Attachments for construction machinery are tools that are connected to excavators, wheel loaders, skid-steer loaders, forklifts or mobile excavators via hydraulic, mechanical or electrical interfaces. They significantly expand the range of functions of a host machine and enable multiple uses rather than relying on individual specialist machines.
Common attachments include buckets (backhoe buckets, rock buckets, trench cleaning buckets, sorting buckets), grabs (sorting, two- and multi-bucket grabs, timber and scrap grabs), hydraulic breakers for demolition, demolition shears and pulverisers for concrete and steel demolition, quick-change couplers, and magnetic plates for scrap handling.
Common manufacturers include OilQuick, Lehnhoff, Atlas Copco, NPK, Indeco, Rammer, Engcon, Kinshofer, HKS and Trevi Benne.
Attachments are used in earthworks and civil engineering, demolition, recycling, scrap and material handling, forestry and specialist civil engineering. The ability to change tools quickly directly from the cab saves time and increases machine utilisation.