Kawasaki, exhibiting at ConExpo for the first time in its history, will be presenting two new compact wheel loaders, with interim Tier-4-compliant Kubota engines, as well as a hybrid unit.
The 65Z hybrid wheel loader is the company’s first entry into the hybrid market. Through the use of a hybrid torque converter system, the unit is designed to save power and regenerate energy during idling and braking. During the initial acceleration or idle periods, energy loss generated in the torque converter is converted to electric energy and stored in the capacitor, which will charge and discharge electric energy instantaneously rather than the delayed delivery of a conventional battery, the company said.
Kawasaki’s new Tier-4 wheel loaders, the 85Z7 and 90Z7, include a number of innovative features.
