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Caterpillar Launches Virtual Training System for Excavators
Caterpillar's Equipment Training Solutions Group has developed a PC-based Virtual Training System for hydraulic excavators that can be used as a self-study tool or as part of a program led by an instructor. The system is designed to advance students through increasingly difficult modules to enable the trainee to build skills....
Hydraulic Excavators
The key design goals for hydraulic excavator manufacturers can be summarized, without too much risk of over-simplification, as and : higher availability,...
Computer control improves excavator fuel consumption
Late last year, LBX Co. launched the first four models of its upgraded series of Link-Belt excavators. Six years in development, the new LX series incorporates...
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John Deere D-Series Excavators
John Deere D-Series Excavators — 240D LC, 270D LC, 350D LC, 450D LC, 650D LC and 850D LC — are designed for earth moving and material handling. ...
Case CX Excavators
Case Construction Equipment introduced the 153,400-pound CX700, which fills a vacant weight slot between its CX460 and CX800 models. The CX700, powered by a Tier 3-certified Isuzu diesel rated at 425 net horsepower, digs to 31 feet 11 inches and reaches to 46 feet 11 inches at ground line. For improved durability, Case designed the CX700 using the frame from the heavier CX800. ...
Kobelco SK350LC Acera Mark 8 Excavator
The 79,600-pound SK350LC Acera Mark 8 excavator from Kobelco Construction Machinery America features a 264-horsepower turbocharged, electronic fuel-injected Hino engine that is Tier 3-certified. According to the company, it can dig down to 24 feet 10 inches and reaches to 36 feet 3 inches at ground line. A boost switch on the new excavator provides 10% more power on command for increased bucket breakout force, without time limitations. The new excavator is designed to provide excellent drawbar pull for grading and hill climbing under load. ...
Hitachi Zaxis Series Excavator
Hitachi's Zaxis Series excavators were introduced in 2002, followed in 2006 by six Dash-3 upgrades to the series covering the 24- to 85-metric ton range. In 2007, Hitachi unveiled two utility-class model upgrades, the ZX200LC-3 and the ZX225USLC-3. Although these units fall below the weight and capacity range typically used in quarry...
Hyundai Robex Excavator
Like a number of other excavator builders, Hyundai unveiled new models at the vast bauma 2007 construction and mining machinery trade show held in late April in Munich, Germany. Among the new machines that Hyundai planned to exhibit is the 179,000-pound Robex R800LC-7A, which represents a major class leap from the company's former top-of-the-line, 50-mt R500LC-7A, and is aimed directly at the quarry/small-mine market sector. ...
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