Job Report Wheel Loader

L 580 LogHandler

Use in the Ilim Timber Bavaria sawmill in Landsberg am Lech, Germany

SituationWith a total of 3,000 employees, Ilim Timber is one of the world's leading producers of softwood sawn timber and softwood plywood. The company's production facilities are mainly located in Russia and Germany, and in total the group produces around 2.6 million cubic metres of sawn timber annually. In Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria, Ilim Timber operates the smaller of its two German sawmills with 294 employees. Since taking over the location and establishing Ilim Timber Bavaria in 2011, sawing operations have continuously increased.

TaskIn Landsberg am Lech, around one million cubic metres of spruce are processed for the house construction and packaging industries. The company procures this from Bavarian State Forests and private forest owners. Enormous quantities of wood are continuously arriving at the sawmill by truck and rail. The main tasks of the machines for timber handling at the Landsberg am Lech site include unloading the trailers and wagons and temporarily storing the logs in the log yard. The machines also feed the log sorting system.

SolutionAt Ilim Timber Bavaria, several Liebherr handling machines are already involved in the production process, including three LH 50 M Timber log loaders and one L 580 XPower® wheel loader. Based on its excellent experience with Liebherr machines, the company invested in an L 580 LogHandler XPower® with emission stage IV / Tier 4f for timber work at the log yard in Landsberg am Lech. For Ilim Timber, reliability

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Liebherr-Werk Bischofshofen GmbHPostfach 49, A-5500 Bischofshofen +43 50809 1-0, Fax +43 50809 11385www.liebherr.com, E-Mail: info.lbh@liebherr.comwww.facebook.com/LiebherrConstruction

Technical DataOperating weight 37,720 kgPayload 8,520 kgEngine output (ISO 14396) 250 kW / 340 HP

Log grapple 3.2 m2

Average fuel consumption 13 litres / hourTyres Goodyear GP-4D L4 775/65R29EM

is the top priority for the machines used because the L  580 LogHandler XPower® is in operation at the log yard in two shifts for around 16 hours a day, seven days a week. As with the current Liebherr large wheel loaders, the L 580 LogHandler XPower® also offers the advantages of the power-split XPower® driveline. It provides robustness and offers full performance over the entire travel range. Korbinian Dotzauer, the deputy plant manager, praised the high fuel efficiency of the power-split XPower® driveline. The L 580 LogHandler XPower® moves around 2,500 to 3,000 cubic metres of wood every day – just over half the daily production volume at the log yard. The Liebherr wheel loader requires only 13 litres of diesel per operating hour.The biggest challenge for the L 580 LogHandler XPower® at Ilim Timber Bavaria is unloading wagons. There are around two kilometres of railway track on the factory premises and the LogHandler has to cover very long distances during the unloading process. The machine operators are very pleased with how quiet the wheel loader is to drive. Precise, delicate movements of the load are also possible. The L 580 LogHandler XPower® can flexibly perform the various tasks at the log yard with the purposefully reinforced special lift arm, which offers a maximum reach of almost four metres. For this application, the L 580 LogHandler XPower® was equipped with a 3.2 m² combination grapple which can be rotated 360° and swivelled forwards and backwards. In addition, the numerous protection devices, such as the guard for the windscreen, the hydraulically adjustable log pusher, and the rear ram guard with additional protection all ensure optimal working conditions.

At Ilim Timber Bavaria, an L 580 XPower® wheel loader is also involved in the production process.

The L 580 LogHandler XPower® moves up to 3,000 solid cubic metres of wood every day at Ilim Timber Bavaria.