Spain-based Excavaciones Hermanos Otin Piedrafita has purchased a new Sandvik Rammer BR7013 hydraulic hammer to increase the company’s productivity in the hard rock of the Pyrenean foothills. In the region of Alto Aragon, where Spain is separated from its French neighbours by the Pyrenees, it is here, amid the hard, mountainous rock, that contractor plies its trade and where the company is putting to work its new Sandvik BR7013 hydraulic hammer. Supplied by Spain-based importer Angel A Santamaria via local dealer Macarsan, the 7t BR7013 is the largest, most powerful hydraulic hammer in the Sandvik Rammer range. The Sandvik Rammer BR7013, formerly know as the Rammer G 130, is designed for use with carriers in the 60 to 100t. Equipped with a chisel tool, the 7t hammer develops an impact energy of 15,000 Joules, and is supplied with the Rammer CITY sound suppression system as standard, reducing noise emissions to 85dB(A) at 30m distance. It is also piped for the Sandvik Rammer dust suppression package. For reduced wear on both the hammer and the carrier, vibration dampening is improved and tool diameters are increased. The use of a dust-proof housing, dust-proof tool retaining pin locking system and the optional Ramlube automatic lubrication system also help reduce wear and extend working life.