Predestined for efficient handling

  1 With the ZM 110, Zeppelin is showing an extremely versatile wheeled excavator at the trade fair
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Among the key material handling equipment on show will be a Cat MH3022 with an operating weight of 24.5 t, which is predestined to perform sorting tasks. At the other end of the scale in terms of operating weight is the Cat MH3040 with a good 39 tonnes. This makes it a special heavyweight that wants to do justice to this role in heavy scrap handling. Visitors to the trade fair in Karlsruhe can also meet this machine.

Anyone who works in cargo handling knows that it is not only a matter of robust construction, but also of high speeds and great endurance. This is what handling excavators have to demonstrate when they move many tonnes in shifts, feed crushers and screening plants and load recyclable materials onto skips, in containers or onto tipping trailers. As representatives of the new generation of machines, they feature low fuel consumption and lower maintenance costs, which helps customers reduce operating costs. The heavy-lift mode of the MH Series machines enables them to handle heavy loads efficiently. The standard Smartboom function simplifies operation. Joystick steering is included as standard on all models. In addition, the new generation offers even more choices in equipment variants, which visitors can find out about in detail at Zeppelin’s trade fair stand.

  2 The Cat MH3040 not only does justice to heavyweight tasks, such as scrap handling, but also to more delicate tasks
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The Cat MH3022 is available with a reach of up to 11 m – its bigger brother, the Cat MH3024 with an operating weight of 27 t, has a reach of max. 12 m. This benefits the loading of trucks, railway wagons and ships, but also the feeding of shredder plants. The Cat MH3024 can be seen in a live demonstration in the handling of scrap and metal. The practical demonstrations form the core of “RecyclingAKTIV & TiefbauLIVE”. There, the yellow iron is used directly to show what the machines are capable of. Specifically: Like all Cat excavators of the new generation, the handling excavators are also equipped with electro-hydraulic pilot control, which enables particularly sensitive control and allows the operator many individual setting options.

Tracked excavators such as the Cat 330 also use electrohydraulic pilot control. Zeppelin will also be demonstrating one of these, equipped with a P324 pulveriser, in live operation in the arena for attachments. A generation change has also been heralded in the tools in order to grip concrete structures faster with the jaws during demolition work, to work with more force and to cut through integrated reinforcements. Because every valuable material has different handling requirements, there are different equipment variants to choose from. There is also a wide range of attachments. Zeppelin staff will be on hand at the exhibition stand to present the different variants and go into more detail about the various options.

Even though the focus of the exhibits will be on excavators, the exhibitor will also provide information on the latest wheel loader technology. A Cat 950 or the compact version in the form of the Cat 908 in the high-lift version will be presented as representatives of efficient material handling. With solid rubber tyres and metal mudguards, this is suitable for use in industry and in the waste sector. In combination with the optional reversible fan, it is even suitable for operations in a dusty environment.

The ZM 110, which is also on display, falls into the “latest development” category. Zeppelin is competing with this new wheeled excavator and its numerous optional features to stand up to a wide range of tasks in civil engineering. These include joystick steering or a trailer pre-equipment. There is also the option of moving the wheeled excavator on the road at 40 km/h. What other wheeled excavators of the new generation can already offer, the new ZM 110 can now also offer: attachment management. The driver can save different attachments with defined parameters and define a maximum pressure. This makes it possible to handle a wide range of tasks in civil engineering, but also to move material quickly.

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