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.
Komatsu has unveiled the all-new WA700-8 wheeled loader, which the manufacturer says delivers increased productivity, exceptional durability, and impeccable environmental credentials.
Before commencing development, Komatsu engineers actively collected customers’ input, identifying that safety, cost-per-tonne produced, CO2 emission, maximising uptime, and operator well-being were the key concerns of customers.
Opened in 1955, the A2 is one of the busiest motorways in Switzerland, crossing the Alps and forming the main north-south axis from Basel to Chiasso. On a 3km stretch near the village of Rodi in Ticino, a ZX155W-7 owned by Otto Scerri SA has been employed on a project to replace the central reservation with asphalt, as well as renew the drainage between the two lanes of the highway.
The innovative EZ-OP Monitoring system from Valley Slurry Seals (VSS) is said to help boost productivity for slurry seal and micro-surfacing crews. The unit can be fitted to the firm's well-proven Macropaver 12B model to boost performance.
Volvo CE’s top-of-the-range L350H wheeled loader delivers high performance, as well as greater productivity and fuel efficiency than the previous model.