O&K construction equipment books - history and technology

O&K - Aus Lübeck in alle Welt - Eimerketten-, Schaufelrad- & Schwimmbagger

The Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft was once the oldest excavator construction company in Germany and for many decades also one of the market leaders in open-cast mining equipment. Who is not fascinated by the huge bucket wheel excavators in open-cast lignite mining?
In this second volume on the Lübeck plant of Orenstein & Koppel AG, Carsten Bengs describes in detail the history of the enormous open-cast mining equipment and shows exciting applications.

From the content:
- Bucket chain and bucket wheel excavators
- Bucket wheel excavators worldwide
- Compact bucket wheel excavators
- Stackers and floating dredgers

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Die Muldenkipper-Legende: FAUN / O&K 1952 bis 2004

A dump truck is a heavy-duty tipper truck for use on construction sites or in quarries. The 50-year history of the legendary FAUN and O&K dump trucks is told here: from the first K 20 with 175 hp to the top model K100 with 1065 hp.

Excellent photographs show the heavy dump trucks in action. The technology is explained with texts and data tables. An excellent illustrated book and a first-class reference work.

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Orenstein & Koppel: 125 Jahre Baumaschinen, Lokomotiven und Traktoren

The comprehensive chronicle of this legendary German brand will delight all technology lovers. The author has created a true masterpiece with meticulousness and expertise.
With all the technical data and a large number of previously unpublished illustrations, he shows and explains the O&K railways, the early construction machines, the construction machines from Lübeck and Berlin, the cable excavators and hydraulic excavators, the earth planers and graders, the wheel loaders and crawlers, the tractors and the mobile cranes.

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O&K - Aus Lübeck in alle Welt - Krane, Radlader & Schiffe

The history of the Lübeck plant of Orenstein & Koppel AG and the Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft and their cranes, wheel loaders and ships. Carsten Bengs, already known for his comprehensive O&K chronicle from 2002, describes in detail the development since the company was founded in 1846. He also provides more than 500 fascinating historical photographs.

From the contents:
- The Lübeck plant
- Shipbuilding
- The Lübeck wheel loaders
- Maritime cranes from Lübeck (floating cranes, on-board cranes, articulated on-board cranes)
- Truck cranes from Lübeck
- Other cranes at O&K (German army truck cranes, truck excavators, hydraulic excavators with crane equipment).

Information: The huge open-cast mining equipment with bucket chain and bucket wheel excavators as well as spreaders and floating dredgers are documented in a follow-up volume.

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