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Perspective: Feet in the dirt
Step into any high-tech manufacturing facility today and you’ll see CNC machines shaping components with speed and precision while robotic welding arms dance back and forth at a superhuman rate. Behind the assembly line, computer algorithms guide the logistics, bin filling and just-in-time delivery. Factory managers use data from computers and insights from line workers […]
March 2, 2008
Business
Technology: GPS by the numbers
Learning new technology presents challenges. When that technology combines big iron earthmoving with in-cab computers and radio signals from the edge of space, the challenge is doubly difficult. But once contractors get on top of the learning curve with GPS (global positioning system), their productivity soars. Still, learning how to use and take full advantage […]
January 31, 2008
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Machine control
Cover Story/Machine Matters: Value propositions
Value is back in style. Buying a backhoe with a dig depth of 15 feet or more is rarely an impulse buy and contractors are looking for backhoes with features that will do the job today and tomorrow and be valuable at resale several years down the road. The promise of productivity As Robert Tyler, […]
January 31, 2008
Business
’08 World of Concrete Supplement
With more than 900,000 square feet of exhibits, 1,739 exhibitors and 91,628 registrants, World of Concrete 2007 was the largest event in the show’s 33-year history. This year’s show promises to be even bigger and better. The January 22-25 event in Las Vegas will feature new products, the latest technologies, 90-minute and 3-hour seminars, indoor […]
January 1, 2008
Business
Sponsored Information: 2007 Attachments Supplement
Allu SM Screener-Crusher helps bring natural gas to eastern Kentucky Gary “Red” Bailes of Leslie Equipment puts his pickup truck into four-wheel drive and heads up the almost vertical slope of the construction right-of-way to where ST Pipeline workers install the Big Sandy Pipeline. Building a 68-mile pipeline in the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky […]
December 6, 2007
Machine control
Compact Application Tips: Compact dozers
Dozers in the 75-net horsepower or less range with operating weights of less than 20,000 pounds represent 15 percent of the overall dozer market and make up the second most popular size class in the industry. “These dozers are more maneuverable than larger machines,” says Dan Drescher, product marketing manager, crawlers, John Deere. “They’re suitable […]
November 11, 2007
Business
Contractor of the Year Finalist: Roger Greenawalt
Not long before he retired from teaching shop and vocational agriculture classes in 1999, Roger Greenawalt was asked to fix the pitching machine his high school used to throw softballs. It was not an unusual request. As a part time farmer and shop and ag teacher Roger had a reputation for being able to fix […]
November 11, 2007
Business
Two major precise positioning dealers form Utah partnership
Rocky Mountain Transit and Laser of Sandy, Utah, and Transit Instruments of Murray, Utah, have come together to form the largest positioning products provider in the state. The common connection for the two firms is Topcon Positioning Systems. Rocky Mountain has been a Top 5 dealer of Topcon machine control products for the past three […]
October 24, 2007
Safety
’07 Site Prep Supplement
For more than seven years, the use of data has expanded from takeoff to site data, and back to the office again. No longer is the information generated used for one scope of a project. You can now transfer this data across various departments of your company, improving your production and bottom line. Here’s how […]
October 4, 2007
Safety
Technology: Cutting it close
Moving dirt 100 percent accurately the first time seldom happens with excavation projects. Tradition calls for surveying and project design, estimating and laying out stakes and finally excavating and finish grading the site. Contractors often have to go back in and redo grade work, which takes money and time. Although digging for a living has […]
October 4, 2007
Business
Reporter: This year’s ICUEE to be largest ever
Approximately 17,000 industry professionals will attend the 2007 International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition, scheduled for October 16-18, 2007, in Louisville, Kentucky. The show, held at the Kentucky Exposition Center, will feature 1.118 million net square feet of products and equipment for the construction and utility industries. Held biennially, the show will feature exhibit and […]
October 4, 2007
Machine control
Topcon acquires KEE Technologies
Topcon Positioning Systems recently acquired KEE Technologies, an Australian based company specializing in agricultural electronics and applications for the precision agriculture market. Topcon, developer and manufacturer of positioning equipment, has offered precision GPS, GIS, laser, optical surveying, and machine control, products, software and applications to the agriculture market for over 10 years.
October 3, 2007
Machine control
Leica Geosystems, Hexagon purchase Mikrofyn
In an attempt to further expansion into the construction market, Leica Geosystems, distributor of spatial information products and services based in Switzerland, and the Hexagon group recently purchased Mikrofyn A/S, a company headquartered in Denmark. Mikrofyn is a European leader in supplying machine automation, as well as laser leveling and alignment equipment for the construction […]
October 3, 2007
Machine control
Topcon names Schildroth new agriculture manager
Topcon Positioning Systems has named Rhett Schildroth agriculture products marketing manager. Schildroth will help lead Topcon’s efforts in the areas of machine control and precision farming, says Jamie Williamson, senior vice president for sales and marketing, Topcon. “TPS is refocusing its efforts and energy on promoting the products we have – and will have in […]
October 3, 2007
Business
Maintenance/Management: Intelligent hydraulics
In just the past few years, the progression from electro-hydraulic control to electronic control of hydraulic systems has given engineers almost unlimited potential to re-write the rules of how machines and their component subsystems work together. And smarter hydraulics combined with steady improvements in the mechanical elements of hydraulic pumps, motors, hoses and connections are […]
June 12, 2007
Business
Cover Story: Digital Earthmoving
You are – right now – living through a revolution: A diverse array of technologies have converged to utterly change the way earth is moved. As with most revolutions, these advances happened in stages. The development of high-pressure hydraulic control systems and powertrains was revolutionary to men who cut their teeth on primitive clutch-and-brake and […]
June 12, 2007
Machine control
Productivity Guide: Trenchers: 40 to 60 gross horsepower
When you’re looking at small trenchers for construction and utility installation applications, you are, in essence, talking about two different types of machines. That’s because trenchers in the 40-to-60-gross-horsepower range are the delineation point between walk-behind and ride-on machines. There is no set breaking point for these two types of machines. Both Vermeer and Ditch […]
June 12, 2007
Business
The pressure’s on: Hydrostatic transmissions
There’s nothing new about the principles of hydraulics – using a fluid under pressure to accomplish some type of work. That much even the ancient Romans knew. But in the past few years, advances in manufacturing techniques and materials have allowed hydraulic component makers to lower the weight, reduce the size and increase the performance […]
June 12, 2007
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