Liebherr Celebrates 35th Anniversary
An open day with over 20,000 visitors, exceeding the company’s ambitious expectations by far, concluded the festivities in the Austrian village of Nenzing at Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH, celebrating its 35th anniversary. The festivities started on 28 September, witnessed by a large number of representatives from industry and politics as well as numerous long-time business partners. On the second day the company welcomed around 500 customers from all over the world.
The open day was an extraordinary performance showcase of the Nenzing factory. The visitors enjoyed a varied programme consisting of company tours, machinery presentations, multi-vision shows, information booths and much more. The company tour led through all production facilities and offered the guests an insight into ultra-modern production technologies such as fully automated robot manufacturing in the new workshop building VIII.
Close Look
Moreover, the visitors had the opportunity to get a close look at large-dimensioned machines such as mobile harbour cranes or offshore cranes. On the test stand product presentations demonstrated how mobile harbour cranes weighing up to 600 t handle containers or move heavy loads in tandem operation with utmost precision. In the field of construction machinery numerous deep foundation machines were exhibited showing various piling and drilling applications on the company’s new torque & drilling test stand.
Innovation
The focus, however, was not only put on the large dimensions of the cranes and production facilities, but also on the company’s innovation strength: in a special technologies’ pavilion new developments in control and drive technology were presented. One of the highlights was the presentation of the first hydraulic hybrid drive Pactronic for mobile harbour cranes, providing an increase in turnover combined with reduced fuel consumption. This innovative drive system and its positive effects on the working speed were impressively demonstrated on the prototype of the new mobile harbour crane LHM 420.
Another innovation introduced for the offshore industry was the company’s active heave compensation (AHC) system, which registers the strength of wave movement and accurately aligns the suspended load. As an example for new developments in the field of materials technology the new crawler crane pendant straps made of carbon fibre were exhibited. The special properties of carbon fibre and its relative lightness offer a huge potential for technical progress.