Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has launched a new safety system for wheel loaders that alerts the operator with audible and visual signals and automatically applies the service brakes if the machine is at risk of reversing into a person or object
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Liebherr wheel loaders to meet global challenges

A Liebherr L 550 wheel loader from the new series feeding a mobile crushing plant. (Image source: Liebherr)
Liebherr has launched three new wheel loaders, tailored to markets outside of Europe and North America
African overhead cranes move towards full automation

The number of enquiries Condra received for autonomous cranes was up in 2022. (Image source: Condra)
Marc Kleiner, managing director of crane manufacturer Condra, said the growing awareness of the benefits of full crane automation is currently the most noticeable trend in Africa’s overhead crane industry
Kleemann offers more efficiency on site with course element screening plant

The MSS 802(i) EVO impresses with a feed capacity of up to 500 t/h in natural stone and in recycling. (Image source: Wirtgen Group)
The new MOBISCREEN MSS 802(i) EVO offers users a mobile, efficient screening plant that was designed to meet evolving challenges in different application areas
Sandvik delivers locally manufactured SmartPlant

The modular approach of the SmartPlant meant that the customer could tweak design parameters such as height, capacity and liner profiles. (Image source: Sandvik)
A fluorite mine outside Pretoria, South Africa, has become the first recipient of Sandvik Rock Processing’s first locally manufactured SmartPlant in Africa