Efficiency and reliability are keys to company’s new launches, with six new models in the D Series crawler excavator line up, including the CX160D and CX180D
An array of major manufacturers are introducing revamped and improved excavators to meet the latest requirements - Mike Woof writes.
With efficiency, emissions and ease of maintenance all high up the agenda for customers, manufacturers have delivered a new generation of machines that offer increased output while using less fuel. The firms have all developed new models that meet the latest stringent emissions requirements.
Ranging from 25-40tonnes, Case Construction Equipment has four new D Series craw
Case Construction Equipment dealer Dagenborg Maskin AS, from Tromso in Norway, has modified a Case CX250C crawler excavator to allow the machine to be operated using a single joystick. When operator Thomas Rostad lost much of his right hand in an accident, contractor KIME Maskinentreprenor Kare Isaksen AS, and in particular company owner Morten Willumsen, was very keen for Rostad to return to work, so had the machine rebuilt to meet his individual requirements. KIME was established in 1973 and carries out a
Case Construction Equipment’s new Tier 4 Final CX350D hydraulic excavator is the first of the D Series excavators to be introduced in North America.
Available in North America from early 2015, the CX350D is said to offer significant advances in power, fuel savings, operation and control. The CX350D features an innovative combination of cooled exhaust gas recirculation (CEGR), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) technologies, helping maximise uptime and performance. In co
To meet tough emissions legislation for Europe and North America, JCB is offering a brace of new machines powered by its latest diesel, the new Ecomax engine. JCB’s backhoe loaders, telehandlers and smaller JS excavators will be the first machines fitted with the new Ecomax engine. However this will also be installed into various models in the line-up including those in the wheeled loader, skid steer loader and rough terrain forklift ranges.
