Liebherr TA 230 Litronic - Manual (Page 4)

6 // Quarrying Quarrying // 7
Six-chamber blender: Customers order the grade they need when they arrive at the quarry, are given a recipe card and collect their gravel.
“Liebherr machines allow us to save
four to five, sometimes even six litres
of diesel per hour.”
Wolfgang Beckers, chief representative and regional manager
Mineral Baustoff GmbH for the German state of Thuringia
machines,” continues Beckers. “With the Nagel Group, we have
a truly competent and reliable service partner. Whenever we have
a technical question, we always get an answer straight away.”
Despite the fact that operations are heavily trimmed towards
efficiency, expense is not spared on the machines themselves.
“Our drivers work on the machines for up to 10 hours and must
be in top form at all times. That means they get the equipment
they need to make work easier. Comfort seats, climate control
and auxiliary heating, for example, are features on all our machines,”
says Beckers. “This makes work easier and, not least of all, it
is a question of safety.”
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Company profile
Mineral Baustoff GmbH
Quarry operator
25 quarries and gravel pits, 122 employees
2008
Germany, Central, Southeastern and
Eastern Europe
Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Henschel, Dipl.-Kfm. Peter Kern
www.mineral.eu.com
L 566, R 950 SME, R 936, etc.
Feature: Mineral Baustoff GmbH Feature: Mineral Baustoff GmbH
Fuel consumption is not the only criterion that is taken into
account for procurements. Service also plays an important role
as it has a decisive influence on machine availability. “Machines
that are not running immediately run up immense losses. That’s
something we can’t afford, and that’s why we use Liebherr