bauma 2016

Metso is pushing its technology and service packages from the mining sector into the aggregates industry so that quarry operators can benefit from tailored solutions that will “improve productivity and cost efficiency” figures. Users can pay with a monthly fee or by a cost per tonne route that also commits Metso to making things run as smoothly as possible.

Haulotte is using computer diagnostics to make sure that is new generation of aerial work platforms and telehandlers is as intelligent as possible, offering easier service and maintenance routines to keep downtime and operating costs at a minimum.

Terex Finlay has unveiled its largest impactor, the I-140, aimed primarily at the recycling sector. The company hopes that the new machine will offer operators higher flow rates and less downtime with four blow bars, a higher upstand for more throughput and a wider flow channel with nothing for the material to catch on.

Kobelco has developed two new industrial machines for bauma 2016. The first is a high-reach demolition unit with a 24m boom and the second is a new dismantling machine designed to recycle vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life.

All of John Deere’s engines are now “Stage V capable” says the manufacturer, not least because it has been using DPF technology since the introduction of Stage IIIB in 2011. The company has amassed more than 150 million DPF hours of in-field use and says that its engineers are all “comfortable” with the technologies involved.

Hitachi used bauma 2016 to announce that it is expanding its European dealer network and launching a “tunnelling champion” based on its new ZX135US-5 SRF excavator. This short tailswing unit is made from heavy duty steel and has been designed to work in tight spaces underground.

Let Fritzmeier show you the “cab of the near future” developed by a consortium including Bosch, Grammer, Savvy Telematic Systems and the Technical University of Dresden. The prototype won the design category in the bauma innovation awards 2016 with an end-result that is “optimised in all dimensions.

Take a tour of CDE Global’s new Infinity screen range designed to offer stronger, lighter screens that need significantly less power to run. CDE Global’s patented trilogy side wall construction also eliminates welds to maximise the life of the screen, all of which are galvanised as standard.

Astec has brought its new Roadtec RX-600eLR half-lane milling machine to bauma 2016. Able to cut flush on the left and the right hand side of the road, the RX-600eLR offers contractors a 2m-wide, 60cm-deep cutter and a drum driven by two hydrostatic motors, one mounted on either side of the machine.

It’s day four at bauma 2016 and our action-packed report from Munich gives you all the latest news on Trimble Loadrite’s connected quarry, Topcon’s smooth ride scanner, Terex Finlay’s giant impactor, CDE’s Infinity galvanised screen range, Metso’s monthly fee-based service solutions and the new Hitachi tunnelling champion.