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A tiltrotator (known under a number of trade names) is a hydraulic attachment/tool used on most
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
s, and
backhoe
A backhoe—also called rear actor or back actor—is a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latt ...
s between 1,5 and 40 tons in the Nordic countries (
Sweden
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,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
, and
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
). A tiltrotator is mounted on the
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
such that the excavator bucket can be rotated through 360 degrees and one tilts +/- 45 degrees, in order to increase the flexibility and precision of the
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
. The Tiltrotator (also known as a Rototilt) was introduced to the market in
Sweden
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in the early 1980s by the Norgrens under the family owned and operated company named Noreco, and has become the standard in Scandinavia. The concept has recently gained popularity in other countries such as the
Netherlands
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Germany
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UK,
Japan
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,
Canada
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and
United States
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.
Description
A tiltrotator can best be described as a
wrist
In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the Carpal bones, carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; "The wrist contains eight bones, roughly aligned in two rows, known ...
between the arm of the excavator and bucket, (or whatever other tool is fitted to the tiltrotator's quick coupler). With its integral
quick coupler
Quick couplers (also called quick hitches) are used with construction machines to allow the rapid change of buckets and attachments on the machine. They remove the need to use hammers to manually drive out and insert the mounting pins for attach ...
and rotary swivel, the tiltrotator can also use extra
hydraulic
Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counter ...
functions to power and manipulate other worktools below it such as a
breaker
Breaker may refer to:
Objects
* A breaking wave on water, or a "breaker", a shallow over which waves break
* Circuit breaker, an electrical overload switch
* Breaker (hydraulic), a percussion hammer attached to an excavator
People
* Breaker Mor ...
,
grapple or an
auger
Auger may refer to:
Engineering
* Wood auger, a drill for making holes in wood (or in the ground)
** Auger bit, a drill bit
* Auger conveyor, a device for moving material by means of a rotating helical flighting
* Auger (platform), the world's f ...
, which can be attached to the quickcoupler on the tiltrotator, for simplified attachment mounting, dramatically increasing the
excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression fro ...
's
utilization on the jobsite. Control systems which allows the operator to operate the machine fully through the joysticks. Recognized control systems are SVAB, ICS by Rototilt, Engcon Microprop DC2 and Steelwrist XControl G2. The tiltrotator is nowadays controlled through machines two or four electro-proportionally controlled hydraulic lines.
Manufacturers
There are three major manufacturers of the Tiltrotator concept today (although similar products are sold by various competitors):
* Rototilt Group AB (founded in 1973 by Allan Jonsson) who purchased Noreco in 1992, hired the Norgren brothers, and registered the brandname Rototilt.
* Engcon (founded in 1993 by also ex-Noreco employee, Stig Engstrom) who started manufacturing their own product using only "tiltrotator" to avoid
trademark
A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression that identifies products or services from a particular source and distinguishes them from others ...
infringements.
* Steelwrist (founded in 2005 by a team of industrialists), who started manufacturing after acquiring a new design originating from a tiltrotator called Dento which was released in 1989.
Other companies manufacturing their version of tiltrotator on a smaller scale include Juhyun (주현), JK attachment (S.Korea), SMP, HKS, Kinshofer, Catsu, Giant China and Marttiini Metal under various product names as tiltrotator, swingrotator, swingotilt, MRT, Nox, Rotiltor etc., although it's still commonplace on the market as a
genericized trademark
A generic trademark, also known as a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that, because of its popularity or significance, has become the generic term for, or synonymous with, a general class of products or ...
to call all versions a Tiltrotator.
World strongest tiltrotator MRT42 is made by MRT Marttiini Rotation & Tilt in 2021.
References
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External links
*http://www.jkattach.co.kr
*http://www.steelwrist.com
*https://www.hks-partner.com/tiltrotator
*https://www.marttiinimetal.fi/en/index.php
*http://www.engcon.com
*http://www.rototilt.com
*http://www.smpparts.com
*http://www.maskinnet.se/maskinnet/kategori/utrustning.php?kid=1&aid=69
*http://www.kinshofer.com/eng/index.php/en/excavator-applications-4/construction-landscaping-snow-removal/nox-tiltrotators-control-systems
*http://www.everymachinery.com/em-catsu/product-1520
*http://www.giantchina.com/english/product/det_gdpsj.jsp
*http://en.jhtr.co.kr/
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