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Diesel remote-controlled tracked demolition robot for strip-out, concrete breaking and debris
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The HCR500C is a diesel-powered, remote-controlled tracked demolition robot from Anhui Hitech Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., the diesel counterpart of Hitech's electric HCR500D; its Yanmar engine means it needs no mains power on site. An operator on a radio or cable remote control box works the arm and the tool on its quick coupler to strip out fit-out, break down concrete structure and move debris, covering three demolition subtasks: soft-strip and selective salvage, structural demolition, and material sorting and segregation. Hitech lists the HCR500C as a shipping product in its HCR series; RIC found no documented deployment or named buyer.
Material Sorting & Segregation
Sorting splits broken concrete, steel and other debris into separate streams once the structure is down. Hitech lists debris removal among the HCR500C's uses; on this machine that handling runs through a grapple or bucket from Hitech's attachment list, moved by the operator on the remote control.
Soft-Strip / Selective Salvage
Soft-strip clears a building of its non-structural contents and salvageable material ahead of structural work. The HCR500C's part in it rests on the interchangeable attachments Hitech lists for it, such as shears, grapples, buckets, crushers, cut-off saws and drum cutters, with every move made by an operator on the remote control.
Structural Demolition
Hitech says the HCR500C breaks, crushes and shears reinforced concrete and dismantles concrete structures, with the tool on the quick coupler setting the work: a breaker for breaking, a crusher for crushing, hydraulic shears for shearing. Hitech markets it for subway and building demolition, mining, metal processing, and nuclear and rescue work; the nuclear use needs Hitech's optional nuclear protection.
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