MSK stay loyal to Volvo CE machines
New L90G wheel loader provides optimum performance for MSK Waste Management & Recycling Ltd
LONG-standing users of Volvo construction equipment, MSK Waste Management & Recycling Ltd, have added a new Volvo L90G loading shovel as their prime mover at the firm’s River Road Barking facility. The Volvo L90G replaces a L120F machine that had clocked up a significant number of hours at the site.
The new addition has been put in charge of rehandling and sorting a wide variety of industrial and inert material arriving at the facility every day as well as loading high sided bulk trailers for onwards disposal. It works a full 12h shift handling as much as 300 tonnes of material in and out of the facility per day.
The arrival of the 15-tonne wheel loader coincides with additional investment at MSK’s facility that will increase the number of bays and picking lines, significantly improving recycling rates.
MSK operations manager Mark Levett commented: ‘Opting for the smaller L90G model has meant we gain better manoeuvrability on our fairly confined site and in terms of power and production output it easily meets and often exceeds what we were achieving with the larger machine.’
The loading shovel has been correctly specified for the application, including: a long boom option offering a generous forward dump reach of 1.47m; a 4.5m3 high tip bucket; foam filled L5 tyres; guarding to windscreen; working lights; and heavy-duty under belly plates. For additional safety precautions, the machine has been fitted with a reversible fan to combat the ingress of dust and particles to the engine compartment.
The L90G wheel loader is powered by a Stage IIIB-compliant 6-litre engine (175hp) coupled with a Volvo HTE125 and axles. Engine output with high torque at low engine rev/min has helped result in fast cycle times and high productivity, enhanced by two strong variable displacement load-bearing axial piston pumps handling a maximum of 162 litres/min.
These also provide superior control of the load and attachments, as well as high breakout force, fast lifting and tilt functions. The machine’s servicing will be covered as part of Volvo’s Blue service agreement package.
