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Doosan’s new mini excavator aimed at rental
October 18, 2017
Doosan’s new DX17Z mini excavator is aimed at the rental market and suits duties in urban construction sites. High mobility and powerful performance are claimed, as well as good stability. The 1.75tonne DX17Z is a short tailswing mini excavator said to offer more functionality than a comparable Zero Tail Swing (ZTS) machine. The design fully protects the front upper structure corners within the swing circle, allowing 320° of free rotation while working close to walls or highway barriers.
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Mobile wheeled excavators from Caterpillar
October 11, 2017
Caterpillar claims that its latest M315 and M317 wheeled excavators retain the reliable performance, durability, versatility, fuel efficiency, low operating costs, and easy maintenance of earlier models. However the new D2 Series models also offer more robust fuel-injection systems, versatile front-linkages, greater work-tool capability, and upgraded operator comfort. Power for both the M315D2 and M317D2 is supplied by a Cat C4.4 diesel rated at 108kW.
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Compact and powerful telehandler from Manitou
October 11, 2017
Manitou is now offering its MT420H Buggy telehandler, a compact model. The machine shares many features with the existing MT625 but is built on a smaller scale and features a tighter turning circle, with a width of just 1.49m and a height of 1.9m when its high visibility beacon is fitted.
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India’s capital highway project will improve transport connections
October 10, 2017
Huge numbers of construction machines as well as plant and equipment are working overtime, backed by mammoth manpower, to meet the targeted completion deadline of March 2018 for India’s Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE). The 135km arterial route is being built with six lanes and surrounds India’s National Capital, Delhi, its National Capital Region (NCR) and the industrially developed North Indian states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
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Road repair machine from Secmair offers versatility
September 14, 2017
Secmair is now offering its new CEPIA machine, which meets the requirements of road repairs. The unit is suited to spreading hot-mix as well as chip spreading and according to the firm, offers a massive increase in productivity over conventional tools used in manual processes. For applications where these materials are being spread manually, the CEPIA boosts the quality of mechanical spreading as well as reducing the arduousness of the task for a road crew.
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Road repair machine from Secmair offers versatility
September 14, 2017
Secmair is now offering its new CEPIA machine, which meets the requirements of road repairs. The unit is suited to spreading hot-mix as well as chip spreading and according to the firm, offers a massive increase in productivity over conventional tools used in manual processes. For applications where these materials are being spread manually, the CEPIA boosts the quality of mechanical spreading as well as reducing the arduousness of the task for a road crew.
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Hyundai Heavy Industries gets down to business in Cittareale
August 1, 2017
Hyundai Heavy Industries, in collaboration with the construction machinery manufacturers Italian dealer Hitex, recently supplied two machines for Earthquake clean-up duties in Italy. The machines - a R60CR-9A crawler excavator and a HL757-9A wheeled loader were handed over to the Il Corpo Nazionale dei Vigile del Fuoco for four-months at no cost. It was August 24, 2016, when an early morning violent 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook central Italy and claimed 297 lives. The epicentre was located near Accumoli,
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Thailand road repairs to tackle flood damage
June 23, 2017
Serious flooding in Southern Thailand has caused extensive damage to roads and highways. In a bid to restore these transport links the country’s Highways Department's Highways Maintenance Management Bureau has set a budget close to US$103 million.
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Volvo CE’s electric prototype excavator
May 17, 2017
Volvo CE has developed an all-electric mini excavator, which it is now demonstrating in prototype form. The machine is powered by the latest generation Li-Ion battery technology and is said to be highly efficient. Volvo CE points out that the machine is a prototype intended to test the concept and that its configuration will be likely to change during development. The 3.5tonne machine also does without conventional hydraulic circuits, marking it apart from currently available electric excavators. Lars Stenq
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Terex’s versatile backhoe loader
April 5, 2017
Terex Construction says that its all-new TLB870 backhoe loader has been designed with the user in mind. It has an all-new loader arm, bespoke roof canopy and LED lights, as well as a 7% greater dig reach and 8% greater dig depth than its nearest competition. Said to benefit from an intelligent hydraulic system with in-loader valve and tandem gear pump, the machine has lower power consumption and improved fuel economy. It also has servo controls and what the firm claims is a class-leading tear-out perform
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