Volvo CE’s redesigned soil compactors offer improved cab designs and better performance, while the firm is offering other glimpses of future technologies - Nick Johnson reports This summer marked the 55th anniversary of Volvo Days – an event that enables Volvo Construction Equipment customers to find out more about the company’s latest products and services. An impressive machine demonstration at the Volvo Customer Centre in Eskilstuna, Sweden provided the official launch for several new models, including s
Volvo says that its new EC140D excavator combines high fuel efficiency, uptime and productivity.
The machine is powered by a Tier 2-compliant D3.8F engine that is said to be well-matched to its hydraulics to deliver low fuel consumption for an excavator in the 12.8-15.8tonne weight class. Operators can choose from five intelligent work modes – I (Idle), F (Fine), G (General), H (Heavy), and P (Power Max) – to ensure only the right amount of flow is delivered for the task at hand. Volvo CE’s ECO mode is als
A delayed mine expansion project has pushed thousands of new and used equipment onto the market to be sold by global auctioneers Ritchie Brothers by the end of the year.
Steve Simpson, chief sales officer for Ritchie Bros., based in Vancouver, western Canada, said the company aims to sell more than 30,000 items at over 50 unreserved auctions around the world.
Highlights include more than 950 compactors, over 800 excavators, as well as several hundred wheel loaders, crawler tractors, loader backhoes an
Case has developed a concept wheeled loader to showcase new and developing technologies. The “Impact” is fully electric and features Case’s semi-autonomous “click & dig” system, but the most notable thing about the machine it its silhouette - it has no cab. It has been designed for remote operation.
“We can imagine in the future that we can drive the machine fully automatically from a kind of site control lounge,” explained Fabrizio Cepollina, head of construction for EMEA Case. “It could be interesting for dangerous areas such as demolition.”
