Norco Introduces Wedgelock Quick Coupler
July 19, 2010
Norco Attachments manufactures the Wedgelock Quick Coupler with I-Lock for all popular excavator makes and models.
Brownsville,
TX - Norco Attachments is introducing North American equipment dealers,
rental businesses and contractors to a world-renowned quick coupler system
billed as the “the safest coupler on the planet.”
Norco’s Wedgelock
Quick Coupler adds instant safety on the jobsite with its patented back-up
locking system, known as the 'I-Lock,' that engages the front attachment pin
without requiring a machine operator to activate the main locking mechanism.
Carl Hartfield,
President and CEO for Norco Attachments, says that acquiring the Wedgelock line
adds a premier product to Norco’s
range of attachments. “The 'I-Lock' system is the most advanced and reliable
coupler back-up locking system available globally today,” he said.
Engaging with the
front attachment pin automatically when the attachment is connected, the system
also provides a built-in time-out that re-engages the 'I-Lock' if the
attachment is not removed in a timely manner after the coupler is unlocked to
disconnect. The coupler is operated hydraulically and is known for its
independent, initial and instant safety system.
The Wedgelock
coupler’s high strength construction increases its wearability and reduces
weight, helping to maximize product performance and reliability. Its low
profile design ensures optimum breakout force and power at the bucket tip. Pin
center variations are accommodated automatically and lifting eyes are fitted as
standard, ensuring safe lifting capability.
“These couplers
set our benchmark for the Norco
value proposition,” Hartfield continues. “Customers have to be productive to be
profitable. And they have to work safely to be productive. The Wedgelock
coupler adds a whole new level of value to the attachment market.”
Complementing the
coupler is Wedgelock’s extensive line-up of rippers, buckets, rakes, thumbs,
grapples and spades.
Wedgelock
couplers are available for all popular excavator makes and models from 5000 lb.
mini-ex’s up to 200,000 lb. mine shovels. The unique system was originally
developed by Wedgelock, a family owned and operated business based in New Zealand.
Norco Attachments recently entered into a joint venture with Wedgelock to
manufacture and distribute the coupler system for North and Central
America. Wildly successful in international equipment markets,
over 36,000 of the Wedgelock Quick Couplers are in service worldwide.
For more information
on the Wedgelock I-Lock Coupler, visit www.norcoattachments.com
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