Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. visited Shandong Lutong to explore in-depth cooperation in the field of drive axles.
On April 21, 2026, a professional delegation from Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Sunward”), a global leader in construction machinery, underground engineering equipment and complete mining equipment, visited Shandong Lutong Heavy Industries Machinery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shandong Lutong”) to conduct on-site visits and technical exchanges, as well as in-depth negotiations on future cooperation in the field of supporting major transmission components. The two sides conducted a comprehensive exchange of views on product adaptation, customized R&D, stable batch supply, after-sales service system and joint work in the global market, which laid a solid foundation for subsequent strategic docking and long-term supporting cooperation.
Introduction to Shandong Lutong Heavy Industries Machinery Co., Ltd.
Shandong Lutong has over 30 years of professional experience in the research and development and production of construction machinery drive axles. It is a national high-tech enterprise integrating independent research and development, intelligent production, quality control, and global sales of heavy-duty drive axles. It boasts a fully-fledged intelligent production workshop, an automatic welding production line, a precision CNC machining line, an ultrasonic automatic cleaning line, a finished product assembly line, and a professional paint shop, ensuring intelligent and standardized management of the entire drive axle production process.
The company is fully equipped with an axle load testing system, a dual-pressure vertical load test bench, and bidirectional torsional fatigue testing equipment, which can fully control the quality of the entire process from raw material processing to finished product delivery, and provide stable support services for the main components for a long time. The company's products are exported to Russia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, India and other global markets, and enjoy a good reputation in the global heavy equipment after-sales service market.
Demonstration of key products for drive axles during the visit
During the study, Shandong Lutong comprehensively demonstrated three major series of heavy-duty drive axles, which are highly compatible with SUNWARD's intelligent mining, construction, and aerial work equipment. This product series performs well in harsh working conditions and precisely meets the needs of various types of Shanhe intelligent equipment.
1. Drive axle of mining equipment
The drive axle of Shandong Lutong mining equipment is specially designed for open-pit mines, underground mining machines and mining dump trucks. It features a heavy-duty axle housing, high-strength gearing, and a heavy-duty planetary wheel deceleration design. It has ultra-high load capacity, super impact resistance and excellent dustproof and anti-corrosion properties. It can be adapted to harsh mining environments with heavy loads, rough roads and dust, effectively ensuring continuous and stable operation of mining equipment under extreme working conditions, as well as providing transmission support for mining engineers to work efficiently.
2. Wet drive axle
The company's independently developed wet drive axle features an integrated oil-cooled braking system, providing high braking torque, stable braking performance, low wear, and a long service life. The fully enclosed seal design allows for complete isolation of dust, dirt, water, and contaminants, significantly reducing the frequency of daily maintenance. Drive axles of this series are widely used in underground loaders, mining trucks, and heavy construction equipment. They effectively address industry challenges related to ease of braking and high maintenance costs in continuous operation under harsh conditions, and attracted considerable attention from the delegation.
3. Drive axle of a telescopic handler
Considering the characteristics of flexible telescopic fork loading, frequent steering, and multi-stage operations, Shandong Lutong developed a telehandler axle that combines the advantages of a compact design, flexible differential speed control, and efficient power transmission. The optimized steering system and load-matching design allow for flexible operation during high-altitude loading and unloading, material handling, engineering lifts, and other applications, as well as high adaptability to rough terrain construction conditions, ensuring the high level of suitability of SUNWARD intelligent telehandlers.
Prospects for in-depth exchange of views and cooperation
The SUNWARD delegation fully appreciated Shandong Lutong's accumulated technical strength, intelligent manufacturing capabilities, strict quality management system, and rich support experience in the field of heavy-duty drive axles. Both sides focused on SUNWARD's needs for adapting the full range of mining, construction, and material handling equipment to high-performance drive axles, and held in-depth exchanges on key issues such as customized product research and development, parameter optimization, serial supply cycle, and global service support system construction.
SUNWARD has a complete production base, including complete sets of mining equipment, excavators, underground construction equipment, and aerial work equipment. The global market covers over 100 countries and regions, including Greater China, complementing Shandong Lutong's global market structure. In the future, Shandong Lutong will leverage its own professional R&D and manufacturing advantages in drive axles, combined with SUNWARD's global equipment portfolio, to explore opportunities for multifaceted cooperation in providing customized support, jointly upgrading technologies, and jointly promoting overseas markets.
In the future, Shandong Lutong Heavy Industry will continue to take technological innovation as the core, continuously optimize the performance of mining drive axles, wet axles and telehandler axles, improve intelligent production capacity and global service system, and strive to become a reliable partner in supporting core components for the world's leading construction machinery companies and ensure the high-quality development of the global heavy machinery industry with professional drive axle solutions.
