New KML cab for extreme conditions in open mining operations

KML GmbH am 2022-10-05 09:17

Cab for mining excavator developed with and by Liebherr

Special cabs for the most extreme requirements - the manufacturer KML from Lahr in the Black Forest is one of the technology leaders in this field. The latest development again supports the use in mining and opencast mining. The new mining cab, which was developed in close cooperation with Liebherr, provides Liebherr's excavator operators with a comfortable modern control center. Following MinExpo 2021 in the USA, the Mining Cab will now also be exhibited in Europe during bauma 2022, the world's leading trade fair for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment, in Munich.

Mining and excavation require extremely robust vehicles that excavate iron ore, coal, oil sands, rock and much more. The extreme conditions in mining demand extreme quality. The new mining cab from KML is not only particularly robust and durable, but also enables comfortable and relaxed working.

In close cooperation with Liebherr-Mining Equipment Colmar SAS, KML has developed a completely new customized solution. KML is now using it to optimally equip the new Liebherr Mining Excavator R 9600 in the 600-ton class. The KML special cab - significantly larger than previous mining models - is simply mounted on top of the substructure.
 "The intensive cooperation with Liebherr in Colmar is a model of success for KML," says Managing Director Stefan Lochmann. "With our high-tech cabs, we serve all customer requirements in open pit mining as a specialist."
The new KML cab dampens vibrations and noise, helping the excavator operator to work in a balanced and quiet manner in open-pit mining. Liebherr's mining excavators are used, among other things, in the extraction of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal, iron ore or copper on all continents.

Robust, durable and significantly larger with around 20% more volume, the cab not only offers more space but also improved comfort for the excavator operator. Double- shell insulation ensures optimum soundproofing and better thermal protection. Excavator operators are thus well protected against hot or cold outside temperatures as well as noise. Almost the entire cab structure, and thus the interior of the operator's cab, has been fitted with sound-absorbing artificial leather. The new cab also allows improved all-round visibility and enables the air circulation of hot and cold air to be regulated individually and in many gradations. No matter in which continent and under which outside temperature conditions the mining excavator is used - the excavator operators in the KML cab always work in a comfortable climatic space.

KML designed and supplied the complete cabin structure for Liebherr, including insulation, wiping technology, air technology and glazing. However, KML does not rest, but invests in continuous development and optimization. At present, a new variant of the cab is already in production. It adopts further customer requests.

KML GmbH

The high-tech cab manufacturer KML from Lahr in the Black Forest is one of the technology leaders in the field of special cabs. For around 70 years, KML has stood for innovative cabin system solutions in a wide range of applications such as goods handling at ports (crane cabins), offshore, mining, steel mills and vehicle cabins. With highest quality standards and a large innovation readiness KML develops and manufactures cabins in close co-operation with the customers complete solutions "Made in Germany. In addition to development and design, KML implements many work processes in its own workshops: Welding, painting, sandblasting and assembly are part of the range of services as line production as well as station production. With the railroad welding certificate, KML also has an approval with high requirements. A
 strong service, an unusual inventor know-how, an efficient production as well as a high flexibility lead to the fact that KML is the desired business partner for different industries for many years. For ready-to-plug-in cabin systems, KML is a partner in great demand worldwide.

Press contact:
Gudrun Breig
eMail: g.breig@kml-kabinen.de
Phone: 07821-9476-424

Picture: LEC, Frankreich

High-tech cabins from KML

KML is one of the technology leaders in the field of special cabins. For many years, our name has been synonymous with innovative system solutions for high-tech cabins in a wide range of applications. With the highest quality standards and a great willingness to innovate, we develop and manufacture cabins according to the individual specifications of our customers.
 
KML offers complete solutions "Made in Germany", because all cabins are developed and manufactured exclusively in the house of KML. KML is a partner in demand worldwide for ready-to-plug-in cabin systems.