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Wirtgen Group machines with great

performance on Samruddhi Expressway

The new Samruddhi The Samruddhi Expressway mahamarg project inserter and 3 longitudinal tie bar inserters.
Expressway, also known consists of 16 packages and was awarded These make sure that the cracks which are
as Mumbai–Nagpur to 13 companies: Megha Engineering & invariably produced as a result of stresses and
Expressway, is currently Infrastructures (Pkg-1&9), Afcons Infrastructure temperature fluctuations are diverted into the
concrete pavement in a controlled manner.
(Pkg-2&14), NCC (Pkg-3), PNC Infratech (Pkg-4),
under construction and will Sadbhav Engineering (Pkg-5), Apco Infratech
connect the Indian cities (Pkg-6), Reliance Infrastructure (Pkg-7), Iron Highlights of Wirtgen slip form paver SP 1600:
of Mumbai and Nagpur Triangle (Pkg-8), Larsen & Toubro (Pkg-10), • Working width of up to 16 meters
on a total length of 701 Gayatri Projects (Pkg-11), Dilip Buildcon (Pkg- (Special paving heights and widths up
km. When completed, 12), GVPR Engineers (Pkg-13), and Navayuga • to 18.75 m are available on request.)
Engineering Company (Pkg-15&16).
Cost-effectively paves concrete
this expressway will link Wirtgen slipform pavers show their potential surfaces for traffic areas, roadways,
India’s largest container all the way industrial areas or surfaces at airports,
port JNPT in Mumbai With a speed limit of 150 km/h, the expressway such as runways or taxiways
to MIHAN in Nagpur is the fastest in all of India, reducing the travel • Unparalleled concrete paving
simplifying import and time between Mumbai and Nagpur from 16 performance
export activities throughout to 8 hours. This calls for maximum concrete • Long-term reliability
•
Ergonomically designed, walkthrough
paving performance both in terms of output
the country. Additionally, and quality to ensure the drivers’ comfort operator’s platform for non-tiring,
interconnecting highways and safety on their journey. Along the whole productive working
and feeder roads are 701 km, 16 Wirtgen slipform pavers SP 1600 • High-powered, fuel-efficient diesel
constructed to connect all were in operation to lay the concrete surface. engine for concrete paving in the
important cities and tourist Concrete is the ideal material for a gigantic optimum performance and torque
places along this route. project like this: It is cost-effective, extremely ranges
durable and requires very little maintenance. • Spreading plough for even distribution
Over a working width of 15 m, pavement of the freshly delivered concrete in front
quality concrete (PQC) in a depth of 310 mm of the inset paving mould
was used. The proper reinforcement could • Electrically driven vibrators for reliable
be managed by an automatic dowel bar concrete compaction

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