GOMACO World Index --- GOMACO World 37.1 - June 2009

 

A New Irrigation Canal in Northern Italy

 

SL-650

A GOMACO SL-650 canal machine finishes a new irrigation canal on the Adige River in northern Italy.

Thiene Costruzioni S.r.l. is currently at work finishing 30 kilometers (18.6 mi) of irrigation canal on the Adige River in northern Italy. Thiene is using their GOMACO SL-650 two-track canal machine to finish the nine meter (29.5 ft) wide canal passes.

The new canal is being finished at a 3:2 slope over continuous steel reinforcing. The concrete is 150 millimeters (6 in) thick. Production is averaging 90 meters (295 ft) or 800 square meters (957 yd2) per day.

 

 

 

 

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