NPC develops new heavy duty CFA links 

As customer and project requirements change, so does the NPC product portfolio. 

National Pile Croppers’ (NPC) latest development to its range is an upgrade to its Heavy Duty CFA links to cope with even the most demanding of projects.

With a management team with more than 100 years of experience in the piling industry, NPC has been developing and supplying its own line of cropping solutions to a wide span of customers, ranging from multinationals working on HS2 and specialist piling companies, to regional contractors and local ground workers. 

“We continually keep in close contact with our customers and use the feedback from our croppers being used in the field to produce the equipment we know our customers require in order to be more efficient, productive and safe.  Our latest development is the direct result of working with our customers — including some of the largest civil engineering companies in Europe — on some very large projects that required a heavy-duty solution,” said NPC Director Lee Aston.

For dealing with augured (round) piles, NPC developed the CFA and HD range, which cuts circular augured concrete piles ranging from 300 mm to 2 metres in diameter.  To meet customer demands, the latest version of the NPC heavy duty CFA links have a new and improved design to reduce downtime and meet demands in difficult conditions. Since their introduction, they have become the go-to option for the reduction of larger diameter piles, being able to crop piles up to and above 2 metres in diameter.

“NPC Heavy Duty CFA Links are proportionally larger than other croppers available. They provide more of the desired cropping power customers increasingly require. This means that they are able to reduce piles of 2 metres in diameter, such as those found on HS2 and other large highways projects ongoing across the UK,” Lee said.

“NPC also offer segmental adjustment links to help provide a closer proximity to the pile. This in turn enables the shape tuned chisels to penetrate and provide the market leading break. Flexibility is built into the design which means that they are modular, being easily adjusted to suit required pile sizes with adjustments of 100 mm at a time without any hydraulic interference. Furthermore, by using the provided lifting frame, restrictions are minimized.”

The NPC Heavy Duty CFA Links are just the latest development from NPC. The company plans to update the entire product range over the next 18 months in order to meet ever developing customer requirements.