Volvo CE is working on radical new concepts for earthmoving and extraction applications - Guy Woodford reports
Volvo CE recently showcased a range of futuristic concepts and innovations from electromobility to intelligent machines and total site solutions at the company’s Xploration Forum in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Hundreds of Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) customers, members of the international press, government representatives and academics were given an exclusive look at a host of ground-breakin
Great Tew Ironstone Quarry in North Oxfordshire in the UK has purchased a new top-of-the-range Doosan DL580-5 wheeled loader to increase production.
The DL580-5 carries huge 14-16tonne blocks of Ironstone from the quarry face to a new €1.2 million stone processing plant that recently began production at the top of the quarry.
Great Tew Ironstone has a striking brown and blue vein and is only available from this Oxfordshire quarry. A quarried block is often up to 30tonnes.
“The new DL580-5 helps
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is staging the global launch of its Tier 4 Final equipment range at Conexpo 2014. The new Tier 4 line-up, among 17 innovative products on show, includes new generation E-Series excavators, G-Series articulated haulers and H-Series wheeled loaders.
