Earthmoving & soil compaction

Volvo CE has made the step of developing a 7.5tonne class crawler excavator specifically for the needs of the Chinese market. According to the firm’s president, Melker Jernberg, “It’s developed in China, designed in China and produced in China.” Volvo CE is aiming this model at the needs of Chinese customers and the machine’s development has had considerable input both from SDLG as well as from the local market. The new EC75D weighs from 7.4-7.8tonnes depending on the specification, with power from a D2.6D

LiuGong has unveiled the firm’s first-ever intelligent remote-controlled shovel wheeled loader. The 886H is said by the Chinese global construction, quarrying and mining equipment giant to be a combination of intelligent remote control and intelligent technology. The model’s intelligent wheeled loader shovelling system senses material penetration; has one bottom loading and dumping; along with bucket auto levelling and controllable placement of the bucket. Intelligent shovelling enables the machine to sho

Financing has been secured for road rebuilding work in Ecuador. The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) will provide US$192 million for road maintenance work. The deal was agreed with Ecuador’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works. As a result of the deal, road repairs and improvements will now be carried out in Napo, Manabí, Esmeraldas, Chimborazo, Canar, Azuay and Orellana. New construction machines, 43 in all, are being supplied for the work.

Volvo CE is introducing the latest versions of its cutting edge construction machines to the Chinese and Asian market. Sister firm Volvo Penta is also unveiling a series of engine solutions that meet the new China IV emissions regulations. The company is also highlighting solutions for developing advanced electromobility drivelines for the future. Volvo CE has 11 of its latest models being unveiled for the Asian market, including its top-of-the range EC950EL hydraulic excavator, third generation L220H whee

A major programme of road repairs has been set in Honduras. The new road infrastructure plan is for the 2018-2022 period and aims to improve and upgrade 96% of the country’s existing network. At present a mere 4% of the country’s 16,412km road network is considered satisfactory.

A group of Australian asphalt experts recently visited Ammann’s Chinese manufacturing facility during a recent information gathering tour. Twenty delegates from the Australian Asphalt Pavement Association (AAPA) visited South Korea, Japan and China and stopped at road authorities, a bitumen refinery, road construction firms, research institutes – and the Ammann China factory in Shanghai, which manufactures asphalt plants. According to reports, they were impressed with the quality of manufacturing at the fa

For its new publicity campaign, Volvo Construction Equipment has teamed up with film star hardman Dolph Lundgren to showcase its excavators’ endurance in a stunt-filled mini-movie entitled Pump It Up. In the tongue-in-cheek mini-movie Lundgren, whose credits include Rocky IV, Universal Soldier and The Expendables, plays an all-action drill instructor in an excavator boot camp determined to test the diggers to their limits. Excavators ranging from 1.5t to 95t are ordered to do press-ups, pull-ups, flip