Capital Equipment News February 2020

recycling industry. Kudumba acknowledges that the recycling industry is highly varied. However, the new generation of Liebherr material handlers are adept at a wide range of tasks, including feeding a conditioner or crusher, loading and unloading trucks and containers, sorting materials and waste products, as well as piling up and moving materials of any kind. He reasons that in scrap handling, for example, performance is extremely important. Whether sorting out mixed scrap material, loading and unloading ships or loading shredders, shears and press plant, the Liebherr material handling machines have been developed for high productivity. Liebherr offers a range of solutions in this area. The LH range of materials handlers offers a wide range of models, all the way from LH 22 M Litronic with an operating weight range of 21 000-21 800 kg and an 11 m reach, to the LH 80 C with operating weights from 65 900-108 700 kg. Models available for the local market comprise the LH 22 (mobile and crawler); LH 26 (mobile and crawler); LH 30 (mobile and crawler); LH 35 (mobile only); LH 40 (mobile and crawler); LH 50 (mobile and crawler); LH 60 (mobile and crawler); and the LH 80 (mobile and crawler).

Materials handling range for the local market Dozers • PR734-4

• LH40 Mobile and Crawler • LH50 Mobile and Crawler • LH60 Mobile and Crawler • LH80 Mobile and Crawler

• PR744 • PR754 • PR764 • PR776

Timber • LH35 Mobile only • LH50 Mobile only • LH60 Mobile only

Loaders • L524 • L538 • L550 • L566 • L580 • L586 X-Power

Port • LH40 Mobile and Crawler • LH50 Mobile and Crawler • LH60 Mobile and Crawler • LH80 Mobile and Crawler

Material Handlers Industrial

Electrical Machines • EP / ER 934C • EP / ER 944C • EP / ER 954C

• LH22Mobile and Crawler • LH26 Mobile and Crawler • LH30 Mobile and Crawler • LH35 Mobile only

Waste and recycling solutions The recycling industry is growing rapidly in South Africa and neighbouring countries. In fact, this is a global phenomenon as the world seeks for answers to the global waste challenge.

In recent years, many waste disposal companies have developed from generalists to highly specialised recycling operations. This has brought with it a whole new set of challenges to be met by the machines deployed in the

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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS FEBRUARY 2020