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          present anddeveloping safety requirements (ISO13031).
        
        
          The new compact design is complete with a wiring harness
        
        
          for plug and play installation, saving time and money. The
        
        
          new control box, mounting bracket and wiring harness will be
        
        
          supplied as standard in all full hydraulic hose kits.
        
        
          A new range of compact tilt buckets that is available
        
        
          in a range of widths and capacities for 1.5 to 9 tonne
        
        
          carrierswill alsobeon the stand. Features andbenefits
        
        
          include an optimum pivotal design providing a 90°
        
        
          tilt (45° in either direction); single hydraulic cylinder
        
        
          withmud guardprotection toprotect the cylinder rod,
        
        
          and hose fittings. Reversible bolt-on cutting edges and
        
        
          side cutters providemaximumwear resistance.High tensilepivot
        
        
          pins and web plate ensure low maintenance and reinforced
        
        
          bucket strength thereforemaximising lifetime performance,
        
        
          The final newproduct will be a tilting coupler that combines
        
        
          Geith’s couplerwithHelac’s PowerTilt, suitable for carriers from
        
        
          6 to 25 tonnes. The operator can safely
        
        
          change attachments from the cab, and can
        
        
          increase productivity thanks to the tilting
        
        
          feature up to 180°. Less repositioning
        
        
          of the excavator is required when the
        
        
          machine is equipped with such a tool.
        
        
          Thecouplerprovidesbotha front and rear
        
        
          safety locking mechanism to secure both
        
        
          attachment pins, and a powerful spring
        
        
          activated safety lock system works in all
        
        
          types of severe environments.
        
        
          MontabertwilluseIntermatto introduce
        
        
          anewmulti-purposehydraulicdrifter, the
        
        
          HC95.TheHC95 LA has been designed
        
        
          to replace another drifter already installed
        
        
          on a drilling rig to optimise performance,
        
        
          while the HC95 LM has been designed
        
        
          for underground drilling operations,
        
        
          with hammering together with hydraulic
        
        
          reverse percussion is included as standard.
        
        
          It is also available as the LC95 LQ for
        
        
          quarryingwork.
        
        
          Montabert will also use Intermat to
        
        
          bring its Blue Line breakers formally
        
        
          Hydraulic truck-mounted crane manufacturer Atlas will have
        
        
          two new models at Intermat. The AK 440.2 has a three-fold
        
        
          extension and a 1 tonne capacity at itsmaximum reach of 22m.
        
        
          The slewing gear with twin rack and pinion systemmeans it has
        
        
          a large slewing torque and on-the-spot slewing movements, the
        
        
          manufacturer said.
        
        
          Alsonew fromAtlas is the206.3,which comes in variants from
        
        
          A2 andA8. Its safeworking load is 450kg at itsmaximum reach
        
        
          of just less than21m.
        
        
          Kobelco’s crawler crane line-up for the show will include its
        
        
          G-seriesmodels,which feature a fullyhydraulicoperating system
        
        
          for powering the joysticks.The company says this gives operators
        
        
          a genuine feel for the load, while providing smoothness and
        
        
          precision.
        
        
          AllG-Series feature theenergy-saving ‘GMode’ tohelpconserve
        
        
          energy, which includes functions such as Auto Idle Stop, which
        
        
          shutsdown the engineafter apre-determinedperiodof inactivity.
        
        
          Models on display will include the 135 tonne capacity
        
        
          CKE1350G, and250 tonneCKE2500G.
        
        
          Attachments
        
        
          The highlight on the Geith stand will be products from the
        
        
          company’s coupler range.Thesewill be anewmechanical coupler
        
        
          for 2 to4 tonne compact excavators that allows an attachment to
        
        
          be picked up and secured in a single movement, with an audio
        
        
          and two visual alerts confirming safe connection. Release is
        
        
          simple using the mechanism provided. Geith
        
        
          said the two further models will follow
        
        
          during 2015 for 1-2 tonne and 2-6 tonne
        
        
          machines.
        
        
          Also on show will be a new coupler
        
        
          control system that features a simple
        
        
          and safe operating sequence.The IP65
        
        
          and CE compliant device satisfies the
        
        
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          Kobelcowill
        
        
          show two G-series
        
        
          crawler cranes, including
        
        
          this 250 tonne capacitymodel.
        
        
          Montabert’s Blue Line breakerswill from
        
        
          Intermat sport the standard green of the
        
        
          company’s premier breaker range.
        
        
          The new Geithmechanical coupler
        
        
          is for use on 2 to 4 tonne compact
        
        
          excavators. Two furthermodelswill
        
        
          follow during 2015.