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    Dromone Quick Coupler

    Sept. 28, 2010

    Dromone says its cast-steel, hydraulic quick coupler weighs about 30 percent less than excavator quick couplers with fabricated steel bodies. A range of sizes to fit everything from backhoes to large hydraulic excavators offer designs to minimize extension of the bucket-curl radius and preserve digging force. A hydraulic circuit locks the coupler from the cab and the locking mechanism is always visible from the cab allowing the operator to visually confirm that the coupler is fully engaged.

    Dromone says its cast-steel, hydraulic quick coupler weighs about 30 percent less than excavator quick couplers with fabricated steel bodies. A range of sizes to fit everything from backhoes to large hydraulic excavators offer designs to minimize extension of the bucket-curl radius and preserve digging force. A hydraulic circuit locks the coupler from the cab and the locking mechanism is always visible from the cab allowing the operator to visually confirm that the coupler is fully engaged. A Dromone coupler sized for a 16-metric-ton excavator, weighs 360 pounds and carriers a manufacturer suggested retail price of $4,000.