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Mail: office@westtech.at
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Splitting wood with Woodcracker® for a natural drying process
Dried wood chips have a higher heating value than fresh wood and improve the efficiency and life span of the wood chip heating system. By splitting the wood trunks, the processing gets easier and the wood can dry naturally before getting chipped.
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Independent and safe with the splitting tongs Woodcracker® W820
Christoph Haider supervises a wood chip-system in the city where he is living and used for wood chips production more than one machine and needed two other helper. Thanks to his new splitting tongs Woodcracker® W820 on a telescopic handler he is faster, safer and can work independently!
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Powerful combination of machines: Woodcracker®-attachments and the mobile rehandling excavator Liebherr LH22
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A sophisticated and likewise convenient solution: Woodcracker® CS580 smart on a roto-telehandler
The company Notis Crane in Athen welcomed their long-awaited Woodcracker CS580 smart (the previous model of the CS750 smart) in November 2019.
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Woodcracker® reaches out more and more worldwide – now even in Korea!
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Available now: retrofittable accumulator for the cutting head Woodcracker® CL190
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