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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JUNE
2016
These brooms come in two sweeping widths, with their drop
core design enabling fast bristle replacement without the need to
remove hydraulic hoses. A quick coupler facilitates easy work tool
inter-changeability.
“Essentially, Cat enhanced the C-Series for improved durability, service-
ability, efficiency and power delivery, ensuring optimum coverage when
cleaning and removing dirt, rock and other debris in a variety of construction,
industrial and landscape settings,” explains Barloworld Equipment product
and application specialist, Craig Christie. He adds that these brooms are
also ideal for paving, specialty trades, recycling, demolition, and airport
maintenance applications.
Pickup brooms sweep and deposit material into an integrated hopper
bucket for easy removal and dumping. Bidirectional travel is enabled.
However, the optimum sweeping style is forward, resulting in over-the-
brush pickup. The Cat BP115C and BP118C pickup brooms replace the
BP15B and BP18B with notable changes in terms of overall width and
height, greater unit weight and improved hydraulic flow range. Unit weights
for the BP115C and BP118C are 526 kg and 570 kg (previously 435 kg and
468 kg respectively) and overall width 1 990 mm and 2 295 mm (previously
1 912 mm and 2 217 mm). The required hydraulic flow range (l/min) is now
42-86 for both units compared to 30-86 on the B-Series. Brush speed is
also marginally up across the board.
Windrow action
Angle brooms use a windrowing action to move loose debris ahead and to
the side of the surface being swept. They can be oriented straight or angled
up to 30° left or right of centre in forward travel. Like the BP (pick-up broom
models) the Cat BA118C angle broom has also undergone some increased
dimensional changes, although in this case the unit weight is now down
from 417 kg on the BA18 to 401 kg on the BA118C.
Alongside the BP (pickup) and BA (angle) broom models, Caterpillar
continues to field the utility broom series for skid steers and other compact
machines, namely the Cat BU115 and BU118. Their role is essentially to
sweep and collect light debris on smooth surfaces in forward or reverse
travel. They can also be adjusted for greater bristle down-force in tough
applications, such as sweeping course material out of a cold planer cut.
“Succinctly put, a clean work site offers more than just aesthetic value:
removing debris results in improved productivity and a safer working envi-
ronment,” Christie adds.
A CLEAN SWEEP WITH
C SERIES BROOMS
Caterpillar’s latest generation C-Series angle
and pickup brooms for fitment on skid steer,
compact track, multi terrain and compact
wheel loaders are now available locally.
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The BA118C angle broom is
compatible with a wide machine
range, from the Cat 216B3 skid
steer to the Cat 908H2 compact
wheel loader.
Polypropylene/wire convoluted brushes provide optimum results for
sweeping. Optional all-polypropylene and all-steel wire convoluted
brushes are available for specialty applications.