(Click image to download complete pdf of manual) Title: ZX135US-6 HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR Operator's Manual Part Number: ENMDAS-1-1 URL: https://www.hitachicm.com/global/ Printed: In Japan, September 2023 Serial Number: 508600 and up Introduction: The manual provides guidance on how to operate and service the ZX135US-6 hydraulic excavator. It emphasizes the importance of reading the manual carefully to prevent personal injuries or damage to the machine. The standard specification machine is designed to operate under specific conditions, including atmospheric temperatures ranging from –20°C to 40 ..read more

Our story in keywords The electrification of construction machinery is not a goal in itself but a measure to achieve zero emissions and build a carbon-neutral society. This has been the basis for over 60 years of electrification initiatives by Hitachi Construction Machinery. Here's a recap of what we've done so far, the challenges we've faced in popularizing electric construction machinery, and our vision for the future. Hitachi Construction Machinery has been making electric construction machinery for a very long time. Our first electric mechanical excavator was released in the 1960s and our ..read more

This publication is an English version of Tierra Plus publication for the Japanese domestic customers by Hitachi Construction Machinery headquarters. Cars, trains, electricity, electric appliances, coins... All these things that are essential to our lives are made of various mineral resources resting underneath the Earth’s surface. This special issue reports on the current state of mining, including what kind of resources exist in the world and how mined minerals are used, as well as on the Hitachi Construction ..read more

CHAPTER 1 For Hitachi Construction Machinery, establishing an independent operation in the Americas required at least four things immediately: selling new and used machinery to dealers, making parts and services available, getting the parts remanufacturing system operational, and providing financing. Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas management had less than a year to get ready after the termination of its partnership with Deere was announced in August 2021. A Game-Changer in the American Construction Machinery Market In November 2021 the first excavators destined for sale in North Ameri ..read more

Text: Mutsumi Saito, Toshiaki Saito. Photos (portraits): Norio Sekine. Illustrations: Toshinori Yonemura As society moves toward net-zero carbon initiatives, the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group is working hard to electrify its construction machinery for zero-emission construction sites. This is an immensely challenging mission and one that we cannot achieve without further technical innovation and changes in our social systems. This is the theme of this feature story. Through interviews with the leaders of our electrification project, we introduce the work we're doing and our vision for ..read more

CHAPTER 2 This is the biggest challenge we face in setting up an independent operation for the Americas,” says CEO Quinn of the effort to get the parts business up and running well. Moving heavy loads of sand and concrete at construction sites, or rocks and ore at mines, causes severe wear on excavator undercarriages and bucket parts such as teeth. Boosting Parts Supply There is considerable activity in parts such as these because they are consumables. Hitachi Construction Machinery data for the term ended March 2022 shows parts sales for construction machinery accounted for 10% of consolidate ..read more

CHAPTER 3 Hitachi Construction Machinery’s operation in the American continents entered a period of massive transformation with the termination of the agreement with Deere, as did Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas, which took lead in implementing the change. Hitachi Construction Machinery Americas had only 40 employees in August 2021, but has rapidly hired 100 more locally, and welcomed an additional 40 from the parent firm in Japan, boosting its current total to 180. The Group’s corporate values are one of the elements helping to bring them all together -- what Hitachi Construction Mac ..read more

As Hitachi Construction Machinery expands its business, it places great importance on engaging deeply with dealers and customers and finding out what kinds of products, technologies, parts and services are needed on the job site. We interviewed American dealers who handle Hitachi Construction Machinery products and customers who use them on their sites. 1. From the State of New Hampshire Dealer's Voice Company: Chappell Tractor Sales Cultivates Customers in New England, Where Hitachi Construction Machinery Is Seen as Very Reliable As Highway 13 passes through the dense coniferous forest in Mil ..read more

OVERVIEW Some 72 years after Hitachi began full-scale production of machinery for the construction industry, Hitachi Construction Machinery is rising to meet what it calls the “Great Challenge.” The company has terminated the agreement it had with Deere and Company of the US, the largest company in the agricultural machinery sector there, after a 35-year cooperative stance since 1988. From March 2022 it began business in the Americas (North, Central, and South) independently. The move will demand an enormous investment but bears the potential of enormous business success. We flew to the US to ..read more

We are fast approaching end of life on many early tier mining shovels and excavators. Hitachi offers the option for full electric with their EX2000-7E, EX2600-7E, and EX3600-7E. If your mining operation is looking to make the switch from Diesel to Electric, be sure to let us know. We have experts that can travel to your site and discuss the change over with your team. For more information on the Diesel Tier Engines end of life in California please visit the following link. https://dof.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Forecasting/Economics/Documents/SRIA-ORD.pdf For more information on the Electric Hi ..read more