Ljungby Maskin AB has been producing and supplying wheel loaders to customers all over the world for 40 years.
Be-Ge Seating’s air-suspended driver’s seat is used to add good comfort.
“This chair is standard in our wheel loaders unless
the customer requests otherwise. It’s a driver’s seat with several advantages,” says Ljungby Maskin’s founder and CEO Rune Andersson.
Rune Andersson is a major entrepreneur. Already during his military service, he discovered the wheel loader, and the dream of manufacturing this product came true 20 years later. He first took a detour via forklift trucks and founded AB Ljungbytruck.
The development of the cab’s ergonomics was prioritised long before the working environment debate took off in the 70s, and since then Ljungby Maskin AB has placed a major focus on the driver’s environment.
5 000 wheel loaders
Ljungby Maskin has built up a good reputation and, over the years, has delivered more than 5,000 top-quality wheel loaders to customers around the world.
“We continuously develop our machines. This often takes place together with our customers, in combination with our own experiences. In this way, many practical solutions have been introduced in today’s standard machines,” Rune explains.
Customised driver’s seat
Be-Ge Seating AB introduced the first driver’s seat with individual adjustments in 1949. All seat models in the Be-Ge 31 series, the driver seats used by Ljungby Maskin, are today equipped with weight-independent height adjustment, quick air release, mechanical seat cushion tilt, and the release of slide rails, air-controlled lumbar support, and integrated headrest. Air suspended seats offer the highest level of comfort and good ergonomics.
“It’s an advantage that Be-Ge delivers customised driver’s seats that are well-prepared for our production, so that we can easily integrate the chairs into our wheel loaders,” says Rune.
Long collaboration with Be-Ge
Ljungby Maskin manufactures 9 to 30 tonne wheel loaders. The choice of design and equipment is made together with the customer, and the machine is optimised to the customer’s needs. The company’s collaboration with Be-Ge Seating goes way back. “We have been using Be-Ge on and off for 40 years,” explains Rune. The partnership actually started even earlier, before Ljungby Maskin was founded. “Be-Ge delivered driver seats to us back in 1962 when we produced and built forklift trucks. The first collaboration was actually when we made trucks for a sawmill that Be-Ge operated in Fårbo,” says Rune.
