Johnson Matthey is offering DPF (diesel particulate filter) retrofit advice to the construction industry from its stand at the Plantworx Show, being held at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, this week (14—16 May 2013).
Richard O'Sullivan, commercial director at Johnson Matthey, says that non-road mobile machinery is responsible for around 15% of London's NOx emissions and 12% of its PM10 (particulate matter) emissions. Hence the Mayor of London's determination to introduce a new Low Emission Zone for construction machinery.
In the meantime, sites in the capital, particularly those in the Crossrail project, are requiring DPFs to be fitted to existing equipment to reduce PM emissions.
So Johnson Matthey is inviting operators to attend a DPF surgery, with experts on hand throughout the show to offer advice. The firm specialises in providing retrofit emissions equipment for the construction industry.
Affected equipment includes excavators, bulldozers, front loaders, backhoe loaders and compressors, and the diesel emission control technology offered is Johnson Matthey's CRT system, claimed to reduce the mass of harmful particulates emitted by diesel engines by more than 90%.
