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Construction Equipment
How dozers are leading the way toward smarter, more productive heavy equipment of the future
Electronics continue to lead the dozer technology parade, but there have been two big shifts in the way electronics are used. First, nearly all machines offer electronics packages as standard or optional equipment, where these features were once restricted to high-end models. Second, electronics packages come in lots of sizes to fit a variety of […]
May 24, 2016
Construction Equipment
Komatsu launches D51i-22, its second fully-automatic dozer with integrated blade control
After teasing an extension of its family of integrated machine control dozers last week, Komatsu today has announced the launch of the D51i-23. Like its big brother the D61i-23, the D51 features Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) built right  into the body of the dozer from the factory. Unlike third-party aftermarket solutions, there are no […]
January 29, 2014
Construction Equipment
2014 Innovations Winner: Michelin Tweel airless tire
The tire market is a precise, refined, mature market that has, for the most part, relied on pneumatic tires for more than a century. Despite the vulnerability associated with air loss, pneumatic tires became the dominant technology thanks to several performance advantages – low contact pressure, low vertical stiffness, low rolling resistance over rough surfaces […]
January 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
2014 Equipment World Innovations Awards: The 5 game-changing construction products of the last year
OEMs fielded many good new products last year, but only a handful are truly innovative game changers. We’ve put together a collection of five products that, in no particular order, gave those in construction better, more efficient ways to work and, in general, simply rocked our industry.  Hilti Hollow Drill Bit Conventional hammer drill […]
January 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
2014 Innovations Winner: Cummins 5.0L V8 diesel engine
With the introduction of the Cummins 5.0L V8, a lightweight, technologically sophisticated V8 diesel engine, Cummins has changed the game when it comes to powerplants for light- and medium-duty applications. The engine has two names and two iterations. The ISV5.0 is the commercial version of the engine. Cummins is positioning this as a fuel-efficient alternative […]
January 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
2014 Innovations Winner: WeighSafe Hitch
One of those “why-didn’t-I-think-of-that-moments” came during a walk through the 2013 Specialty Equipment Market Association’s (SEMA) New Product Showcase last November. Of more than 2,200 new products on display, the WeighSafe Hitch, invented by mechanical engineer and hydraulic expert Kevin McAllister, caught our attention. The WeighSafe Hitch has a built-in tongue-weight gauge activated by a […]
January 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
2014 Innovations Winner: Komatsu D61i-23 dozer with integrated machine control
When it came to bringing the D61i-23 dozer to market, Komatsu engineers decided that they wanted to take the next step forward in the evolution of machine control. There are plenty of plug-and-play aftermarket machine control options available, but Komatsu wanted to seamlessly integrate machine control into the dozer body itself. And beyond that, they […]
January 6, 2014
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No. 11 in 2013: Komatsu’s D61i-23 first dozer with fully auto blade control
In June, we were there when Komatsu launched a true game changer: the D61i-23. Unlike conventional aftermarket machine control options from third parties, the Komatsu has fully integrated machine control into the D61i-23. Even more differentiated, this is fully-automated machine control. The D61i-23 can be operated in automatic mode from rough dozing to finish grading. Read […]
December 30, 2013
Construction Equipment
Komatsu launches D61i-23: world’s first dozer with fully automatic, integrated blade control
[youtube oo9wruSCJ1Q nolink] Every once in a while, the release of a new product coincides perfectly with a point in time where the industry it serves most needs the killer feature it delivers. In this case, that product is Komatsu’s new D61i-23 dozer, a machine that features what the company calls “intelligent machine control” implemented […]
June 18, 2013
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