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.
Liebherr claims its updated 47 M5 XXT truck-mounted concrete pump offers added customer value. In-house development and optimisation of the mast is said to have been at the forefront of the latest model version. An array of other new design features will, says Liebherr, simplify the replacement of wear parts for more efficient servicing.
Comer has introduced the F-046 Hydro axle for compact wheeled vehicles such as front-end loaders. The new product is a version of the company's 046 axle modified to host a hydrostatic radial motor in line with the input shaft and allow for four-wheel drive connection. The design provides better machine performance compared with traditional products and improved driveline layout by reducing installation room needed under the vehicle, claims
Doka’s formwork expertise is currently in demand during the construction of one of the busiest motorway viaducts in Germany. The 400m six-lane Lahntal Bridge in Limburg dates from the early 1960s. Every day about 100,000 vehicles cross the bridge that spans the valley of the River Lahn. But traffic loads have increased sharply, so a new bridge is being built sited just a few metres west of the old viaduct.
The new Lahntal viaduct will measure a massive 43.5m in width, enabling eight lanes plus hard shoul
