Terma Sp. z o.o.
TERMA is the biggest Polish manufacturer of pneumatic piercing tools (moles) - devices adapting trenchless technology to modernize local tap water, sewer, gas, electrical and other installations. “Mole” is economical and friendly solution in case of no operating space, no time and no public consent for local environment destroying. We are guided by our customers satisfaction in all bearings of our activity. We appreciate technological innovations and accept organizational challenge to ensure continuous development for the corporation.
Company details
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Soil and Groundwater
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 1990
About us
TERMA is the biggest Polish manufacturer of pneumatic machinery for trenchless technology, named pneumatic moles, ground rockets, piercing tools. Our customers know it as MAX Impact Power.
Our products determined new standards in trenchless technology tool market. Our moles are equipped with innovate embed of the head, as well as increased weight rams. The unique construction with Teflon technology provides strength, high efficency and durability.
Our machine TOOK the 1 PLACE in the First International Trenchless Technology Competition RODEO 2012 in Zawiercie, Poland. More detali you can see by CLICK HERE
MAX Impact Power are very friendly to use and easy to control during all works. You can change direction of the machine using the pneumatic valve in the control panel / lubricator. They are lubricated by means of biodegradable oil EkoMAX, made of environment friendlu components.
Our range comprises many types of accessories, which expand capabilities of our machines. All these advantages cause that each type MAX Impact Power tool is the strongest, the most precise and functional tools of this kind on the market.
History
The history of the world
Initiation into ground pneumatic piercing tools called „moles” started at the times of the First World War, when an idea to create the machine enable to dig a tunnel beneath enemy’s fortifications and to place inside the explosive charge from a safe distance, borned. In 50’s, Wiktor Zienkiewicz working for PRO (Polish Ship Salvage) proposed to use these machines to drag the hoisting ropes under the wreck and lift it up. Despite the fact that operation hadn’t finished in success, it became enough known that Kazimierz Zygmunt and Tadeusz Gerlach from Technical University of Gdańsk started to improve device.
Construction of ground pneumatic piercing tools destined to pull cables and to ram steel pipes into a ground turned out successful venture and has been implemented into mass production. The first 4000 pieces of the moles were produced by Zakłady Metalowe Przemysłu Terenowego in Gniezno and Zakłady Metalowe in Skarżysko. Most of them were exported to USA, Russia and Japan, where from 60’s and 70’s new construction improvements started. The extremely strong Russian competition brought to end of Polish production in half of 70’s.
These conditions remained until 1996 when production was resumed in Gdańsk. The well known company Terma Technologie manufacturer of the bathroom heaters and heat elements undertook that task. After the year of cooperation with “the old” Technical University of Gdańsk team has been made a prototype of the mole with 130 mm diameter. There has been made 6 more prototypes which passed the load and performance tests. Few years of development work have allowed to start manufacturing the piercing tools MAX type since 2001. Their abilities let them to be able to compete on the market. The MAX construction won many awards pointing out new quality trends. Our moles are equipped with innovative embed of the head, increased weight rams, perfect changing over the reverse gear (for each size of mole!) as well as optional data recorder. All these advantages cause that each MAX type tool is one of the strongest, the most accurate and functional in service on the market.
The history in TERMA
Since 1990 TERMA has been realizing many kinds of installation using trenchless technology. Based on the previous experience, came the idea of production your own jacking machines. Considerable experience in performing installation using jacking machine caused that the ground rockets manufactured by TERMA, rapidly gained good opinion in the market.