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Kubota has launched its 09-series large displacement engine to a European audience. Badged the V5009, the four-cylinder 5 litre diesel engine boasts a peak output of 157.3kW from its compact dimensions, and is part of an engine strategy that will see the Japanese maker provide customer solutions in the 150kW category. Kubota’s V5009 engine is expected to meet forthcoming EU Stage V emissions from its adoption of DOC, DPF and SCR processes within its exhaust after-treatment package. The V5009 engine is

A huge tunnel formwork takes centre stage on Doka’s stand at Intermat, as the French arm of the business looks to Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, the €38.5 billion Grand Paris Express metro. “In the last few years, Doka has become well-known in the residential sector in France. Now we want to show that we are experts in infrastructure as well,” says Doka France’s head of product management and marketing, Oscar Castilla. The tunnel formwork, SL1, used to form the crown of a tunnel, has recently b

Moving from EU stage IIIa emissions to meet forthcoming EU stage V, Kubota Europe has overhauled its 1.5 litre V1505 four-cylinder diesel engine. While engine architecture and footprint remains unchanged and will suit existing OEM customers, this evolutionary engine development sees the introduction of high-pressure common rail fuel injection, along with a DOC and DPF exhaust after-treatment solution. “The V1505 has been an extremely popular power unit among OEMs, and going forward, we want to continue to

GKD Technologies has introduced a link for 'intelligent workwear' to its proximity monitoring system. High viz vests or other workwear fitted with the link will display flashing lights and sound an audible alarm when the company's SensorZone system detects the wearer is in a danger zone. SensorZone comprises a sensor system that detects the presence of workers near a vehicle and activates an alarm beacon, and transmits a warning to vibrating tags fitted to the workers' helmets.

Available to operate on gasoline, LPG and natural gas fuel sources, Kubota Europe’s three-cylinder WG1903 engine is offered as an alternative power unit to the firm’s diesel-fuelled D1803 three-cylinder engine. “We see some inner city and urban legislation pushing OEM customers towards a different fuel source as an alternative to the 1.8 litre Kubota D1803,” said Daniel Grant, marketing manager of Kubota Europe’s engine division. “The WG1903 is that solution, and has been engineered with the same footprint

Epiroc’s new SB 1102 solid body breaker is said to possess an innovative ‘Solid Body’ design guaranteeing reliability and optimum uptime. Launched earlier this year and the heaviest of nine SB body breakers said to be ideal for civil engineering, trenching and construction and demolition customers, the 1.06 tonne attachment can be fitted to 13-24 tonne class excavators. The SB body breakers’ ‘Solid Body’ concept eliminates common parts to enable high durability and a slim, compact, lightweight design.

Kleemann’s MOBICAT MC 120 Z PRO mobile jaw crusher is one of three mobile crushing and screening plants making their Intermat show debuts this week. A robust and high-performance plant, the MOBICAT MC 120 Z PRO achieves an hourly output of up to 650 tonnes. The model’s Continuous Feed System (CFS) is said by Kleemann, a Wirtgen Group brand, to guarantee the best possible crusher feed - regulating the material feed depending on the material flow. The model is very economical with its diesel-electric drive

French firm Sport System has developed a diesel particulate filter (DPF) cleaner called Technifap. Suitable for all types and sizes of DPF, the cleaning process starts with an internal inspection by boroscope before the filter is dressed with a biodegradable cleaning solution and installed into the Technifap cabinet. The filter is then flow-tested, prior to being washed clean by high-pressure recirculating water within the cleaning cabinet’s sealed and filtered water system. With the cleaning process

VF Venieri has launched three new wheeled loaders at Intermat 2018: the VF 1.63C, the VF 4.63H and the VF 8.63TL. VF 1.63c is the smallest of the manufacturer’s articulated wheeled loaders, referred to as the ‘Venierina’. With a 50 HP Yanmar engine which meets Stage IIIa/Tier 3 standards, the VF1.63C is designed as a multi-purpose construction vehicle and packs a breakout force of 3.84 kg. The VF 4.63H wheeled loader is equipped with a 72HP Stage IIIb/Tier 4i Yanmar engine. Features include an oscillatin

As it celebrates 70 years of business, Italian wheeled loader manufacturer VF Venieri is looking in a new direction in its bid to keep customers happy. “Everbody says that the future is service but I think that service is the past,” says VF Venieri managing director Filippo Muccinelli Venieri. “Today, everybody expects good service as a matter of course. The future is technology solutions to improve the efficiency, operator comfort and productivity of machines.” On display at VF Venieri’s Intermat 2018 sta