Atlas Copco debuts Penta Series breakers.

* The Penta Series of light hydraulic breakers from Atlas Copco Atlas Copco is a Swedish industrial company that was founded in 1873. It manufactures industrial tooling and equipment.

The Atlas Copco Group, founded already in 1873, is a global industrial group of companies headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Construction Tools Inc., West Springfield West Springfield, town (1990 pop. 27,537), Hampden co., SW Mass., on the Connecticut River opposite Springfield; settled 1654, set off from Springfield and inc. 1774. Light manufactures include paper, chemicals, and ignition systems. , Mass., is being targeted toward several key demolition and recycling segments.

With service weights ranging from 200 to 795 pounds, Penta Series hydraulic breakers are being marketed as ideal for road construction, light demolition, landscaping and for smaller trenching applications.

The breakers feature Krupp percussion percussion /per·cus·sion/ (per-kush´un) the act of striking a part with short, sharp blows as an aid in diagnosing the condition of the underlying parts by the sound obtained. technology, which was purchased by Atlas Copco when the company acquired the Krupp hydraulic hammer business from Krupp Berco Bautechnik of Germany in 2002.

In the Penta Series, the smaller PB 110V model is suggested for use with mini-loaders, while the largest model, the PB 420V breaker breaker: see wave, in oceanography. can be fitted to standard backhoes.

The Penta hydraulic breakers are equipped with the VibroSilenced sound damping damping

In physics, the restraint of vibratory motion, such as mechanical oscillations, noise, and alternating electric currents, by dissipating energy. Unless a child keeps pumping a swing, the back-and-forth motion decreases; damping by the air's friction opposes the system with elastic acoustic insulation, which Atlas Copco says reduces noise by 18 decibels, which makes the Penta breakers among the quietest in the industry.

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Title Annotation:	Equipment Report; smaller PB 110V model is suggested for use with mini-loaders, while the largest model, the PB 420V
Publication:	Construction & Demolition Recycling
Article Type:	Brief Article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Mar 1, 2004
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