Komatsu is now offering a larger hybrid excavator in the shape of its 36tonne class HB365LC. The new machine uses the same proven hybrid technology concept used in its 21tonne class hybrid excavator, although its larger accumulator package has been relocated to a position just to the left of the front end mounting.
Tulloch Developments, a large civil and marine engineering contractor in Shetland, off the north coast of Scotland, has purchased a new Doosan DL450-5 wheeled loader. The machine arrived from the Scottish mainland’s Inverurie-based Balgownie, an authorised Doosan and Bobcat dealer.
Doosan Construction Equipment’s new 5 tonne DX57W-5 Stage IV compliant wheeled excavator complies with the latest Stage 3B emission regulations.
The DX57W-5 has increased power from the 42.5kW Doosan D24 4-cylinder engine which meets Stage 3B emission regulations without the need for a diesel particulate filter (DPF), through the use of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) after-treatment technologies.
Factory tests show a 15% increase in fuel efficiency, depending
