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Giant Hydraulic Scissors Cut Down Building

By Alex in Pictures on Aug 5, 2008 at 2:31 pm



Photos: Sichuan Online

Who needs dynamite to demolish an earthquake-damaged building when you have this: monster hydraulic scissors that cut buildings to shred!

This giant 59-ton cutter has a 28-m (92 feet) long arm that turns a damaged 8-story building into a pile of rubble in just days. The clamp can exert a 300-ton pressure to cut a 85-cm (33 in) thick beam in just 10 seconds.

Link [in Chinese] – via YeinJee’s Asian Journal


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  1. Glutnix
    Aug 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    Let me be the first to say this:

    OM NOM NOM

  2. ted
    Aug 5th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Dynamites?

  3. JC
    Aug 6th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    These demolitions should be sold as a therapy to reduce stress.

  4. choggie
    Aug 9th, 2008 at 12:43 am

    "Hell yeahs, mooonch that nasty crete n' beam! Can I us this for a weekend at the mall parkin' lot???

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