Darda North America Offers Quiet, Low Vibration Demolition Attachments for Compact Carriers
Darda North America brings the power and performance of its attachments for compact carriers, such as mini excavators, telehandlers and skid steer loaders, to the United States and Canada. Darda’s lineup includes bolt cutters, concrete crushers, rock splitters, shears and tank cutters. Suitable for a range of applications, including interior demolition, trenching and rock excavation, Darda attachments offer high performance and low-noise, low-dust and low-vibration solutions.
“Any kind of demolition — whether that’s cutting metal or breaking concrete or rock — can be really bothersome to the people living or working nearby,” said Sébastien Berche, business development manager for Darda North America. “Darda attachments offer a way to mitigate the negative effects of noise and vibration. They are designed to get the job done in the safest way possible.”
The North American market now has access to:
- Bolt Cutters
Darda’s new bolt cutters offer a compact, hydraulic cold-cutting option with no sparks and no open flames. These attachments can cut through high-strength rebar up to 1.3 inches (32 millimeters) in diameter with maximum safety.
- Concrete Crushers
Setting the standard for silent demolition, Darda’s concrete crushers are designed for jobsites with strict noise restrictions. With large jaw openings and a crushing force from 44-54 tons depending on the model, the crushers can easily handle concrete slabs 17-22 inches (432-558 millimeters) thick. Additionally, all crusher models can cut through rebar up to 1.2 inches (30 millimeters) in diameter. For additional flexibility, the Concrete Crushers can be converted into steel shears by changing the jaw sets.
- Tank Cutters
Darda’s tank cutter attachment provides cold, continuous cutting for steel tanks, pipes and vessels. The adjustable cutting gap offers a 120,000-pound (54,431-kilogram) cutting force in materials up to 0.5 inches (13 millimeters) thick.
Steel Shears
The Steel Shears ensure fast, low-noise cutting for steel structures, large utility lines and cutting metal girders for scrap yards. The attachment’s 228,000-pound (103,419-kilogram) cutting force works independent of the carrier’s hydraulic pressure for consistent power and enhanced control with an 8-inch (204-millimeter) opening for easy positioning.
- Rock Splitters
This tool allows controlled, silent and cost-effective rock splitting with no noise, vibration or flying stone, resulting in safer breaking. The attachment has up to 3,600,000 pounds (1,632,933 kilograms) of splitting force. A drilled hole in the rock with a diameter of 3 inches (76 millimeters) is required before the splitter is inserted and adjusted to set the splitting direction. The wedge drives between the two counter wedges to press them apart, creating a split in a matter of seconds.
For more information about Darda attachments in the United States and Canada, email [email protected].
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Michael Roth
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.