"Hydro demolition" is pretty much what it sounds like, although it currently used for very precise cleaning uses. A hydro demolition tractor, which looks like a tractor with a giant hose, blasts water ...

Ah, water. Healer, destroyer, carver of rivers and shorelines, future of electricity. And now, bridge repairman. This summer, Utah is running its first hydro demolition project. The name's misleading, ...

Two of the three Conjet Robot 322s removing damaged concrete to a depth of 80 mm from the deck of the Central Bridge. Six Conjet Robot hydro-demolition machines have been used during the latest phase ...

The NLB 6600-3 ConcreteBuster is a robot that is used for hydrodemolition applications. High-pressure water removes concrete without micro-fracturing or damaging the rebar. The high pressure water can ...

Imagine driving through downtown and being completely oblivious to a nearby multi-million-dollar building expansion – no redirected traffic, no interruptive demolition of surrounding buildings. This ...

When it comes to demolishing buildings, there are almost as many ways to take them apart as put them up. We knock them down, blow them to bits, and build machines to take them apart. But what about a ...

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