Robotic DemolitionBendigo
A Husqvarna DXR 145 doing the work of a crew with jackhammers, with the operator standing well back from it.
- 24/7Every day, all year
- 20+ yrsCommercial / Civil
- CSDAAMember and insured
- 4.9 starsFrom 16 reviews
Breaking out without anyone in the firing line
The DXR 145 is remote controlled, so the operator stands away from the dust, the noise, the vibration and anything that might come down. On demolition work that is the single biggest safety change you can make, and it is why the robot gets specified on jobs that would otherwise be hand demolition with a crew of three swinging breakers.
It is fully electric. No exhaust, no fumes and no carbon monoxide, which means it works inside occupied buildings, in basements, in plant rooms and in tunnels where a diesel machine simply is not allowed. It is also light enough to work on suspended floors that would not take an excavator.
The arm takes a hammer, a grapple or a crusher, so the same machine breaks the concrete out, sorts it and loads it. Swapping attachment beats swapping machines, particularly when the machine had to be walked through a doorway to get where it is.
What turns up
- Machine
- Husqvarna DXR 145
- Control
- Remote operated
- Power
- Fully electric
- Fumes
- None
- Attachments
- Hammer, grapple, crusher
- Availability
- 24/7, 365
Where the robot beats a crew with breakers
Anywhere the work is heavy, enclosed, overhead or too dangerous to have someone standing next to it.
Indoor demolition
Plant rooms, basements, tenancies and warehouses where there is no ventilation for a diesel machine and no room for an excavator.
Suspended floors
Upper level slabs and mezzanines that will carry a light electric machine but not a loaded excavator.
Thick slabs and footings
Machine bases, footings and heavy pours that would take a crew days to break out by hand.
Overhead and unstable work
Anything that might drop, where a remote control means nobody is standing under it when it does.
Silica and dust exposure
Long duration breaking, where taking the operator out of the dust cloud is worth more than any mask.
Sorting and loading out
The grapple picks the broken concrete up and loads it, so the same machine that made the rubble clears it.
Robotic demolition in Bendigo, inside occupied buildings
The DXR 145 gets called out around Bendigo for one of two reasons. Either the work is somewhere a diesel machine is not allowed to go, or it is work nobody should be standing next to for eight hours with a jackhammer.
Being fully electric unlocks the first. It has worked inside a hospital, walked out of a lift over floor protection and broken out slabs in fitted out tenancies with the ceiling still in. No exhaust means no ventilation plan and no shutting a building down around it.
The second reason is silica and vibration. A crew on breakers all day is a health exposure and a fatigue problem. A remote operator standing ten metres back with a crusher on the arm is neither, and gets through more concrete while he is at it.
Often on the same job
- Wall Sawing Bendigo Cut a clean perimeter first so the break out stops where you want it.
- Concrete Removal Bendigo The grapple sorts and loads, and the truck takes it to a recycler.
Robotic Demolition across the region
Bendigo is the base, but the truck is on the road most days. Same gear, same crew, same hours, right across central Victoria and southern New South Wales.
Bendigo
VICEaglehawk, Kangaroo Flat, Strathfieldsaye, Huntly, Epsom
Echuca
VICMoama, Rochester, Kyabram, Lockington
Swan Hill
VICKerang, Cohuna, Robinvale, Nyah
Shepparton
VICMooroopna, Tatura, Numurkah, Nagambie
Seymour
VICNagambie, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Heathcote, Puckapunyal
Deniliquin
NSWFinley, Barham, Tocumwal, Jerilderie, Hay
Asked often
Can the robot work inside an occupied building?
Yes. It is fully electric, so there are no exhaust fumes at all. That is the reason it gets used in basements, plant rooms, tunnels and tenancies where a diesel machine would need ventilation that does not exist.
Will it go through a doorway?
Yes. It is compact enough to walk through standard openings and into lifts on a lot of buildings, which is the point of it. Send us the access route and we will confirm before it gets booked.
Can it work on an upper floor?
On most suspended slabs, yes. It is far lighter than an excavator with the same breaking power. We check the floor loading against the structural details before it goes up.
What attachments does it take?
Hammer, grapple and crusher. The hammer breaks, the crusher takes reinforced sections down quietly and the grapple sorts and loads. Changing attachment is quicker than changing machines.
Is it quieter than jackhammers?
The crusher attachment is much quieter than a breaker, which matters on jobs beside a trading tenancy or in a residential street. With the hammer on, it is still a hammer, so on noise sensitive sites we run it after hours.
Do you saw cut around the demolition first?
On anything where the surrounding concrete has to survive, yes. Cutting a clean perimeter first means the break out stops at the line instead of cracking on into slab you are keeping.
Tell us what has to come down
Thickness, access, what floor it is on and what has to survive around it. That is enough to tell you whether the robot is the answer.