Austrian Demo Company Adds Crushing to Its Menu

Karl Pitzer GmbH, a construction and demolition company based in Austria, has recently expanded its services to include recycling. The company, which operates 80 construction machines including excavators, dumpers and loaders, in addition to 20 trucks, has added a Rockster R900 impact crusher to its fleet.

Over the past few years the company’s owner, Karl Pitzer, has expanded his basic operations from areas like earthmoving, civil engineering, hauling, pressure line construction and road building, to an increased focus on sustainability and environmental protection. With that expansion, Pitzer realized he needed to add a compact concrete crushing plant to his fleet, so he contacted his long-time distributor, Haberl Baumaschinen GmbH. Franz Haberl, head of Haberl Baumaschinen, recommended that Pitzer try a Rockster R900 impact crusher with screen box to test the machine on his own material.

“For us it is important, not only to communicate the advantages of a machine, but also to show them in real life applications,” says Haberl. “Only after having seen the machine working in his own material, will the customer be able to value the quality and applicability of the plant.”

After receiving the Rockster machine and several other crushers, Karl Pitzer tested the machines with a variety of materials including asphalt, concrete, rubble and basalt. The company reported that the R900 managed all materials successfully, according to a news release from Rockster.

“To say it in only a few words, we decided for the Rockster R900 because of its technical and economical advantages compared with its competitors,” says company owner Karl Pitzer. “We were also impressed by the possibility of combining the crusher with the screen box, which meant a higher quality of the final grain. The robust track-unit of the crusher was also a selling point, because the machine is going to be applied in steep and high alpine areas. We are doing jobs in regions like Ötztal, Arlberg and Montafon, areas in which acclivities [slopes] up to 80 degrees are not uncommon.”