A number of new bulldozer and grader developments are now coming to market - Mike Woof reports
Bulldozers and graders are often overlooked as earthmovers, with the focus all too often concentrating on excavators, wheeled loaders and ADTs. However, key manufacturers are rolling out new graders and bulldozers too, which are also benefiting from the latest low emissions engine technology as well as advanced telematics systems and improved cabs with better all-round visibility.
Caterpillar’s 26tonne 14M3
In preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Black Sea health resort of Sotschi, Russia, is tackling its growing traffic jam problems.A 13km bypass and a new main road passing mainly under the city involves the construction of 15 tunnels and a number of bridges and flyovers.
Building steel composite bridges faster and with higher quality concrete carriageway slabs is possible with PERI’s new VCT Composite Track.
The system is already being used in Croatia and for construction of the new Thulba viaduct in Germany. Visitors will see a replica of the impressive project in the PERI exhibition hall. The composite track has also been named as a finalist for the bauma innovation award in the construction sector.
In Europe, MCT, Parker Plant, Rapid International and Simem have recently introduced new models to widen their respective ranges of offerings. Meanwhile in the US, CEI Enterprises is now offering an innovative new design of plant. CEI says that it has built the first of its Fusion ready-mix plants and installed it at the company’s manufacturing facility in Albuquerque. The firm is demonstrating the plant, which is said to benefit from hybrid process blending technology. The firm says it has utilised precisi
