Press Releases of Nominees
Here you find press releases of the nominees featuring their innovations. For detailed information, please contact the companies directly.
Vibratory plate delivers same power as 7t roller
Wacker Neuson SE is pushing out the boundaries of vibratory plate performance with the new DPU 130. The remote-controlled plate delivers enough compaction performance to replace small and medium-size compaction rollers weighing up to seven tons. The DPU 130 is also raising the bar in safety and user friendliness for soil compaction jobs.
Innovative drilling procedure for below-surface geothermal energy
With the use of the electro-impulse procedure (EIV) decisive savings in drilling costs can be reached for below-surface geothermal energy. In the earth's crust (lithosphere) there are nearly inexhaustible reserves of thermal energy stored. In order to produce electricity from this, the hot dry rock technology is used.
The acoustic Geo-Scanner - An innovative development for the industry of construction and mining machinery
The successful implementation of construction projects and energy-efficient and quality-oriented extraction of mineral resources in unconsolidated soft soil depends on a precise knowledge about the shape and properties of soil layers.
New vertical drilling machine TERRA-DRILL for geothermal power
With 35 years of experience in horizontal trenchless pipe and cable laying the Swiss manufacturer TERRA AG has joined the vertical drilling market with the development of its TERRA-DRILL. The design of this new vertical drill for geothermal power has taken 2 years.
Norton-Clipper Foam Drilling System
The patent-pending Foam Drilling System from Norton-Clipper is an innovative solution for diamond drilling in reinforced concrete. It replaces water as a coolant with foam.
Glass beads instead of gravel or sand as a supporting material in bore wells.
An innovation from Ochs that guarantees that water catchment wells have a longer, better and more economic service life
Pure and clean water is the most important raw material for human life. Bore wells are required to extract ground water.
New Liebherr gas cylinder stores and regenerates energy
For about 60 years now, Liebherr has designed, developed and manufactured hydraulic rams and cylinders for use on a wide variety of construction machinery. These products are notable for their functional efficiency, quality, reliability and economic viability. The company’s most recent new development in this area is an energy storage cylinder that has been designed specifically for hydraulic excavators used on material handling work, where the overall efficiency of the hydraulic system and the machine’s operating economy are major factors.
Liebherr LH 120 C material handler
Specially designed for the movement of bulk materials, the Liebherr LH 120 C material handler makes its first public appearance at the 2010 “Bauma” trade fair. Within Liebherr’s extensive material-handling range, this is an entirely new purpose-built design.
Hamm HD+ The new tandem rollers with the "plus factor"
With the HD+, Hamm has launched a new series of articulated tandem rollers that are built for asphalt compaction. Following a detailed analysis, the engineering and design team created this series with operating weights from 9 to 14 t using a design that is entirely new both in technical and visual terms. Equipped with articulated joints, these impressive machines boast unique visibility, exceptional performance data and provide a comfortable operating environment.
DURFLEX® track-bed system for ballasted tracks
DURFLEX® is kind to the environment, to operating costs – and to the ears, without entailing any fundamental extensive modifications to construction techniques or practices.
Innovative SL 750 EiControlPlus Shearer Loader - Technology with Human Traits
The developed innovative Eickhoff shearer loader is the global solution to safe and highly efficient mining of the worldwide most essential energy raw material, the coal, in landscape-saving underground longwalling. A completely newly developed automation package targets the power of three Formula 1 racing cars to the coalface while avoiding collisions with the surroundings.
Detectino-The Glassy Ground.
Every year, digging causes millions of Euros worth of damage to buried supply lines because in many cases no site plans are available. To avoid these costs, the multi-sensor detection system DETECTINO was designed by the Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut GmbH, the University of Frankfurt Institute of Geoscience, the machine building company ProKasro and the Detectino GmbH.
Thermo-hydraulic free piston engine (fpe)
At present, internal combustion engines flanged with axial piston pumps usually serve as primary propulsion units in mobile hydraulic drives. This proven manner of converting the chemical energy of fuel into hydraulic work is characterized by a relatively complex construction (engine & pump) and low mean efficiencies during operation due to partial-load running and idling.
Bilfinger Berger Civil Designs Innovative Bridge
The erection of the Golden Ears Bridge as part of a public-private partnership not only meant establishing a privately financed network within the shortest of time, thereby promoting economic growth in the region – for it was also and importantly proof of efficient, progressive construction processes and methods that save on personnel, help the environment and cut construction time and costs.
BAUER Maschinen GmbH - nominated for the BAUMA Innovation Award 2010
A new development of Bauer Maschinen GmbH was nominated for the BAUMA Innovation Award 2010 in the category "Machinery Component". What is simply called „Down-The-Hole flushing head for dry drilling rods“ represents a breakthrough: This Bauer innovation enables to significantly increase the performance of Kelly drilling rigs for drilling in rocks.
