Building construction and civil engineering
A wide variety of mobile equipment, such as cranes and construction machines are deployed within the building construction and civil engineering industry. Dust, dirt, water and cold require tough and reliable components. Liebherr offers a comprehensive product range to this end.
A particular challenge in the area of construction is posed by the frequent load changes that the machine has to go through. The well-engineered Liebherr components withstand these loads without problem and enhance work safety.
Liebherr components in building construction and civil engineering
Liebherr offers a broad spectrum of components for use in building construction and civil engineering.The interactive graphic shows the use of Liebherr components in the area of construction using the example of a drilling rig.
Diesel engine
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Hydraulic pumps and motors
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Gearboxes & rope winches
Slewing drives
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Travel drives
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Winches
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Slewing bearings
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Hydraulic cylinders
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Control technology & electronics
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Sample applications
Components from Liebherr are well suited for applications in building construction and civil engineering. Among the possible areas of application are road, earthmoving, processing, lifting and transport equipment as well as special machines. The product programme guarantees high quality and safety.
- Railway cranes
- Lattice/boom cranes
- Lifting platforms
- Fork-lift trucks
- Bucket elevators
- Loading cranes
- Mobile construction cranes
- Mobile cranes
- Crawler cranes
- Special cranes
- Telehandlers
- Tower cranes
- Drilling equipment
- Building damping
- Brokers
- Ramming and drilling rigs
- Blasthole drilling rigs
- Tunnel boring machines
- Attachments (e.g. grabber, shears)
- Excavator loader
- Concrete mixing plants
- Concrete mixer
- Concrete pumps
- Ground stabilisers
- Crusher plant (mobile / stationary)
- Truck mixers
- Duty-cycle crawler cranes
- Small excavators
- Compact excavators
- Compact loaders
- Crawler loaders
- Wheeled excavators
- Dumper trucks
- Dozers
- Crawler tractors
- Wheel loaders
- Crawler excavators
- Pipe layers
- Asphalt finishers
- Rope excavators
- Screening plant
- Standard excavators
- Road construction machines
- Road finishers
- Road milling
- Telescopic handlers
- Vibration rolling
- Rolling
Components for building construction and civil engineering
Liebherr components are extremely well suited to building construction and civil engineering. The robust materials enable optimum use under difficult building conditions. The components prove themselves in a whole range of different machines, e.g. in earthmoving, in cranes and in lifting equipment.
Advantages of Liebherr components
- Safe
Electronic components and switchgear from the Liebherr portfolio assure the highest level of machine safety in the area of construction. They fulfil the high standards of industry with regard to functional safety effortlessly. - Resilient
The sturdy electronic components and switchgear from Liebherr are distinguished by durability and high availability in the long-term. - Easy integration
Control solutions from Liebherr are flexible. Open, standardised interfaces enable simple and customer-specific integration, e.g. in crushers or earthmoving machines.
Specifically designed products
- Display and machine infotainment system
Greater efficiency thanks to modern human-machine interfaces: touchscreen, hands-free device and media player heighten comfort in driver cabs of construction machines and cranes. - Digital camera
With a digital camera for mobile use, Liebherr lays the foundation for development of holistic automation and assistance systems. Rear area monitoring provides additional safety in building construction and civil engineering. - Control systems for cranes
Liebherr control systems are used, for example, in tower cranes. They make simple operation of individual function units possible, such as slewing mechanism controls. The user-friendly controls also comprise an in-depth self-diagnosis. The associated, maintenance-friendly switchgear is particularly easy to integrate thanks to its compact and lightweight design.
- Robust
Diesel engines from Liebherr are built to cope with challenging operating conditions. The D946 and D9508 models are particularly well suited for high demands in civil engineering. - Combination
Liebherr also offers diesel engines in combination with special transfer boxes and hydraulic pumps. The diversity of models makes optimally harmonised combinations possible. - Deployment readiness
Liebherr assures complete construction of the components. In this way, the amount of effort required by our customers is reduced.
- Compact
Electric motors of the KGF and KDF series are distinguished by their compactness and sturdy design. They are ideally suited for electric-powered cranes. - Powerful
The layout of the machines, with outputs ranging from 7.5 to 650kW, allows for requirements in field weakening. This ensures the best possible performance with loads at the end of the crane boom. - Perfect harmonisation
The optimum harmonisation with other components, such as inverters or gearboxes, enables fast commissioning. - Durable
High availability during operation, long availability of spare parts and fast service assure an economic service life of the end equipment in the long term.
- Individually adapted
The model series and project-specific products feature surface protection tailored to customers' individual needs. The protection comprises priming, painting or coating. - Customer-specific services
The service from Liebherr is always orientated around the requirements and deployment situations of our customers. Thanks to comprehensive certifications and registrations of Liebherr service technicians, a whole range of different deployment scenarios are possible.
Specifically designed products
- Slewing drives
Slewing drives from Liebherr cover a broad area of application and are used, for example, in slewing mechanisms from construction cranes and mobile cranes or concrete pumps. They achieve optimum results here. - Swivelling drive
The drives are suitable for swivelling mechanisms in excavators for adjustment of the uppercarriage. Furthermore, they are also used in deep foundation machines and material handling equipment. - Travel drives
In building construction and civil engineering there are two different designs of travel drive. The compact, coaxial units are ideally suited for excavators of different size categories. The travel drive with upstream spur gearbox makes higher ground clearance of the equipment possible. It is used for this reason in crawler dozers and crawler loaders. - Planetary plug-in gearbox
The planetary plug-in gearboxes are suitable for installation in rope winches. They are employed predominantly in shredders. - Splitter box
The sturdy gearboxes prove their worth above all in mobile and crawler excavators, duty-cycle crawler cranes, crawler tractors, crawler loaders, pipe layers, wheel loaders, deep foundation machines as well as material handlers. - Customised gearboxes
Liebherr offers project-specific manufacture of components. The applications range from drilling rigs for the kelly bar to cyclone drives for stirring mechanisms in stationary mixing plant. - Rope winches
Rope winches from Liebherr have a compact design, well-engineered safety equipment and precision rope guides. They ensure minimum rope wear and therefore offer a high level of availability. The rope winches are used as hoisting winches for main or auxiliary lifting by cranes or deep foundation machines. They also impress as boom and luffing winches on duty-cycle crawler cranes or in crane trolley mechanisms.
- Robust and durable
Hydraulic cylinders from Liebherr are particularly hard wearing thanks to the use of robust materials. Their durability has been tried and tested for years in excavators and other earthmoving equipment. - Flexible
The cylinder layout, specially developed for excavators, guarantees high flexibility for our customers. The product program from Liebherr also comprises cylinders for a whole range of different attachments, e.g. scrap shears, grabbers or clamping devices. - Secure and stable
In cranes and other equipment registered for road use, so-called lightweight cylinders are often used. Special geometries and the use of very strong materials provides a high level of stability and safety even with thin-walled cylinder tubes and hollow piston rods. - Low friction
With low friction sealing systems, our cylinders ensure very smooth running and high energy efficiency of the hydraulic system.
Specifically designed products
- Viscosity dampers
Our viscosity dampers are suitable for the protection of buildings. These specifically designed vibration dampers have proven to be effective, for example, in protecting bridges against damage caused by seismic activity.
- Durable
Our hydraulic pumps and motors for building construction and civil engineering are distinguished by reliability and durability. - Diverse
Liebherr hydraulics can be employed in many different ways. The applications range from drilling rigs to wheeled excavators and crawler cranes.
Specifically designed products
- Axial piston pumps DPVP
Liebherr pumps of the DPVP series are used predominantly in excavators. An upstream spur gearbox facilitates downspeeding to reduce exhaust gas emissions. - DPVG axial piston pump
The DPVG variable displacement pumps for the closed circuit are suitable for equipment with frequent load changes, e.g. wheeled excavators or wheel loaders. The adjustability of the pump makes load-dependent stability of the rotary unit possible. The hydrostatic cradle bearing has a positive effect on the service life and reliability of the components. - Axial piston motor CMVE
The axial piston motors of the CMVE series are orientated around use in various crawler vehicles. The compact design results in an optimum price to weight ratio.
- Diverse
The application possibilities range of large diameter slewing bearings reach from crawler cranes to road transport and drilling rigs. Either ball bearing slewing rings or three row roller bearing slewing rings are used. - Powerful
On mobile cranes registered for road use, every kilogram of weight counts. With special roller bearings, very high support loads can be realised in a small installation space, thereby facilitating an ideal power to weight ratio.
Specifically designed products
- Drill head bearings
The special axial roller bearings impress in drilling rigs thanks to their high speeds and sophisticated load collective.