Chicago Pneumatic

Applications & Capabilities

Hydraulic breakers
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Applications

Road maintenance work

Pavement removal

Concrete breaking
Asphalt breaking

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Demolition
Buildings

Bridges
Foundations

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Rennovation work
Brick walls
Concrete walls

Secondary demolition

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Foundation work
Floor levelling

Excavation work

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Rock excavation
Trenching

Ground excavation
Sidehill or through cutting

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Secondary rock breaking

Boulder size reduction to simplify

Loading process
Transport process
Crushing process

Rig-mounted equipment
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Applications

Primary rock breaking

Rock extraction

Rig-mounted equipment
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Factors influencing productivity

Material

Service &
Maintenance

Operator

Rig-mounted equipment
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Jobsite
conditions &
organization

Carrier & breaker

selection

Installation

Hydraulic breakers
Rock breaking capabilities Rock type

Igneous rock

Basalt
Diabase
Gabbro
Granite
Quartz porphyry
Syenite
Dolorite
Diorite

Rig-mounted equipment
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Sedimentary rock

Dolomite
Limestone
Greywacke
Sandstone
Travertine
Turbidite
Claystone

Metamorphic rock

Gneiss
Slate
Marble
Phyllite
Serpentinite
Quartzite

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Rock breaking capabilities Rock type
Typical RX breaker
range:
80 250 MPa

Serpentinite
Amphibolite
Granulite
Gneiss
Tuff
Travertine

Soft rock: < 100 Mpa

Dolomite

Medium rock: 100 170 MPA

Limestone

Hard rock: > 170 MPa

Sandstone
Greywacke
Quartzite
Diabas
Lava
Basalt
Quartz porphyry
Gabbro

Granite
0 MPa

50 MPa

100 MPa

150 MPa

200 MPa

250 MPa

300 MPa

Compressive strength in MPa (N/mm)

Rig-mounted equipment
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350 MPa

400 MPa

450 MPa

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Rock breaking capabilities Rock structure

Production rate in t/h or m/h

Solid &
compact rock
formation

Fragmented
rock formation

Highly
fragmented
rock formation

Discontinuity spacing
1.0 meter
Rig-mounted equipment
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0.4 meter

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Performance Guideline figures*

*Non-binding

Rig-mounted equipment
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Performance Guideline figures*

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Rig-mounted equipment
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