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Construction work has already begun in Cuiabá, Salvador and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where Powerscreen® Metrotrak and XA400S models are crushing demolition waste to produce materials for new stadiums and roads. According to Ayres de Azevedo Barreto from the contractor ‘Detronic Construction,’ “one of the contracts was scheduled to take six months, but the job was concluded in just four due to the high capacity and performance of Powerscreen’s tracked crushers.” Powerscreen manufactures a wide variety of portable tracked equipment, which can be operational in less than 30 minutes and are self-propelled by diesel engines. A selection of additional features allow the crusher range to be adapted to meet the demands of even the most challenging applications.
Previously, operators in Brazil favoured static plants, which had to be used outside of urban centres and therefore away from demolition sites. With Powerscreen® equipment offering a versatile and mobile solution, the material can now be processed on site allowing operations in previously inaccessible areas. One key benefit of this approach is that it eliminates pollution and heavy truck traffic. There are also financial benefits with the equipment generating revenue from the sale of recycled materials produced.