Volvo excavator assisting the construction of the Laos power plant
The two countries of Laos and Thailand are adjacent to the map. In recent years, with the rapid economic development of the two countries, electricity began to tense up, for the common interests of the two countries since 2009, has established a joint venture in Laos town Flood flood sediment power plant, power plant construction of nature cannot do without the help of engineering machinery, when Volvo came to help the excavator.
A Volvo EC700C excavator set foot on Laos land for the first time. The 70 ton steel giant is the giant of Volvo excavator family. The fuselage is more than 3.5 meters high, and it has 336.5KW Volvo V-ACT engine. When the machine waving nearly 10 meters in size, it gives a fearful "buzz" sound, which is accurate and fast, and at the same time, the fuel consumption is significantly lower than the other products at the same level.
The equipment is the first Volvo EC700C excavator in the history of Laos. The staff exclaimed: "this machine is almost invincible, its giant bucket and greatly enhance the efficiency of our work is for."
In addition to the Volvo EC700C excavator, 3 Volvo EC210Prime, 3 EC380DL, 1 EC140BLC and 1 ECR88 Plus have also joined in the work. The strong chassis makes the equipment have high reliability and efficiency.
Hong Sha's local Volvo dealer Italthai Indiustrial also stationed a maintenance team in the power plant. After all, the power plant is located in the remote area, and the hills are clustered, and the roads are not smooth. Therefore, to provide timely services, we need to try to get closer to the construction site. In addition to regularly taking care of Volvo excavator, Italthai Indiustrial will also provide maintenance and maintenance for Volvo loaders, graders and soil compactors in power plants, with a total number of 18 devices.
The total installed capacity of the power plant will reach 1878 MW. It is expected to be formally put into operation in 2016 and roughly estimate the daily consumption of coal up to 16000 tons. With Volvo building equipment and dealers working together, Hong Sha power plant will help Laos and Thailand to achieve economic growth.
