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Manufacturer: Motorart Scale: 1:50th Price: €120.00
Dimensions: L=215mm, W=65mm, H=179mm Weight: 320g
Kobelco
SK140SRD-5
Vehicle Dismantler
Below:
Looking good,
the SK140SRD-5
While tracked excavators can be equipped with multi-dismantling
machine in
any number of different attachments to undertake 1:50th scale.
a multitude of tasks, machine manufacturers
also produce specialist machines, designed for a
particular task and with Kobelco, that includes their
range of “Demolition and Dismantling” excavators
which are specifically designed for a dedicated
purpose.
B ased on the SK140SR is
the SK140SRD, a machine
specifically developed for
the processing of end- of-life
vehicles, fitted with an option of
multi-dismantling clamp (both vertical
and horizontal movement), or car
dismantling clamp (vertical movement
only) affixed to the undercarriage
which allows the excavator to hold
the vehicle while the operator gets
to work stripping out the various
components with the nibbler
attachment. The clamp has teeth to
separate heads and transmissions
from engine blocks, pullers to remove
instrumentation from wires and
harnesses, grips to hold components
for further processing and an anchor
to bend longer items easily.
A 1:50th scale model produced
by Motorart of the smallest vehicle
dismantling machine in the range is
now available from the Kobelco
fanshop and joins its bigger brother,
the SK210D. The SK140SRD-5 is
based on the short radius SK140 and
as such, shares a number of parts with
the addition of a multi-dismantling
clamp fitted to the undercarriage
which allows the machine to grip
vehicles while the nibbler attachment
strips out the various components
for recycling. The clamp fitted to the
undercarriage has the ability to open
and close, as well as having height
16 TPMMW Magazine - Spring 2020