Capital Equipment News February 2019

Liebherr will unveil a range of new cranes at bauma 2019.

The 125 K has a considerable initial hook height of 29,5 m as standard. Five tower sections can be additionally inserted to reach a total hook height of 41,5 m. This means that even major construction projects can be mastered. If the hook height still isn’t sufficient, the 30° luffed jib position enables an impressive 65,5 m hook height. The new Liebherr crane has an 8 000 kg maximum load capacity and with a 55-m radius at the jib head, it is able to lift 1 300 kg thanks to its Load-Plus function. Its immense flexibility is also demonstrated by its five radius options, ranging from 35 to 55 m. Construction site conditions are becoming increasingly tight and therefore require construction cranes to have compact dimensions to match. With its 3,2 m slewing radius, the Liebherr 125 K fast-erecting crane is consequently able to fit into tight sites where space is at a premium. Thanks to its variable slewing radius, which can be extended to 4 m, the amount of transportable ballast can be reduced – which in turn reduces costs. Until now, large fast-erecting cranes could only be transported via semi-trailer. As not every customer has access to a suitable tractor vehicle, Liebherr has now expanded the transport options: the 125 K can also be towed as a trailer by a conventional truck. For this, Liebherr Tower Cranes now offers a new solution: the LiTRAX axle system. Liebherr has developed a new 80 km/h high-speed axle that is suitable for the current fast-erecting crane range. It can be used in a modular manner and consists of three units: a front axle as well as one rigid and one steerable rear axle. As a result, a 53 K or a 65 K.1 can be transported using the front axle and only part of the rear axle. For an 81 k.1, a tandem axle can be assembled using two individual rear axle modules. Therefore, with these three units, it is possible to select the optimum combination for all Liebherr fast-erecting cranes, enabling them to be compact and flexible on site. Four premieres Liebherr will also unveil four new products from its Mobile Cranes Product Division at bauma 2019. The new cranes feature high performance, economy and flexibility thanks to the consistent advanced development of successful technologies. Two of the new cranes have already been presented at the 2018 customer days at Liebherr’s manufacturing plant in

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Available for the global market from March 2019, the Liebherr 125 K fast-erecting crane, with a radius of 55 m and a maximum hook height of 65,5 m, is said to be currently the largest fast-erecting crane on the market

Liebherr will also unveil four new products from its Mobile Cranes Product Division at bauma 2019. The new cranes feature high performance, economy and flexibility thanks to the consistent advanced development of successful technologies

Liebherr will present a new flat-top EC-B series at bauma Munich. The first units will be available to the global market from April 2019. Three of the eight units are equipped with fibre rope and therefore have ‘fibre’ added to their product title

E-learning supplements practical training on the actual crane and is a contribution to enhancing safety during crane jobs. The new training instrument, whose contents do not just apply to Liebherr mobile cranes, is available in German and English

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