Products

It is early days yet for Case to make the jump into the hybrid excavator market, but the Italian company chose to show off a prototype at Intermat to many curious onlookers. Only several, based on the proven CX210 tracked crawler excavator, have actually been built and sold, all in Japan, by Case’s technology partner Sumitomo. Massimilano Sala, Case’s construction equipment product manager for EMEA, said Case is keeping a close eye on it’s performance in the longer run as a “reference point” for when Cas

Modifications to the Roadtec SB-1500 help the shuttle buggy more easily adjust to varied truck sizes. “There now is a telescoping head on the dump hopper,” said Eric Baker, director of marketing and sales support at Roadtec. “The hopper can adjust based on the width of the truck.” Another new feature is an improved operator station. “It slides out and improves visibility,” said Julio Valladares, vice president of international sales. The SB-1500 has a capacity of 13.5tonnes. It remains well suited

INTERMAT sees the birth of Doosan’s latest arrival, the DL300-5 baby wheeled loader, the smallest machine in the South Korean firm’s DL-5 generation. Doosan’s launch of the 300-5 at Intermat comes only a few weeks after it unveiled the largest wheeled loader in the family, the DL550-5. This was also on display at the Paris exhibition. In between are the 350, 420 and 450, says Doosan’s wheeled loader product manager Sebastien Claude. The 300-5 series, which replaces the Stage IIIB DL-3 series launched

MOBA’s paving quality control technology just became more accurate and easier for crews to utilise. The MOBA Pave-IR temperature system now utilises a sensor, more accurate than the previous laser beam technology. The sensor also provides easy crew access. The use of the sensor, compared with the previous beaming system, is a significant step forward, said Marcus Watermann, Product Manager for Paving Quality Systems at MOBA Mobile Automation. “The improved access is important because the systems is a key to

Italy’s Merlo Group is part way through a dramatic transformation project which will see the telehandler manufacturer switch to a modular production model for its complete range of machines. According to president Amilcare Merlo, the company has already invested Euro100m in the project and expects to spend more. “We are at the middle of the river: we have to get to the other side,” Merlo told a press conference at Intermat 2015. “People believe in what we are doing and for me that is the most important thin

A new metallic retainer and pin design allows users to benefit from all MTG Systems’ StarMet hammerless features on hot slag applications. Users of MTG wear parts for such applications have until now had access to MTG’s KingMet range of ground engaging tools (GET).

Dressta is geared up for sales growth as it prepares to launch the first of a new series of compact hydro static dozers, says the Polish brand’s vice president. Speaking next to Dressta’s TD-20M and TD-25R crawlers dozers on show at INTERMAT 2015, Howard Dale said dealers in North America are preparing for the launch in the US and Canada of the new TD-9, the first of three new compact hydro static Dressta dozers, featuring new low effort controls for steering, and also variable displacement hydro static due

Magni has launched the world’s highest telescopic handler - the RTH 5.35 which stretches up to 35m. “Ours is the biggest in the world; the maximum reach of our competitors is 32m,” says Magni’s president and founder Riccardo Magni. “The normal market is 21m and 25m. We are trying to push the market up.” Since the machine was launched in November last year, Magni has sold to 20 customers in India, Turkey, UK, France, Holland, Sweden and the US. “The dealers like it because it is something different for them

Hamm says its new GRW180i compactor broadens its range of rubber-tyred rollers. Power comes from a four cylinder, 3.6litre TD3.6 L4, Deutz engine rated at 55.4kW and which meets the Tier 4 Final/Stage IV emissions requirements. The machine is available in two versions, the GRW180i-12H and the GRW180i-10, with basic weights of 12 and 10tonnes respectively. The machine design is similar to the more powerful GRW280 rubber-tyred roller, which is powered by a large six cylinder engine and offers a maximum weight

Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has unveiled its first mass production hybrid-wheeled loader, the new ZW220HYB-5 hybrid, which has been designed and constructed at HCM’s factory at Ryugasaki in Japan. The ZW220HYB-5 incorporates 100% proven Hitachi group technology from the Shinkansen (bullet train) and EH-series dump trucks, which has been specially developed for the hybrid-wheeled loader. To achieve this, the ZW220HYB-5’s four-cylinder engine powers a generator, which produces energy to drive two ele

Kleemann’s new mobile cone crusher, the Mobicone MCO 9 EVO, closes one of the final gaps in the company’s model range. The crusher is compatible with the mobile jaw crusher Mobicat MC 110 EVO, and has been developed especially for the needs of customers in the contractor market. The drive concept, with a crusher direct drive as well as electric drives for the conveyor belts, is said to promise very efficient operation, and the 248kW of the drive unit is optimally used, thanks to a performance-enhanced cr

China’s Techking Tires introduced new crane and articulated dump truck tyres to its catalogue of off-road radial products. The ETCRANE range is the result of a seven-year research and development programme and features closed shoulder and multistep groove design to avoid irregular wear and stone ejection on off-road and highway applications. ECE approved size options include 385/95 R25 and 445/95 R25. The tyres are approved by crane manufacturers, such as Terex, Sany and Zoomlion, and are already in service