bauma Innovation Award 2010 – The Nominees

At a press conference on the occasion of the bauma mediadialog, Dr. Dieter Brammertz, head of the jury announced the 15 innovations nominated for the bauma Innovation Award 2010.

The award will be presented prior to bauma 2010 that will be held April 19-25, 2010 in Munich.

The bauma Innovation Award is offered in five categories. From over 200 applications of national and international companies, the jury had selected three groundbreaking innovations per category for the final round.

Nominees are:

Category Machinery

SL750 EiControlPlus Shearer loader, Eickhoff Bergbautechnik GmbH

Foam drilling system for diamond drilling, Saint-Gobain Abrasives GmbH, Wesseling

Compact geothermal drill TERRA-DRILL, Terra AG

Category Machinery Component

Down-the-hole flushing head for dry drilling rods, Bauer Maschinen GmbH

Thermo-hydraulic free piston engine, Bosch Rexroth AG

Energy storage cylinder, Liebherr Hydraulikbagger GmbH

Category Construction Process / Construction Work

Golden Ears Bridge: Bridging with Innovation, Bilfinger Berger Ingenieurbau GmbH

DURFLEX track-bed system, Frenzel-Bau GmbH & Co KG, Freden

Well construction with glass beads, Ochs Bohrgesellschaft mbH, Nürnberg

Category Research

Detectino-The glassy ground, Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut GmbH

Geo scanner, TU Clausthal, Lehrstuhl für Tagebau und internationaler Bergbau

Innovative drilling method, TU Dresden, Lehrstuhl für Baumaschinen und Fördertechnik, Dresden

Category Design

HD+ Tandem roller with a Plus, Hamm AG

Liebherr LH 120 C, Liebherr Hydraulikbagger GmbH

Large Vibratory plate DPU 130, Wacker Neuson SE

In 2010, the innovation prize will be awarded for the ninth time. The competition is a common project driven by head associations of the German construction industry such as the VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.), HDB (Hauptverband der Deutschen Bauindustrie e.V.), ZDB (Zentralverband des deutschen Baugewerbes e.V.) and BBS (Bundesverband Baustoffe - Steine und Erden e.V.) and bauma.