Trimble highlights next generation machine control
March 10, 2017
The manufacturer’s Android platform for excavators and dozers automates the boom and bucket, offering a 30% boost to productivity while reducing operator fatigue.
Manufacturers of excavators and wheeled loaders continue to roll out new models aimed at specific markets - Mike Woof writes
With tough emissions controls now in place in Europe and North America, manufacturers have developed an array of advanced solutions to meet requirements, while also developing parallel models for sale in other territories. In the earthmoving sector the latest round of requirements in Europe and North America has resulted in a flurry of new, low emission models equipped with Tier 4
The SK17SR-3E’s cabin now has a deluxe Grammar-branded reclining seat and there are wrist rests have been integrated to further reduce operator fatigue.
Volvo CE will start deliveries of its EWR170E and the larger EW220E compact wheeled excavators - with optional joystick steering – starting in January. The short swing units are the Swedish manufacturer's answer to a growing demand for machinery to operate in increasingly tighter urban spaces and more restricted construction sites - and to do so in an environmentally friendly way.
