Liebherr’s New LB 45 Takes on Island Piling Project
Hochtief Infrastructure GmbH Installs 106 Piles along Critical Motorway
Mining, foundations and materials handling company Liebherr says its new drilling rig, the LB 45, is at work on foundation piles as part of a project on the A6 motorway in Austria. The motorway is part of Europe Route 50, an important link between Paris and Prague.
The company Hochtief Infrastructure GmbH put the rig to work on the rebuilding of the Neckartal Bridge at Heilbronn, just north of Stuttgart, Germany. The name of the new machine comes from its nominal torque of 450 kNm. In a release, Liebherr says that is an increase of approximately 10% as compared to the earlier LB 36 model, with 410 kNm.