Seat manufacturer Milsco Diplomat will be showing its new XL-100 Deluxe adjustable seat and its FA-100 Air Suspension which features an optional built-in air compressor.
Deutz sold 136,000 diesel engines last year ranging from 4kW to 740kW, and is growing faster than the market, but as yet it has not really been able to crack the crane market as it would have liked. At Bauma it is showing its new 616 series, developed by its subsidiary Motoren-Werke Mannheim. Available with eight, 12 or 16 cylinders, the power range spans 380 to 1200kW.
After a year on the market, Krüger Systemtechnik has sold its Mark 4K load moment indicator, designed for mobile cranes, to kit manufactured by Manitowoc, Hyundai and Sennebogen. An integral data logger is available as an option which allows operation-related data to be stored. An economy recorder stores long-term information on the crane operation and all stored information can be transmitted to a PC via the integrated interface.
At Bauma the company presents the full range of its safety monitoring equipment, including the PCD system for payload measurement on wheeled loaders and the Mark 3E/1 load moment limiters, which were originally designed for reach stackers but are now also popular among crane operators.
As well as the continuously variable S-Matic transmission system and the serial production ADM automatic drive train management system, drive and gearing specialist Steyr-Daimler-Puch Antriebstechnik is unveiling its VG 3500, “the world’s highest performance transfer case”, and the new DR 1620 drop box.
SOM, part of the Comer Group, is showing its planetary gear units, sales of which have increased five-fold in the past four years. Manitowoc, Terex and Potain are among the users of SOM products.
Hetronic has developed a radio-controlled anti-two block system at the suggestion of US truck crane manufacturer IMT. The limit switch signal is transmitted by radio instead of a cable reel down to the crane control. The transmitter is powered by an integrated solar cell.
Ingersoll Rand is launching several hydraulic breaker and crusher attachments from its Montabert line, aimed particularly at the backhoe loader market.
KAB Seating is showing its range of seats for construction equipment, as fitted as original equipment by such manufacturers as Komatsu, Hitachi, Caterpillar and JCB.
