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Wirtgen │ German Premiere of the Xtended F Series Large Milling Machine

Wirtgen │ German Premiere of the Xtended F Series Large Milling Machine

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New W 220 XFi Delivers Higher Productivity with Lower Emissions during the Rehabilitation of a County Road

The Wirtgen cold milling machine W 220 XFi with a John Deere engine deployed for the rehabilitation of the K 20 county road between Troisdorf and Lohmar showed that high productivity and sustainability can go hand-in-hand. Innovative technologies such as the 18-liter John Deere engine with a 2-speed powershift transmission and digital assistance systems like Mill Assist and WPT Milling made it possible to realize the project efficiently within the shortest possible time. The new display of CO₂ emissions per cubic meter of milled material provided valuable information about the ecological footprint of the current project site and also enables conclusions to be drawn and translated into courses of action for future construction projects.

Cracks in the road surface made the rehabilitation of the busy county road absolutely essential. The section between Troisdorf and Lohmar is a part of the Mauspfad, a medieval highway and trade route, which leads for the most part through a forested area. The lead contractor relied on the new W 220 XFi for the rapid completion of the construction project. The new machine made it possible to complete the removal of the surface layer of the road section with a length of 2 km and a width of around 6.5 m within a period of only two days.

Ecologically and Economically Meaningful

The new W 220 XFi is the ideal choice for a broad spectrum of applications ranging from surface layer rehabilitation and complete pavement removal to fine milling tasks. Its outstanding versatility, robustness, and high productivity recommend it for a wide range of applications.

Powerful Engine – Performance-Optimized and Eco-Friendly

The 18-liter engine from John Deere is specially designed to meet the requirements of cold milling and features eco-friendly engine technology. Its Dual-Shift powershift transmission delivers high torque under all load conditions that can also be used to achieve high milling performance in the low engine speed range. At the same time, fuel consumption is reduced and CO₂ emissions are kept to a minimum. Lower noise emissions are also an outstanding feature of the new large milling machine, as Kevin Dick, machine operator at lead contractor Dr. Fink-Stauf, confirms: “I’m pretty impressed with how much quieter the machine has turned out to be.”

Digital Assistance Systems Improve Sustainability

Already field-proven in other F-Series cold milling machines, the assistance systems Mill Assist and Wirtgen Group Performance Tracker Milling (WPT Milling) have now been expanded to include a display of the machine’s CO₂ emissions. The machine operator is informed by Mill Assist about the current CO₂ emissions during milling operations. The automatically-generated WPT report can also include the CO₂ emissions of the entire project in addition to all important, project-relevant performance and consumption data. This not only provides valuable information about the ecological footprint of the current project site, but also enables sustainable optimization of CO₂ emissions on future construction projects.

 

Project Facts & Figures

General Information:

Location: K 20 county road / Troisdorf, Germany

Project brief: Removal of the surface layer

Project duration: 2 days

Machine deployed: W 220 XFi

John Deere engine: JD18L with 627 kW

 

Construction Site Details:

Length of section: 2,000 m

Road width: 6.5 m (3 m per lane)

Milled surface area: 13,000 m²

Milling depth: 10 cm

Advance rate: 15 m/min

Milled volume: 1,300 m³