Liebherr’s Alternative Drives and Digitalisation on Display at steinexpo 2023

Liebherr will be represented at steinexpo 2023 from 23 to 26 August 2023 with over ten machines from its earthmoving and mining product segments. In addition to the products on static display and presented in live shows, the main focus of Liebherr’s presence will also be on alternative drives and the latest developments in the field of digitalisation.

Several crawler excavators, an articulated dump truck, the largest Liebherr wheel loader as well as other wheel loader models, dozers and a mining excavator will be on display on Liebherr’s main booth, which covers around 1,200 m².

The Liebherr PR 756 Generation 8 dozer demonstrates in the live demo the advantages offered by modern assistance systems.

For Liebherr, steinexpo has been an important trade exhibition in the earthmoving and quarrying sector for many years. This year, too, the Group will give around 50,000 visitors in Homberg in central Germany an insight into the product highlights and solutions for quarries and mines.

The TA 230 Litronic from Liebherr is designed for demanding off-road applications such as the mining industry and impresses with outstanding off-road capability, maximum traction and concentrated pulling power.

For example, the earthmoving and mining product segments will present a highlight, the TA 230 articulated dump truck, as well as other machines for earthmoving in the extraction industry and a 100t mining excavator.

The 100 t R 9150 mining excavator designed for quarrying and mining will be the highlight of Liebherr’s Mining product segment at steinexpo 2023.

In Europe’s largest basalt quarry, many of these machines can be demonstrated to the public in a real working environment during daily live shows.

In the field of new technologies, at the exhibition Liebherr will put one focus on alternative drives. As part of its technology-neutral approach, the Group will provide an insight and outlook on various drive concepts at the exhibition: from the conventional combustion engine to .

The H966 engine is developed and produced at Liebherr Machines Bulle SA in Switzerland.

In addition, digitalisation in the field of earthmoving and mining machines, for example through digital assistance systems or virtual product simulations, will also play a major role.

Liebherr’s first hydrogen combustion engine, the H966, was developed by the Components product segment for demonstration and field trials and is based on port fuel injection technology (also known as PFI). The results achieved using this technology show the great future potential of hydrogen-based drives and speak in favour of using such drives, especially for off-road applications. The engine was first demonstrated at Bauma 2022 in the R 9XX H2, a hydrogen excavator prototype. In addition, Liebherr will be presenting an innovative solution for the mobile refuelling of construction machinery with gaseous hydrogen together with Maximator Hydrogen GmbH.

The Liebherr crawler excavator R 978 SME will be demonstrated live in the demo shows at steinexpo 2023.

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Liebherr is showing its largest wheel loader at steinexpo, the L 586 XPower®, which weighs around 33t.

Source Liebherr-International Deutschland GmbH