Maintenance

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

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