Sennebogen 870 Material Handlers Work Around the Clock on PCB Remediation Project on the Hudson River

摘要

Approximately three times a week, for six months of the year, trains depart from upstate New York, en route to one of three EPA-ap-proved long-term disposal facilities. The trains, which are loaded with dewatered, PCB-con-taining sediments, represent the last leg of a complex environmental dredging project undertaken by General Electric Co. in New York's Upper Hudson River. To keep these trains on schedule, GE relies on two purpose-built material handlers from SENNEBOGEN, an 870 R-HD and an 870 M, each moving 2,500 to 3,000 cubic yards of sediment per day from hopper barges that continuously cycle up and down the river filled with dredged sediments and water removed from the river. GE purchased the 870 R-HD after learning about its unique capabilities. "We recognized that our operation required equipment with a specific reach and height," said Timothy Krup-penbacher, GE's Operations Manager, Global Operations Environment, Health & Safety. "The bucket had to reach down 12 feet into and across the hold of the 35-foot wide scows, then clear a 30-foot height to reach above the rim of the hopper feeding our processing stations."