China deal for Barin unit
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Bridge inspection equipment supplied in China by Barin
Italian company Barin has supplied bridge inspection equipment in China.
The model ABC 60/l belongs to the automatic bridge control range and the deal was handled by Barin’s distributor company in Hong Kong, New Motion.
The skid unit machine, mounted on a two-axle Nissan truck chassis, was shipped in a container in pieces and then reassembled locally.
The unit, made of aluminium alloy, is an underbridge platform-type machine with a maximum undebridge working length of 6m, and has a total payload of 300kg.
It can stretch over pathways up to a maximum width of 2m; overcome wind barriers up to a maximum height of 1.8m and can work parallel to the bridge axis, with an undebridge rotation of 135°. During road service the machine occupies one traffic lane.