Wirtgen Group has always served its customers with technology intensive machineries including the Hamm soil compactors and tandem rollers
HAMM has supplied new compactor models from the HC series HC 119i to the Indian market. The machine, weighing 11 t, are available with or without a drum drive as well as a Padfoot shell. All machines fulfil the requirements of the CEV Stage IV. At 90 kW (121 HP), they bring enhanced power to the construction site.
– Ramesh Palagiri
Managing Director & CEO, Wirtgen India
What are the latest offerings in your product range?
HAMM has supplied new compactor models from the HC series HC 119i to the Indian market. The machine, weighing 11 t, are available with or without a drum drive as well as a Padfoot shell. All machines fulfil the requirements of the CEV Stage IV. At 90 kW (121 HP), they bring enhanced power to the construction site. Furthermore, the new compactors feature a modern, convenient operating platform, excellent driving and handling properties, as well as a highly efficient ECO mode that can reduce fuel consumption considerably.The new Hamm tandem rollers HD 99i launched in the Indian market are CEV-Stage IV compliant and are fuel efficient. Furthermore, they offer a modern operator’s platform, excellent driving comfort and handling properties. These models are manufactured at the Wirtgen Group plant in Pune, Maharashtra.
Share insights on technological upgradation that has happened recently or might happen in near future in compaction equipment.
The Wirtgen Group has always served its customers with technology intensive machineries including the Hamm soil compactors and tandem rollers. Hamm offers IoT based technologies and features in the compactors. WITOS fleet view is a software offered by Wirtgen group which records all the machine related data in real time. With its intelligent telematics system WITOS Fleet View supports fleet management for onsite machines. With WITOS HCQ, HAMM has taken another leap forward, towards the digital construction site. Here, all process data that has been collected is transferred to the WITOS portal via the mobile network. It also allows users to view process data such as the number of passes, asphalt temperature and stiffness value – for every individual point and for every individual machine.Working on a range of construction sites in the earthworks and asphalt sectors requires rollers to have optimum driving and steering characteristics. To meet this need, HAMM has installed three-point articulation – a more sophisticated upgrade from conventional articulated joints – in all soil compactors and tandem rollers. The three-point articulation ensures optimum steering characteristics, driving comfort and safety while driving on difficult terrain.
How do you look at the future of compactors in India?
Indian Compactor Market is expected to witness significant growth over the coming years on account of several upcoming projects such as the expansion of public infrastructure, the establishment of new industries as well as a growing number of small and medium enterprises (SME’s) in the country. Growth in infrastructure and construction activities are the key factors driving the growth of the compactors market. The introduction of stringent regulatory policies is also fueling the demand of this market. Whether it is asphalt compactors or soil compactors, the thrust from manufacturers has been on machines that will achieve optimum compaction with the minimum number of passes.
Manufacturers are also focusing on coming out with machines that are fuel-efficient and require minimal maintenance, all adding to the good news for contractors. With competition, intensifying suppliers are concentrating on coming out with machines that would ideally suit Indian working conditions, where typically these machines would be put through more number of work cycles, as compared to the developed world. With articulated and pivot-steered tandem rollers of between 1.5 and 14 t, manufacturers are offering a large range of machines for practically any application in asphalt construction for all markets. This includes double vibration rollers, rollers with vibration and oscillation drums, combination rollers, vibration rollers with split drums and rollers with split vibration and oscillation drums.
Indian Compactor Market is anticipated to register growth during 2020-2026. The government of India has come up with “Vision 2030” initiative aiming to be a $5 trillion economy by 2025 and $10 trillion economy by 2030, the foremost dimension of achieving this vision is to build physical infrastructures such as next-generation roads, railway, seaport, airports, urban transport, and inland waterways. The government of India and Invest India have come up with “India Investment Grid” (IIG) aiming to provide different investment options to global investors in 5000 projects from across the 36 states and union territories. Such initiatives would create ample demand for compactor equipment in the Indian market.
The government of India has come up with an initiative to encourage public-private partnerships (PPP’s) and foreign investors to participate in several infrastructure projects such as coastal road project, char Dham highway, char Dham railway, eastern and Western dedicated freight corridors, kalpasar project, and Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, Amritsar-Jamnagar industrial corridor project, Delhi-Katra Expressway, Ganga Expressway thus creating demand for compactor equipment in the upcoming years.
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