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Volvo's Waste Industry Innovations

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A Look at Specialized Heavy equipment for Waste handling-loaders, excavators, & garbage trucks

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What happens here

The presenter then moves on to discuss the waste industry, mentioning that Volvo has been a key player for about 20 years. He highlights their specialized equipment for applications like asphalt and dirt work. John, another Volvo representative, joins to discuss how Volvo specifically addresses the pain points of the waste industry with purpose-built offerings. He introduces the LC450H, emphasizing its 90,000 lbs weight and specialized compactor wheels with 'Terra Twist Torque' cleats that twist and break down trash to aid compaction. John also explains that the machine features heavy-duty guarding, including 2-inch thick steel belly pans to protect the center pin, and swing-down pans for easier service access to components like the transmission and fuel tank. The air intake for the engine is positioned high to prevent debris entry.

Goal: Explain Volvo's specialized designs for waste management

Tools and materials

  • Elevated Engine Air Intake Volvo — Maintaining clean air supply for the engine
  • Steel Belly Pans — Undercarriage protection
  • Terra Twist Torque Cleats Volvo — Specialized wheel design for waste compaction
  • Volvo LC450H Landfill Compactor Volvo — Main equipment being discussed

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today's video guys this is Martin he's a director of key account yes for Volvo this is a Volvo been basically kind of a key player and yeah we've been sort of setting the tone I'm gonna key player in the waste industry for 20 years so now what I know of wobble they've got like specialized equipment for certain applications I know you guys are big in the asphalt industry dirt work you guys the excavators pay loaders boom wheels a an absolute top of the same thing here but you do like you guys are kind of ahead of the game yeah absolutely yeah we should be very proud of the offering that we have we have a purpose-built offering that we really have listen to the industry on what their pain points are and we have addressed that in our equipment now we're gonna go check out some of these individual machines really in detail so let's do that now let's meet the next guys thank you [Music] all right Todd Todd is a product manager specialist I'm product manager for special applications and mobile attachments for so this is a special application so let's take a look at this thing this is a beast absolutely a beast so tell me a little bit about this thing 90,000 pounds obviously a purpose-built landfill compactor the compactor wheels right so those those are what do all to work these ones have Terra twist torque cleats on them as trash comes here it comes in twists and breaks it apart and helps to break down so as I look at this machine I want to drive it really bad I think I know what I want to do anyway how does this machine then differ from a regular pay loader besides these compactor tires in this blade it's really the purpose is to do compaction and also distribute the material but it's significantly heavier underneath the bottom side and front frame rear frame there's thick guarding [Music] balli pans 2-inch thick pieces of steel there to help protect the center pin from wearing over time there's pans up underneath thick hands up underneath that help to protect against anything puncturing from below they also swing down for service to service the transmission and the fuel tank to death tank on this side you can see the air intake for the engine is up high okay so what are the things that I you know in this application it's dusty it's dirty it's nasty how do you guys handle that for the radiator because I know I've been in up before where the radiator plugs up pretty fast for sure it has an automatic reversing fan the coolers swing out so that you can easily…

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