Caterpillar Paving is now rolling out its F Series paver range. These models offer increased performance and capabilities, delivering higher paving quality.
Utility machines with standout efficiency and cutting-edge cab design have come onto the market during the first few months of 2013. Guy Woodford looks at some of them. Case Construction Equipment and New Holland Construction have brought out what they claim are the market’s first Tier 4 Final emissions standard midi-excavators. The CX75C SR and CX80C models from Case are said to offer more performance power and greater operator cabin comfort than previous models. Tier 4 Final standards are said to have bee
The rapid increase in information availability is transforming the construction sector. Conventional methods used for sourcing geographic data based on maps and localised sampling meant that there was often a lack of accurate information relating to ground conditions at specific areas where work was planned, often resulting in unwelcome surprises for construction companies along with additional costs for projects.
A Caterpillar top hammer rig is said to be working well in a tough granite quarry operation in the US.
The MD5150C rig is out-performing down-the-hole (DTH) rigs, with higher productivity and lower fuel consumption. Of note though is the fact that the machine is also delivering comparable hole straightness to the DTH machines.
Iron Mountain Quarry is located to the south of St Louis, Missouri and the operation says that overall productivity from its Cat rig is almost double that of the earlier gener
