St. Petersburg, FL – The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA) regularly provides proactive Best Practices for sawing and drilling contractors and develops tools, techniques and procedures to help them deal with issues crucial to growing and maintaining businesses. A new Best Practice document is now available entitled Hydraulic Concrete Cutting Equipment (CSDA-BP-006), which is the 22nd document produced by the CSDA.

The 15-page Hydraulic Concrete Cutting Equipment Best Practice (CSDA-BP-006), produced by the Standards and Specifications committee, is intended to provide information on general maintenance, differing design options and troubleshooting guides. The information contained within this document can help cutting contractors obtain increased levels of efficiency and lifespan from their equipment, as well as ensuring against potential faults and hazards associated with these types of hydraulics.

Some of the items addressed in CSDA-BP-006 are horsepower ratings, cleanliness and filtration, hydraulic fluid, pumps and motors, aeration, and fittings, piping and costs associated with hydraulic leaks. The document also features a Hydraulic Troubleshooting Guide that provides solutions to several possible problems that can occur when working with this type of equipment.

By following the safety advice and procedures in this document, and taking heed of the warning notices given, cutting contractors may be better prepared for any incidents of malfunctions encountered while utilizing hydraulic concrete cutting equipment. It also will assist in identifying and correcting possible faults or malfunctions, reducing down-time and potential accidents.

CSDA Standards and Specifications Committee Chair, Mike Orzechowski, explains why this Best Practice is of particular importance to cutting contractors. "Cutting contractors are frequently looking for and utilizing new, state-of-the-art equipment and techniques for getting their jobs done quickly and safely," he said. "The CSDA Best Practice documents help in spreading their knowledge base across this industry. This Best Practice document does a good job in summarizing a vast amount of practical working knowledge of hydraulic systems specific to our concrete sawing and drilling industry."

Source: www.csda.org