Setup at the press of a button with LIKUFIX

Be it thick steel cables, bolts weighing many kilograms, large hydraulic lines or many other objects – working with mobile cranes means moving heavy loads at some point or another. This is precisely why our engineers are endeavouring to simplify as many processes as possible and improve their ergonomics. One example of this is the LIKUFIX hydraulic coupling system. Moritz Schick explains how it works

New options for painting Liebherr mobile cranes

When you order a new car, you will hardly find more than eight colours to choose from in the corresponding price list. For our mobile cranes, hundreds of colours are available to our customers. How do we take this wide range into account in our price lists? Oliver Wekenmann from our order centre explains.

More than two eyes

Keeping an eye on the entire area around a large crane with just two eyes is a challenge. Mirrors and cameras are already available to help with blind spots and awkward corners. All new Liebherr mobile crane models are also equipped with driver assistance systems that support the crane driver with additional “eyes”.

Curved thing

We all know that a long telescopic boom bends downwards like a banana.

Catch Bar Plus – enhanced safety

As early as the development phase, we take care to ensure that operating errors are eliminated as far as possible during assembly operations on our cranes, or that their effects are kept to a minimum.

EN 13000

A few years ago, when all the crane manufacturers in Europe had to remove the key switch to bypass the overload system, the subject of the EN 13000 standard was suddenly on everybody’s lips.

LTM 1650-8.1 NK system luffing jib

Assembling and erecting long luffing jibs in constricted conditions is always a challenge in everyday crane operations. We discussed the situation with customers and found a solution which will be available as from next year.

TraXon DynamicPerform

Martin Dony from our Crane Chassis Development and Design Department explaines the advantages of TraXon DynamicPerform.

Remote control

Alexander Wirth, Product Software Developer at the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen, explains the Liebherr remote control.

TELEMATIK

Florian Trauner, Designer in the Crane Booms Department in Ehingen, explains the term TELEMATIK to us and shows what lies behind the revolutionary technology.

Load Sensing System

Jörg Gebele, group leader hydraulic design in Ehingen, gives us a little excursion into hydraulics and explains the clever load sensing system.

The finite element method (FEM)

Tobias Haller, a structural engineer at the Liebherr Plant in Ehingen, chose the "finite element method (FEM)" and explains what it means and why this method is so important for us as a crane manufacturer.