How many workers does it take to get back under control a concrete buffer that won’t be tied down? Quite a lot, apparently, as this video shows. The real question is, which cement-head lost control of his buffer in the first place?
May 12, 2016
Read time: 1 min
How many workers does it take to get back under control a concrete buffer that won’t be tied down? Quite a lot, apparently, as this video shows. The real question is, which cement-head lost control of his buffer in the first place?
Caterpillar’s hybrid excavator represents evolutionary rather than revolutionary technology - Mike Woof reports
One of the key things to understand about Caterpillar’s hybrid excavator is that its fuel savings come not from a single technology, but from a range of features that have been integrated together. The sophisticated engine works hand in hand with the advanced hydraulics, with electronics governing the whole operation and optimising efficiency. And while none of these technologies is new in it
Nothing lasts forever, including – and perhaps especially – highways. One fine example of this is a 21km section of the original 580km Pennsylvania Turnpike in the US state of Pennsylvania.
As the video shows, vegetation, animals and cyclists have slowly been reclaiming part of what was hailed as an engineering masterpiece when it was opened in 1940.
An Astec Universal concrete plant is said to be proving a real time and money saver for APAC Tennessee, thanks to its fast set-up and reduced cement demand. In March 2011, Astec, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, shipped a new Universal concrete plant to the APAC Tennessee site on President's Island in Memphis, which is central between two APAC projects: a Memphis Airport runway project and an upcoming Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) ramp reconstruction job.
Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, is capitalising on its well-established equipment and componentry manufacturing base as China’s global Belt and Road Initiative gathers momentum.
