November/December 2019

www.hpmag.co.uk HYDRAULICS & PNEUMATICS November/December 2019 5 CONTENTS Editor: Ed Holden t | 01892 615806 e | ed.holden@dfamedia.co.uk Editorial Coordinator: Leslah Garland t | 01732 370340 e | leslah.garland@dfamedia.co.uk Editorial Assistant : Nicola Crawley t | 01732 370340 e | nicola.crawley@dfamedia.co.uk Commercial Director: Ryan Fuller t | 01732 370344 e | ryan.fuller@dfamedia.co.uk Senior Sales Executive: Andrew Jell t | 01732 370347 e | andrew.jell@dfamedia.co.uk DFA Direct: Ian Atkinson t | 01732 370340 e | ian.akinson@dfamedia.co.uk German Sales Office: Victoria Hufmann t | 911 939 76442 e | Victoria@hufmann.info Eastern US: Karen C Smith-Kernc t | +1 717 397 7100 f | +1 717 397 7800 e | KarenKCS@aol.com Western US and Canada: Alan A Kernc t | +1 717 397 7100 f | +1 717 397 7800 e | AlanKCS@aol.com Italian Sales Office: Oliver & Diego Casiraghi t | 031 261407 f | 031 261380 e | info@casiraghi.info Production Manager & Designer: Chris Davis t | 01732 370340 e | chris.davis@dfamedia.co.uk Reader/Circulation Enquiries: Perception t | +44 (0) 1825 701520 . e | dfamedia@dmags.co.uk Operations Manager: Ewa Hodden – e | ewa.hodden@dfamedia.co.uk Project Liaison Manager: Emma Floyd – e | emma.floyd@dfamedia.co.uk Finance Manager: Clare Jackson e | clare.jackson@dfamedia.co.uk Publishing Director: Ian Atkinson – e | ian.atkinson@dfamedia.co.uk Published by: DFA Media Ltd, 192 The High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1BE t | 01732 370340 f | 01732 360034 e | info@dfamedia.co.uk w | www.hpmag.co.uk In co-operation with Printer: Warners, UK © Copyright 2019, DFA Media Ltd ISSN 1366-1981 H&P isacontrolledcirculationmagazine,published8 timesa year.PleasecontactDFAMediawithanysubscriptionenquiries. Paidsubscriptionsarealsoavailableonanannualbasisat £100.00 (UK),£135.00 (Europe)or£170.00 (Restof theWorld) P+P included.Thecontentof thismagazine,websiteand newslettersdonotnecessarilyexpress theviewsof theEditoror publishers.Thepublishersacceptno legal responsibility for loss arising from information in thispublication.All rights reserved. Nopartof thispublicationmaybeproducedorstored ina retrievalsystemwithout thewrittenconsentof thepublishers. 40 22 6 NEWS 22 APPLICATIONS Hertz Kompressoren UK – the supplier of compressor and drying equipment, including rotary screw air compressors, reciprocating air compressors, compressed air dryers and compressed air line filters – has appointed 17-year-old Nathan Heywood as an apprentice. Heywood is working alongside managing director Graeme Middleton-Duff at the company’s main premises in Manchester. 24 HYDRAULICS 38 KNOWLEDGE BASE The highlight of the Doosan stand at Agritechnica 2019 in Hannover, Germany in November was the company’s new DL280-5 wheel loader, designed specifically for agricultural applications. Hydraulics & Pneumatics looks at the wheel loader’s technology in depth. 40 SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING & ELECTRONICS PREVIEW 42 PNEUMATICS 44 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS 48 LAMMA PREVIEW 54 COMPRESSED AIR 57 BCAS Our regular news and events update on the British Compressed Air Society. 58 BFPA Hydraulics & Pneumatics’ issue-by-issue briefing on current activities and views involving the British Fluid Power Association. 59 NEW FACES 60 RECRUITMENT 60 WEB LOCATOR 61 PRODUCTS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 48