Earthmoving & soil compaction

Thomas Armstrong (Aggregates) in Cumbria, North West England, has taken delivery of two new Doosan Infracore DL420 wheeled loaders. The new machines, supplied by Doosan Cumbria and southern Scotland dealer Lloyd Ltd, are the third generation of Doosan wheeled loaders to be purchased by the company over the last 10 years. Operating at the Thomas Armstrong (TA) quarries at Overby and Newcowper in Cumbria, the new Doosan DL420 wheeled loaders succeed the company’s Doosan DL400 wheeled loaders which, in turn,

JCB has delivered one of its 22tonne JS220 crawler excavators to ambitious groundworks and civil engineering contractor ECL Civil Engineering. As a result, Bedfordshire, England-based ECL now boasts a fleet of more than 27 JCB excavators, including JS130, JZ145 and JS220 models. “When JCB supplied a JS130 to us a few years ago I was over the moon with the machine,” said ECL director and co-owner Sean Hoare. “The build quality, hydraulic performance and cab environment have all improved over the last few ye

Doosan Infracore supplied a fleet of Doosan and Bobat machines to build the temporary track for the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships held between 24-27 May in Birmingham, central England. The Korean company, who sponsored the event at the National Indoor Arena, provided machines including Doosan DL200 and DL250 wheeled loaders, a Bobcat T190 compact tracked loader, Bobcat E45 and E80 compact excavators and the new Bobcat TL470 telehandler.

Liebherr's new LB Series rotary drilling rigs are designed for operations using Kelly equipment, continuous flight augers and double rotary heads. These can be used in an array of ground stabilisation applications for construction projects and complement the firm's proven LRB range of combined piling and drilling machines. There are four models in the new LB range, with operating weights from 68.4-113.5tonnes and these are capable of drilling diameters from 1.2-2.5m and to depths from 35-70m using Kelly equ

A frequent problem for fleet operators is created by drivers interfering with the CCTV monitors in their cabs, making them unable to show reversing or other camera images. Brigade Electronics has responded by developing a new tamper-proof model, and this means the top-of-the-range BE-870FM's software upgrade allows fleet operators to disable the driver's ability to adjust monitor settings, by locking the control panel, while retaining necessary functionality. The flat-screen colour monitor has single, sp

Karin Junker, Regional Sales Manager Eastern Europe and Russia, HAENNI Wheel Load Scales, Switzerland, looks at weight enforcement in Croatia Croatia's modern period in history began in 1990 with the country's change of political and economic system, and the achieving of independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June, 1991. The country remained war torn during the 1990s but regained stability and economic growth after the turn of the millennium. During a recent trip to Croatia to visit HAENNI's distributor in t

Crushing equipment from Metso is helping boost production and efficiency at the Barrasford Quarry in the UK. Run by Tarmac Quarry products, the operation is now using a Lokotrack LT140 track-mounted mobile crusher, a pair of Lokolink mobile conveyors and several field conveyors. The company is changing the operation from a static to a mobile crushing operation, and it says installing the Metso machinery has helped reduce manpower at the site. The crusher and the conveyors have replaced a pair of static c

SICOM is in the process of extending its current two model grader line-up. At present the firm offers 7.5tonne and 10tonne models and is adding a single-axle 5tonne and the top of the range 12.5tonne models early in 2009. The firm has already had considerable success with its 7.5tonne, hydrostatic drive IM80 model, which is also said to offer high visibility of the blade due to its cylinder blade slew system. The company has supplied a number of units to Eastern and Western Europe, Central and South America

A new series of rugged, hydraulically-powered rotation units for use with any type of DTH (down-the-hole) hammer in the 92-203mm range as well as ITH (in-the-hole) underground production work with Simba drill rigs, has been introduced by Atlas Copco. The DHR 6 is the latest unit in the company's well known DHR series and complies with demands for air pressure of up to 35 bar and a maximum torque of 6kNm. This means the unit will allow a DTH hammer to be run at much greater power, significantly accelerating