Autonomous and remote control machines are not about to take over the world, but they can provide efficiency gains and savings in some operations – Colin Sowman writes The thought of autonomous machines may conjure up visions of an Orwellian future where society works for the ‘common good’ defined by an all-powerful being and in which people are insignificant in terms of their needs, aspirations and physical wellbeing; of machines that relentlessly carry out their task regardless of anybody or anything that
Terex has this week staged a breaking ground ceremony on the site of what will be a new assembly and fabrication facility for Genie aerial work platforms in Changzhou, eastern China.
Kieran Hegarty, president of Terex Materials Processing (Terex MP), and Colin Clements, Powerscreen global product line director, attended the event – marking the latest stage of ambitious Terex’s Chinese market development.
Powerscreen, the major Terex MP global quarrying equipment manufacturer, who offer a full product line
One of the first new Hitachi Zaxis-5 models in Germany is available as part of official German dealer Kiesel’s rental fleet. The ZX670LCH-5 is working on a six-month assignment at one of Schön + Hippelein’s quarries, near the town of Heidenheim, to the west of Stuttgart in southern Germany. The large excavator has been drafted in to support two Hitachi ZX870H-3 loading shovels – said by Hitachi to be the first of their kind in Germany – at the Calcitwerk Heidenheim limestone quarry. It has been employed to
