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Manto frame formwork for efficient installation
Manto frame formwork for efficient installation
Wall formwork is one of the fundamental systems found on almost every major construction site. Not only do they determine the final shape of the concrete, but they also have a significant impact on labour costs, construction speed and safet...
Automated load securing for container vehicles
Automated load securing for container vehicles
Securing loads is one of the unassuming yet crucial tasks in day-to-day transport operations. Particularly with roll-off containers or tipper bodies, this often involves additional manual work on the vehicle – frequently under time pressure...
Automatic crane control for loading cranes
Automatic crane control for loading cranes
Loading cranes have long been part of the standard daily equipment on many construction sites. They handle material transport, move components or assist with assembly work directly on the vehicle.
Klaus Dittrich: bauma, the largest trade fair worldwide!
Klaus Dittrich: bauma, the largest trade fair worldwide!
We talk to Klaus Dittrich, CEO of Messe München, at bauma 2019 about the largest trade fair in the world. Despite the enormous exhibition space, around 500 companies are on the waiting list for a stand space. The bauma Plus concept was deve...
Klaus Dittrich, bauma 2019: Sustainability & electrification
Klaus Dittrich, bauma 2019: Sustainability & electrification
The issue of sustainability does not stop at the construction machinery industry. What are the consequences? What effects and changes can be seen at bauma 2019?
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Skill Shortage in Construction – bauma 2019
Skill Shortage in Construction – bauma 2019
The construction machinery industry is booming - but the shortage of skilled workers is already a risk to growth today and will continue to be so in the future. What measures are being taken to solve the problem?
Digitalization and 5G – bauma 2019
Digitalization and 5G – bauma 2019
Digitalization is making its way to bauma 2019. What applications can be seen in the construction machinery industry with regard to digitalization - and does 5G play a role?
WA475-10 wheel loader reduces operating costs and fuel consumption
WA475-10 wheel loader reduces operating costs and fuel consumption
Wheel loaders have to fulfil two requirements simultaneously in daily use: high productivity and the lowest possible operating costs. Particularly in areas such as sand and gravel extraction, recycling or heavy earthworks, this combination ...
Intelligent machine control makes crawler tractors more efficient
Intelligent machine control makes crawler tractors more efficient
Dozers are among the central machines in earthmoving. Their task is clearly defined: Moving material, profiling surfaces and preparing terrain. At the same time, they are heavily dependent on the experience of the operator.
LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane with variable lifting capacity
LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane with variable lifting capacity
Heavy-duty lifting technology has developed steadily over the past few decades. While earlier generations were primarily designed for maximum lifting capacity, today flexibility and adaptability are becoming more important.
Lattice boom crawler crane for loads up to 800 tonnes
Lattice boom crawler crane for loads up to 800 tonnes
Large-scale projects in industrial and infrastructure construction place special demands on lifting technology. Specialised crane systems are used when components weighing several hundred tonnes need to be moved.
Mineral granite sands for concrete and asphalt
Mineral granite sands for concrete and asphalt
Mineral raw materials form part of the unseen foundations of modern industrial production. Whether concrete, asphalt, plasters or floor coatings – many materials are based on precisely defined sands and aggregates.
Mortar injection for foundation retrofitting and building extensions
Mortar injection for foundation retrofitting and building extensions
The housing shortage in many cities is increasingly changing the demands placed on construction. Vacant plots are becoming scarcer, whilst the costs of demolition and new construction are rising.
Unimog for road construction and winter maintenance
Unimog for road construction and winter maintenance
Hardly any other commercial vehicle has established such a versatile role over the decades as the Unimog. Originally developed as a universal work vehicle, it is now used in areas ranging from municipal winter maintenance to heavy road cons...
Teka showcases turbine mixers for speciality concretes
Teka showcases turbine mixers for speciality concretes
The demands placed on modern concretes have been rising significantly for years. Higher strengths, more precise material properties and specialised mixes are fundamentally changing production in precast plants and concrete plants.
Electric compact machines for construction sites and indoor use
Electric compact machines for construction sites and indoor use
Electric construction machinery was long regarded as a niche solution for specialist applications. However, the market is now changing noticeably. Particularly in the compact machinery sector, interest is growing in battery-electric concept...
Volvo unveils electric wheel loader for construction sites
Volvo unveils electric wheel loader for construction sites
Construction sites are traditionally seen as noisy, high-emission environments dominated by diesel engines. Yet this very image is beginning to change.
Digital formwork with AR glasses for precast concrete elements
Digital formwork with AR glasses for precast concrete elements
Digitalisation is increasingly reaching areas of the construction industry that were long considered to be heavily craft-based. In the manufacture of precast concrete components in particular, digital models, automated production processes ...
Electrified driveline for skid steer loaders with electric motor
Electrified driveline for skid steer loaders with electric motor
Skid steer loaders are among the machines for which drive technology must be designed to be both particularly compact and resilient. The requirements are clearly defined: limited installation space, high tractive force and reliable performa...
Electric drive reduces emissions on the construction site
Electric drive reduces emissions on the construction site
The electrification of construction machinery does not necessarily involve complete vehicle concepts. In many cases, it starts with individual functions that can be specifically optimised.
Urban construction site with zero emissions and drive system
Urban construction site with zero emissions and drive system
The construction industry is facing a transformation that is particularly noticeable in cities. At Bauma, this claim was concretised using the ‘urban construction site of the future’.
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Data Modul - Display Solutions
Data Modul - Display Solutions
Messe.TV presenter Klas Bömecke visits the DATA MODUL stand at embedded world in Nuremberg. The company will be presenting innovations in the "Display Solutions" area. Industrial users place high demands here, as the products must be able t...
Interview Benedikt Weyerer, event manager embedded world
Interview Benedikt Weyerer, event manager embedded world
embedded world is a trade fair that affects our lives more than many people realize. Companies exhibiting there are changing our everyday lives with their innovative products. Topics such as the "Internet of Things" and e-mobility play a ro...
Mentor Graphics - Industrial IoT
Mentor Graphics - Industrial IoT
Technical Marketing Engineer Ricardo Anguiano explaining the IoT offerings of Mentor Graphics. He introduces an Industrial IoT Gateway with a temperature sensor feeding back to a NXO K70 running the Nucleus real-time operating system (RTOS)...
MicroSys Electronics - embedded system solutions
MicroSys Electronics - embedded system solutions
From individual modules to certified complete systems, customers can rely on a competent partner at MicroSys Electronics to meet their individual needs - that's what we learned in advance. Messe.TV presenter Klas Bömecke visits the MicroSys...
Blue Box - iSystem analysis and function and error checking
Blue Box - iSystem analysis and function and error checking
A small bug can have serious consequences - for example in an embedded system for a pacemaker or an airbag. iSystem AG offers specified solutions so that developers can see in advance whether the functions are being fulfilled as desired. Wi...
Safe cable reels for construction sites and trades
Safe cable reels for construction sites and trades
Cable reels have been part of the basic equipment on construction sites for decades. What at first glance appears to be an unremarkable piece of equipment is, in practice, a safety-critical component.
Dry cutting for connection joints and fibre-optic cables
Dry cutting for connection joints and fibre-optic cables
Road construction, concrete rehabilitation and broadband expansion place very different demands on cutting technology. Sometimes the focus is on clean connection joints in concrete surfaces, sometimes on narrow slots for cables, and sometim...
Mobile dispatching improves processes at ready-mix concrete plants
Mobile dispatching improves processes at ready-mix concrete plants
The digitalisation of building materials logistics and ready-mix concrete plants has been advancing for years. Whilst many processes in concrete plants, asphalt mixing plants or bulk materials operations are already software-supported, mobi...
Quiet electric excavator for confined construction sites
Quiet electric excavator for confined construction sites
Compact construction machinery is undergoing a noticeable transformation. For a long time, the focus with mini-excavators, skid-steer loaders and telehandlers was primarily on manoeuvrability, lifting capacity and robust technology.
Big Foot tyres for soft ground
Big Foot tyres for soft ground
Soft ground, changing job sites and increasing demands on productivity and comfort characterise the daily routine of many construction machine operators.
Dust-free working with air purifiers and construction vacuum cleaners
Dust-free working with air purifiers and construction vacuum cleaners
Dust is part of everyday life on building sites. Grinding, milling, chiselling or refurbishing generates fine particles that not only pollute the working environment but also pose health risks. At the same time, clients and residents are pl...
Compact machines for material handling and construction sites
Compact machines for material handling and construction sites
Today, construction machinery must do far more than just dig or load. On inner-city construction sites, compact dimensions, low operating costs and high versatility are key.
Tile cutters and stone cutting machines for construction sites
Tile cutters and stone cutting machines for construction sites
Cutting, sawing and drilling have been standard tasks on construction sites for decades. Whether in road construction, civil engineering or gardening and landscaping – precise cuts are often the basis for further processing of materials.
Laying pipes faster with minimal disruption
Laying pipes faster with minimal disruption
Water pipes, sewage pipes and other utility lines form part of the invisible foundations of a functioning infrastructure. However, particularly in rural areas, when developing new areas or renovating existing networks, the same question ari...
Ship loaders in use worldwide for bulk commodities
Ship loaders in use worldwide for bulk commodities
Global trade in bulk commodities would be almost inconceivable without high-performance conveyor technology. Iron ore, coal, minerals and other bulk goods must be transported in large quantities and loaded onto ships as quickly as possible.
Rubber tracks for construction machinery with improved traction
Rubber tracks for construction machinery with improved traction
In the modern construction machinery sector, rubber tracks have long been more than just wear parts. They influence ride comfort, ground protection, traction and, last but not least, a machine’s productivity.
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Crushing plant for opencast mining with reduced transport distances
Crushing plant for opencast mining with reduced transport distances
In mining and raw materials extraction, logistics often determine the economic viability of a project. Large quantities of rock must be moved, transported and processed.
Shaft boring machines for safety in underground mining
Shaft boring machines for safety in underground mining
Underground mining is one of the most demanding sectors in mechanical engineering. Great depths, difficult geological conditions and high safety requirements present operators worldwide with complex challenges.
Mobile excavators with short-reach boom kinematics for construction sites
Mobile excavators with short-reach boom kinematics for construction sites
Construction machinery is often defined by its performance data: engine power, digging depth or payload. In practical use, however, other factors often determine productivity.Trade fair reporting Germany - Trade fair knowledge, dates & events
