After two years of cancellations, the world’s largest construction and machinery trade fair returned last month
Bauma was last held in 2019 but returned this year to the exhibition grounds in Munich, Germany, with over 3,100 exhibitors from 60 countries.
Messe Munchen, the event organiser, says the event took up a total space of 614,000 square metres – the equivalent of 86 soccer fields – as exhibitors showed off the latest and best machinery and equipment.
Here were some of the highlights.
Liebherr hydrogen prototype engines
Two prototype hydrogen engines were shown by Liebherr at bauma, described as being for ‘tomorrow’s construction sites’.
The engines are suitable for crawler excavators, such as the Liebherr R 9XX H2.
Each engine employs different hydrogen injection technologies, a direct injection (DI) and a port fuel injection (PFI).
Liebherr says the production of hydrogen
