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Robust bearing solutions for construction and infrastructure

"By 2050, 80 percent of the world's population is expected to live in cities."

The rapidly growing world population is also having an impact on the growth of cities. According to forecasts, around three billion people worldwide will move to metropolitan regions within the next 30 years, i.e. within just one generation. Increasing urbanization is one of the megatrends of our time.

This has enormous consequences for the construction industry, and therefore also for construction machinery. The resulting challenges will not only affect transportation and traffic, but above all transport and building infrastructure.

Rothe Erde is actively involved in shaping the cities of tomorrow: We support the construction and infrastructure sector with the development and production of important components that will help meet the challenges of tomorrow's cities. Slewing bearings, rings, and individual solutions are key components when it comes to high-performance, efficient and reliable solutions for the construction and infrastructure sector:

As a reliable partner, Rothe Erde stands by your side and develops the best possible bearing solutions for your applications in construction and infrastructure.

Applications in construction and infrastructure

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Automotive engineering

Our products, such as four-point bearings, turntables, and single-row wire-race ball bearings, provide solutions for various automotive applications, including trams, lorry trailers, articulated buses, skips, fire brigade turntable ladders, heavy-duty transport vehicles, forklift slewing attachments, communal utility vehicles, and forced steered semitrailers.
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Cranes and lifting equipment

We manufacture bearing solutions for shipboard cranes, tower cranes, railroad cranes, forestry cranes, truck loader cranes, aerial work platforms, rope pulleys, and other cranes. Our wide product portfolio from four-point bearings to double-row ball bearings are the reliable components for manufacturers of cranes and lifting equipment.
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Tunneling

Rothe Erde manufactures various slewing bearings for tunnel boring machines. With more than 2,000 bearings manufactured, we are the leading manufacturer in this sector. Among the bearing solutions are single-row ball bearings, crossed roller bearings, four-row cylindrical roller bearings, seamless rolled rings, and others.

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Excavator

rothe erde® rings and slewing bearings, such as four-point bearings, double four-point bearings, and three-row cylindrical roller bearings, are important components for small to large-sized excavators, mining excavators, bucket excavators, or drilling equipment.

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Construction Machinery

Typical components that we manufacture for drilling devices and attachments, skips, concrete pump cantilevers, vibratory rollers, wheel and swing loaders are four-point bearings, profile bearings, and double-row ball bearings.

Our product portfolio

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rothe erde® slewing bearings

a rothe erde® slee drive

rothe erde® slew drives

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rothe erde® rings

a rolling bearing

psl® rolling bearings

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