There’s no point in technology for technology’s sake: the smart iron suite of digital solutions gets straight to the heart of what customers actually want
The electrically driven Warrior 1400XE mobile heavy duty screen is Powerscreen’s big global model launch this week. Oliver Donnelly, the Northern Ireland-headquartered crushing and screening giant’s product manager, said the model captured both the company’s response to customer feedback and its emphasis on a more environmentally aware approach to innovation.
“For more environmentally sensitive areas, like parts of Scandinavia, customers do not want hydraulic oil floating around their working machine,
Caterpillar has launched a 24/7 monitoring service to oversee the human factor in machinery operations.
Through in-cab and wearable safety technologies, analysts at Caterpillar’s 24/7 Monitoring Centre correlate data about the health and productivity of operators and equipment.
The information can reveal the magnitude of conditions such as fatigue and distraction and their impact on operations.
“Our customers want better visibility of how behaviour impacts safety and productivity,” said Tim Crane,
An improved range of diesel engines has been developed by Kohler and its Italian business, Lombardini. The new diesels utilise the KOHLER Flex package, an integrated suite of engine systems. The firm is offering a single engine platform for world market, while being able to meet the new Stage V requirements.
The new engine platform is designed to meet needs from customers for greater application flexibility, as well as compliance with the various emissions limits. Meanwhile the engines also offer high perf
Giatec’s Smart Concrete concept allows ready mix concrete suppliers to offer optimised mixes to their customers – and to charge more for them. Giatec, which makes concrete sensors and associated software and apps, works with the concrete producers to calibrate their mixes. The concrete company then supplies Giatec’s maturity monitoring sensors as part of the concrete package. “The ready mix suppliers get information straight away so that they can adjust their mixes if necessary,” says Giatec business
