Liebherr, founded in 1949 and headquartered in Switzerland, is a globally renowned manufacturer of construction machinery and a diverse range of technologically advanced products. The company's extensive portfolio includes earthmoving equipment, mining trucks, mobile and crawler cranes, tower cranes, concrete technology, and maritime cranes. Beyond construction machinery, Liebherr produces aerospace and transportation systems, gear technology, and automation systems, showcasing its versatility in engineering excellence. With a presence in over 50 countries and a workforce exceeding 50,000 employees, Liebherr combines innovation and quality to deliver cutting-edge solutions across various industries, including construction, mining, aerospace, and maritime, reinforcing its reputation as a leader in engineering and manufacturing.
Liebherr Mining has developed advanced Assistance Systems & On-board Analytics to further assist site operations to achieve a high level in safety, maintenance, and overall equipment effectiveness. By combining hardware and software, as only OEMs can do through the in-depth knowledge of their machine, Liebherr is increasing the performance of its mining equipment.
Liebherr Mining’s machine automation philosophy supports open and interoperable mine automation platforms, giving customers choice in their equipment, autonomy, and infrastructure ecosystem.
Liebherr strives for long-term sustainable solutions, investigating different options centred on environmental sustainability, safety, cost, flexibility, and maintainability. Liebherr Mining already offers a range of solutions to help customers reduce emissions, and has clear targets and a roadmap to expand its current offering to achieve low carbon solutions in 2022, along with fossil fuel free solutions for the majority of applications by 2030.
Since its foundation in 1985, SAB has invested in more than 50 Liebherr machines. New Liebherr XPower wheel loaders and an R 945 G8 are the most recent additions. The SAB machines are in operation for an average of 1,500 to 2,000 hours per year in three different quarries. Production covers a quarter of the demand in the French département of Hautes-Alpes.
As mining customers around the world show greater urgency to reduce CO2 emissions, innovative solutions such as Trolley Assist Systems present a step towards mine site electrification, paving the road for zero emission mines of the future. Liebherr Mining offers a range of solutions to help customers lower their emissions, including the Trolley Assist System for its full mining haul truck range.
From october 12th to 15th, Liebherr will have a booth at the 2021 edition of the Pollutec trade fair in Lyon. At the heart of hall 3, dedicated to recycling – material and material reuse, the Liebherr stand (No. 119, aisle C) will unveil many new products from the earthmoving, handling and internal components sectors.
Innovative technologies have been combined in a compact machine: The new 36 XXT truck mounted concrete pump combines the advantages of the new quintuple folding boom with the Powerbloc drive unit and the semi-closed oil circuit. The whole thing has also been given a new and appealing look.
The Lanfranchi company performs earthworks and rock filling work in the Porto-Vecchio region on the island of Corsica, as well as work on traffic routes and various pipeline networks. The company was looking for an excavator with a weight of approx. 35 tonnes so that it could also handle more complex projects. It was to be versatile, easy to handle in confined spaces and comfortable for the operator.
In the Soest Börde in the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Rinsche stone quarry extracts “German bluestone” and “Anröchter greenstone” also known as “Anröchter dolomite”. The Rinsche family business also mines large quantities of gravel.