World of Concrete '01.2014

05/11/2015

At Ligna 2015, Liebherr presents the L 514 and L 556 wheel loaders, two machines from its timber industry portfolio.

At the leading trade fair for the woodworking industry, Lieberr is exhibiting the versatile L 514 wheel loader with parallel linkage and a 2.5 cubic metre light material bucket, together with the powerful L 556 wheel loader with industrial linkage and an 8.5 cubic metre high-dump bucket. Both versions are particularly suited to handling biomass, such as wood chips, wood pellets or wood shavings. Liebherr wheel loaders are also deployed by businesses for handling logs and other wood products. Powerful Stage IIIB / Tier 4i diesel engines drive the L 514 (77 kW / 105 HP) and the L 556 (140 kW / 191 HP).

The high tipping load of the Liebherr wheel loader is a real asset when handling heavy logs. There is no need here for unnecessary counterweights due to the intelligent solutions provided by the company's designers: In the L 556, the engine is mounted lengthways in the rear of the wheel loader. This unique and compact design means that the diesel engine and the variable displacement pump counterbalance each other. The centre of gravity shifts to the rear of the machine. The tipping load of the L 556, on display at Ligna 2015, is an impressive 10,200 kg at an operating weight of 20,000 kg.

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