpture. “Not a huge job, but a nice
one!” according to Pål Vidar Arnesen, Production
Manager.
metres. It counts among the deepest and
steepest of tunnels – in parts, it encounters
inclines of 9 %.
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For over 30 years, Arnesen Beton has been
supplying and pumping ready-mixed concrete
in Norway‘s northernmost regions.
Tourism with tradition
In 1845, with the fi rst arrival of the
“Prinds Gustav” steamer from Hammerfest,
the Nordkapp had its fi rst taste of
tourism. The fi rst organised group tours
from London were arranged by the
“Thomas Cook” travel agency in 1875.
It was not until 1893 that the Nordkapp
made its real breakthrough as a tourist
destination, when the “Hurtigrute”, the
fi rst permanent sea route along the coast
to the North, was established. Today, the
Nordkapp is a tourist destination with
around 200,000 visitors per year.
‚ www.nordkapp.no
In brief
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