C&D Breaks Out New Rammer Hydraulic Hammers Training Course

Sandvik produced a press release covering our new Rammer-focused hydraulic hammers training course. We've reproduced the full release here:

One of the UK’s leading demolition training providers – C&D Consultancy – has introduced a new training course to help companies and their operatives get the most out of their hydraulic hammers.

C&D Consultancy, the demolition training specialist headed by John Woodward - immediate past president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers - has unveiled a new training course aimed squarely at owners and operators of hydraulic hammers.


Built around the Rammer operator training manual and backed by the hydraulic hammer specialist, the new course has been developed to ensure the safety of operators and operatives whilst gaining maximum productivity and working life from the breakers together with reduced owning and operating costs.

“Operator misuse, abuse and neglect are universally accepted to be the single biggest cause of hydraulic hammer failure within the demolition sector,” Woodward says. “Our training course is designed to overcome that problem by demonstrating best operating and maintenance practice to ensure that the operator is safe, that the breaker performs to optimum levels, and that wear, tear and failure are minimised.”

Woodward says that some of the course content is based upon known principles and working methods and is designed to reinforce best practice. “Trying to break off too much material, levering the material with the tool, or hammering in the same position for a prolonged period will all impact upon the life expectancy of both the breaker and the tool. Long impact cycles of more than 15 seconds can cause the impact head of the piston to heat up, causing damage or “mushrooming”. The piston might also start to vibrate inside the cylinder, breaking the lubricating oil film and causing seizure between the piston and cylinder. In addition, the tool can heat up, causing more rapid wear. If the material hasn’t broken after 15 seconds move the tool to another position; stress fractures will have already been created in the material,” Woodward asserts. “The training course will show operators how to approach specific tasks while covering items such as breaker and carrier matching, hammer, carrier and hydraulic hose checks, pre-start site checks, correct greasing procedures and general hammer care. With regular maintenance, you can avoid major, unplanned breakdowns, and ensure that your hammer achieves the highest possible levels of availability and profitability.


For example, operators should know to check the tool bushings condition regularly. If they can insert a pencil between the tool and the lower tool bush, it may need to be replaced, or turned 90 degrees if that feature is available.”

Woodward says that, although the training course is based upon the Rammer training manual, the course is open to companies running any breaker brand and is not limited purely to demolition applications. “Regardless of manufacturer or specific application, the challenges of optimum safety, productivity and reliability remain the same,” Woodward concludes. “By learning correct procedures, it is possible to increase hammer productivity and extend the life of the hammer and the tool substantially . With so many demolition sites, mines, quarries and recycling operations reliant upon a hydraulic hammer, a small investment in operator training can have huge benefits.”

C&D Consultancy are delighted to announce a new training partnership with Rammer to deliver breaker training

Following lengthy negotiations over the last 6 months C&D Consultancy are delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Finnish hammer giant Rammer to deliver hydraulic breaker training on a worldwide basis.

Alan Matchett of Rammer spent many hours in discussion with John and Duncan Rudall of DCS Training (our training partner in this venture) developing the format of the course to ensure that C&D could satisfy the Rammer requirements as follows;-

• The course was to be written to PTTLS guidelines.
• All trainers must hold PTTLS teaching qualifications.
• A minimum of 3 trainers must be available to deliver the course anywhere in the World. (C&D will train 4 trainers to cover holidays/illness)
• It would be an advantage for the course to be delivered in languages other than English (The course will eventually be delivered in English, Spanish and Italian as well as the core languages of John and Duncan -Black Country and Devonian).
• All trainers must attend an extensive 4 day train the trainer course in Finland in May 2013. (That is now set for 20th to 23rd May at Rammer headquarters in Helsinki).
• The course must be part of an overall suite of courses available to Rammer customers.
• C&D are free to deliver an adapted version of the course for any other breaker in use in the demolition industry.

Full details of the new course will be published in the Rammer in house customer magazine due out at any time now but you can get a flavour of the course by clicking through to DemolitionNews where it is featured on pages 40 & 41 of the current issue of Demolition magazine where the article includes the following quotes:-

• "Operator misuse, abuse and neglect are universally accepted to be the single biggest cause of hydraulic hammer failure within the demolition sector"
• "Our training course is designed to overcome that problem by demonstrating best operating and maintenance practice to ensure that the operator is safe, that the breaker performs to optimum levels, and that wear, tear and failure are minimised"

C&D Breaks Out New Training Course

One of the UK’s leading demolition training providers – C&D Consultancy – has introduced a new training course to help companies and their operatives get the most out of their hydraulic hammers.

C&D Consultancy, the demolition training specialist headed by John Woodward - immediate past president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers - has unveiled a new training course aimed squarely at owners and operators of hydraulic hammers.

Built around the Rammer training manual and backed by the Finnish hydraulic hammer giant, the new course has been developed to ensure the safety of operators and operatives whilst gaining maximum productivity and working life from the breakers.

“Operator misuse, abuse and neglect are universally accepted to be the single biggest cause of hydraulic hammer failure within the demolition sector,” Woodward says. “Our training course is designed to overcome that problem by demonstrating best operating and maintenance practice to ensure that the operator is safe, that the breaker performs to optimum levels, and that wear, tear and failure are minimised.”


Woodward says that some of the course content is based upon known principles and working methods and is designed to reinforce best practice. “Trying to break off too much material, levering the material with the tool, or hammering in the same position for a prolonged period will all impact upon the life expectancy of both the breaker and the tool,” Woodward asserts. “The training course will show operators how to approach specific tasks while covering items such as hammer, carrier and hydraulic hose checks, pre-start site checks, correct greasing procedures and general hammer care.”

Woodward says that, although the training course is based upon the Rammer training manual, the course is open to companies running any breaker brand and is not limited purely to demolition applications. “Regardless of manufacturer or specific application, the challenges of optimum safety, productivity and reliability remain the same,” Woodward concludes. “By learning correct procedures, it is possible to increase hammer productivity and extend the life of the breaker. With so many demolition sites, mines, quarries and recycling operations reliant upon a hydraulic hammer, a small investment in operator training can have huge benefits.”