June

D series John Deere skidsteers feature standard auto idle

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Australia) P/L has launched a new John Deere D series skidsteer range.

Aussie firm makes own skidsteers, to work its profilers better

Schibeci Road Services decided to build its own ride on skidsteers, when the several models available did not deliver the features the company wanted, to operate its Melbourne made Schibeci profilers.

Environmentally-friendly reo takes out sustainable design award

Enviromesh, a new concrete reinforcing system with the potential to drive down costs, minimise concrete cancer and improve safety in the construction industry, has taken out the Excellence in Sustainable Design Award in the 2010 Australian International Design Awards, announced last Friday.

Echidna rocksaws launched at Civenex

Physicist Dr George Fischer (pictured) is the man behind this Echidna D4 diamond tipped hydraulic rock saw and a range of others he showed at Sydney’s Civenex 3 weeks ago.

Kleeman screening units gain surface area of up to 44%

In order to cope with greater overall performance, the surface of screening units on new Kleeman mobile impact crushers, have been significantly enlarged, for example by more than 44% on its MR 110 EVO model.

Compact Manitou telehandler can access small buildings

With a height of 1.92m and a width of 1.82m, Manitou’s new MT 625 telehandler can easily access low ceiling buildings and basements.

Aussie Pumps tackles water saving dust suppression

Australian Pump Industries has developed a range of hydraulic drive, self priming centrifugal pumps, designed specifically for suppressing construction site dust.

Berco track system reduces operating costs 15 to 25%

Berco field tests have proved that a new track system, increases track life by up to 35%, to a maximum of 6000 hours and reduces operating costs by 15 to 25%. Called ROBUSTUS, an acronym for its ROtating BUShing Track Undercarriage System, Berco launched it at Bauma 2010 last month.

Brevini releases medium pressure axial piston pumps

Ideal for use in closed circuit medium pressure hydraulic applications in earthmoving, Brevini’s MD10series of axial piston pumps, can take a peak pressure of up to 350bar (5000psi).

Kohler offers cooler engines

EPG Engines has introduced 13 new Kohler Diesel engines to the Australian market. The range includes seven air-cooled models from 5 to 26kW and six liquid-cooled ones from 12.6 to 48kW.

Leighton orders innovative loaders for HK tunnels

Leighton has ordered the first three production line 7HR-B Häggloader wheel loaders, for a Leighton-LNS JV tunnel project, the Hong Kong Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) sewage conveyance system.

Peace breaks the sound barrier

What started out as a special one-off project, is proving to be extremely popular as an acoustic barrier across a wide range of applications.