From graders to graffiti, there is something for everyone at INTERMAT 2015. And if you need a break from the hustle of excavators and loaders, and the bustle of big construction deals, then what could be more relaxing than a little light music?
Trimble has published a new report highlighting the increased efficiency of soil compaction machines employing the new autosteering function. This system steers the soil compactor onto each pass with an optimised overlap, which maximises efficiency.
Ritchie Bros. was today due to stage its latest American unreserved public auction of construction equipment in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. Among the more than 560 items up for grabs were 20 articulated dump trucks; 25 wheeled loaders; seven motor graders; 14 hydraulic excavators; and five front shovels. Among featured equipment manufacturers are Caterpillar, Hitachi, John Deere, and Volvo CE. Auction goers were being urged to register to bid, either in person, by proxy or online in real time.
The bi-annual CECE Congress was held in Spain when participants looked forward in a bid to see what will happen in the next ten years
Growth markets such as China, India and Brazil offer big opportunities to European construction equipment manufacturers. As companies, particularly those from China, start to expand outside their own countries the competition for business will increase, and it has been claimed that there is no such thing as 'the global market', rather it is the sum of hundreds, if not thousa
Some people should never be allowed behind controls of an excavator, especially if there is water nearby.
What is it about water that attracts certain people? Perhaps, if you are an excavator operator, it is the challenge of, say, trying to float? Or maybe it’s the skill required to manoeuvre the machine and yourself out of a quagmire?
At the least, an operator loses their machine. At worst, they lose two machines – theirs and another one that came to the rescue, and whose operator should also have known better.
