To know more about the construction equipment industry
To know more about the construction equipment industry
Disaster Recovery Support
Operating in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Kumamoto Earthquake and Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake
CASE 02Power-generating floodlights that are helpful in disaster, recovery, and reconstruction sites
CASE 03Providing high-performance dual-arm machines and remote controllers to support post-earthquake and nuclear power plant accident recovery efforts
CASE 04Responding to requests for the early restoration of cemeteries and tombstones after the earthquake
Morooka is engaged in the manufacture of "rough terrain trucks" and "wood crushers" used in the construction industry, forestry industry, and the field of disaster recovery by the Ground Self-Defense Force. After the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011), Morooka’s material transport vehicles were used by the Ground Self-Defense Force to search for missing persons and transport rubble. Also, the Company’s wood crushers were used in the tsunami-stricken areas to dispose of wooden debris including devastated houses and driftwood. These machines were used at sites of other large-scale disasters such as the Kumamoto Earthquake (2016) and the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake (2018), contributing to disaster recovery.
Morooka will continue to promote social contribution activities through its strengths in construction machinery such as “rough terrain trucks” and “wood crushers”.
In recent years, floods, earthquakes, heavy snowfalls, and other disasters have occurred frequently in various places and on a scale beyond our assumptions. Construction machinery has become indispensable not only for general civil engineering work, but also for disaster recovery and reconstruction work due to its versatility.
Yanmar Construction Equipment has helped recovery and reconstruction efforts at various sites, for as early a recovery as possible. Power-generating floodlights, one of the products the Company offers at such sites, can deliver light over a wide area for a long time, and have been useful at evacuation centers and recovery sites to ensure personal safety.
Yanmar CE has been providing such logistical support for early recovery and reconstruction. The Company also aims to offer products and services that help the disaster-stricken people to rebuild the foundation for a safe, secure life in a familiar region.
The above was an introduction of Yanmar CE’s power-generating floodlights and their application to disaster recovery operations. In closing, Yanmar CE would like to express its utmost respect to the local people and their strenuous efforts in the stricken areas, and sympathy for all the victims, bereaved families and related parties.
Yanmar CE will continue to take an even more customer-oriented perspective and consider how the Company can be of help, however small, while acting quickly in proposal making and after-sales follow-ups.
Construction machinery is indispensable not only for daily civil engineering work, but also for disaster recovery and reconstruction work. In the Great East Japan Earthquake, which caused unprecedented damage mainly in the Tohoku region, many construction machines were enormously helpful in the removal of large amounts of debris and in civil engineering work for reconstruction in the affected areas.
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, Hitachi Construction Machinery provided the stricken areas in both May and June 2011 with the dual-arm machine "ASTACONEO," which is capable of performing complex work that cannot be done with ordinary hydraulic excavators. The machines were used to remove containers in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, and to dispose of debris in Minamisanriku Town, Iwate Prefecture. At the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in consultation and cooperation with Tokyo Electric Power Company, specialized organizations, and industry groups, HCM brought in crawler carriers, large dismantling machines and large cranes to the worksites, after improving the machines with wireless remote-control systems. Up to today, about 20 HCM machines have been sent to the plant premises for the on-site work.
In the Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake, there were many cases of tombstones collapsing in various places. Responding to many people who thought of their ancestors and felt the need for the early restoration of cemeteries and tombstones, Maeda Seisakusho lent its so-called "Crab Crane" free of charge as a recovery support tool, making a contribution to the reconstruction of the disaster-stricken areas.
In addition to its disaster recovery support, Maeda Seisakusho takes part in events aimed at interacting with the local community, where the Company engages in activities to let many people, including children, know about the existence of the "Crab Crane" and to get them interested in machines.
