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Cutting and milling

Vertical drum cutter

Two cutting drums on a vertical axis, fitted under the tool, lowered into a slot with vertical walls opened in hard ground; cutting dust.
The axis of the rollers is in line with the tool:
it goes down instead of planing.
Synthetic image.

The same principle as the drum cutter, another geometry:
the axis of the rollers is in line with the tool, and the cutter goes down into the material instead of planing it.
It opens a slot where a transverse drum will not fit.

Other names for this tool: longitudinal-axis cutter, slotting cutter, vertical cutting head, plunging cutter.

The essentials
Family
Cutting and milling
Classes (t)
Medium and large
Coupler
All, by plate
Power source
Hydraulic, continuous function — flow and pressure: we calculate it with you for your machine

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01 Use

What it is for

On the left, the vertical drum cutter goes down and opens a deep slot with straight walls. On the right, the transverse drum planes the surface without being able to go down. Computer-generated image.
the vertical drum cutter goes down and opens a deep slot with straight walls the transverse drum planes the surface without being able to go down
Left: the vertical drum cutter goes down and opens a deep slot with straight walls.
Right: the transverse drum planes the surface without being able to go down.
What sets it apart:
the same principle, another geometry — and the depth is no longer bounded.
Computer-generated image.

Turning in line with the tool, the drums cut a slot whose width is that of the head.
The depth is no longer bounded by a radius:
the tool sinks in as long as the arm can push it, and the walls stay vertical.

The uses are opening a trench in hard ground, taking up the bottom of an excavation at the foot of a face, dressing a vertical face, cutting up a mass of concrete by successive slots.
Where the disc reaches its depth limit, this geometry goes on.

The names vary from one supplier to another, and “vertical” does not mean the same thing everywhere. We do not publish a nomenclature we have not checked.
What counts is the geometry of what you have to obtain:
describe the slot, not the tool. We will make the match.

02 What we check with you

On which machine?

The cutter fits medium and large class machines, via a mounting plate on all couplers.
The exact class and the coupler: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What the tool does

It is used for cutting and milling.
Its drum is available in a standard or high-power version.
The drum width, the power, the rotation torque and its weight: we calculate them with you for your machine.

What is needed on the hydraulic side

It needs a hydraulic circuit with continuous function.
The flow and the max. pressure at the auxiliary circuit: we calculate them with you for your machine.

Your study sets the exact value for your machine.

Don't have these figures?
A photo of the machine is enough to start.

03 Your study

Have your machine checked.

Describe the slot to be obtained:
width, depth, material, and what is around it.
Say whether the area is reinforced and whether the access imposes a maximum tool width.

What we need to answer you
  • Your machine Its make and its tonnage.
  • The auxiliary circuit Its flow in l/min, its pressure in bar, single- or double-acting.
  • The coupler in place Its system and its class.
  • The work The use, and the material.

Without these details, the study still begins: we will ask you for them.

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Written study within 3 working days, once the file is complete.

04 Choice

What determines the choice

  • 01 — The slot to be obtained Width, depth, verticality of the walls.
    Those three pieces of information designate the tool far better than its trade name.
  • 02 — The material passed through Reinforced concrete, rock, masonry:
    the presence of reinforcement changes everything, because a pick is not made to cut steel.
  • 03 — The access and the size It is the main argument for this geometry:
    working in a constrained width, against a wall, at the bottom of an excavation.
  • 04 — The flow available, continuously As for any cutter, the rotation speed must hold throughout the pass.
05 Check

What is checked before ordering

  • The presence of reinforcement It is known beforehand, from a drawing or a trial hole.
    If the steel is there, it is perhaps another tool you need.
  • The stability of the machine during the plunge Pushing a tool downwards shifts the forces.
    The attitude of the excavator counts as much as its load chart.
  • The dust in a confined space A deep slot clears badly.
    The watering and the ventilation are planned with the site, not with the tool.
  • The interface and the fitting time Coupler designation or pin dimensions.
The other geometry
Cutting instead of milling
In demolition
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