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.
Develon has launched the DX235RTF-7 tunnelling excavator, an extension to the company’s line-up of special application machines.
The DX235RTF-7 is based on Develon’s well-established DX235LCR-7 reduced radius crawler excavator and is powered by a DL06V Stage V engine, providing 141kW of power. The DX235RTF-7 uses the successful compact design and minimum swing radius of the DX235LCR-7. However, the key part of the machine is the heavy duty tunnelling front, offering a new arm and boom design with special kinematics and a tilting function.
Traffic managers can control their variable message signs with greater flexibility and speed thanks to an app from Bartco UK and its sister company MVIS.
BartcoLive enables users of Bartco UK VMS to create messages remotely via Apple and Android smartphones, tablets and laptops, accessing the chief sign-management operating platform, Web Studio.
In addition to message creation, BartcoLive offers secure login, a searchable list of assets, details regarding the status of each asset as well as its location o
Canadian manufacturer K-Tec Earthmovers has launched the Ox Block pusher accessory which is says can make 400-plus HP tractors more efficient than crawler dozers for loading. “They can go much faster than a crawler dozer, maybe even loading one scraper and then turning round to load a second one if it’s a big operation,” says K-Tec’s VP marketing Shane Kroeker.
Caterpillar is now offering two new variants of its 36tonne class excavator for the emergent market. The Next Generation models are said to offer increased efficiency and lower operating costs in the 36tonne size class.
The 336 and 336GC variants are aimed at customers in South America, Africa, Middle East, Turkey, Eurasia, China, South East Asia and India. According to Caterpillar, the 336 and 336 GC offer increased operating efficiency, lower fuel and maintenance costs, and improved operator comfort comp
