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Technology

How Caterpillar’s Fitbit-like Smartband can just about predict when a heavy equipment accident will happen

If we could predict accidents, we’d have fewer of them. But despite the imaginings of science fiction writers, nobody yet has been able to see into the future. When it comes to accidents in the construction, trucking and mining space, however, Caterpillar Safety Services is now using a technology that can predict with significant accuracy […]

October 3, 2016

Business

Construction spending falls 0.7% in August

U.S. construction spending fell 0.7 percent in August as spending on both residential and nonresidential projects fell during the month. Construction spending is at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of $1.142 trillion, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. With the August decrease, the spending rate has fallen 0.3 percent below the August 2015 rate. Spending in the private […]

October 3, 2016

Dealers

Acme Equipment launches new website featuring equipment listings

Acme Equipment, headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has relaunched its AcmeEquipment.com website to provide details on more than 1,000 equipment listings, as well as service and rental information. The company says visitors to the site can request quotes, make offers, receive free shipping and lender quotes, and ask for a service quote. The site […]

October 3, 2016

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: The giant trucks, dozers and diggers of MINExpo 2016

Equipment World editors have spent the last week walking the equipment-filled show floor and outdoor lots of the 2016 MINExpo trade show in Las Vegas. This show is home to some of the largest heavy machines in the world and, increasingly, some of the smartest, with the introduction of more and more electrified and autonomous machines […]

September 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

Genie’s Z-60/37 FE diesel-electric boom lift offers hybrid efficiency with robust 4WD performance

Genie’s newest boom lift is parts Prius and parts Tesla. Similar to a Prius, the new Genie Z-60/37 FE has a small engine coupled to a generator and battery pack and can run off either or both. But where the Prius offers only fuel economy, this new Genie lift offers fuel efficiency and high performance—hence the […]

September 30, 2016

Construction Equipment

Komatsu unveils Autonomous Haulage Vehicle, a mining truck that doesn’t even have a cab

Though it offers autonomous operation on its 830E and 930E haul trucks, Komatsu has unveiled at the MINExpo show in Las Vegas a mining truck designed specifically for unmanned operation. Typically, the only difference you can spot between manned and unmanned mining trucks is the lack of an operator inside the cab. But Komatsu’s aptly-named […]

September 29, 2016

Construction Equipment

Terramac unveils production RT14R rotating crawler carrier

After several months of demonstrating a prototype of its RT14R rotating crawler carrier in a series of “tow and show” events at local dealers, Terramac is introducing the production version of the machine at MINExpo this week. Designed for jobs that call for the carrier’s low ground pressure and high maneuverability in rough terrain, the […]

September 29, 2016

Dealers

Scott Equipment, Toyota Industrial Equipment provide flood relief to Baton Rouge employees, customers

Scott Equipment and Toyota Industrial Equipment recently teamed up to provide financial assistance to the Scott’s Baton Rouge customers and employees impacted by the floods in southern Louisiana in August. Scott Equipment’s Baton Rouge location, a Toyota IE site, was flooded with nine feet of water, and many of employees’ homes were damaged. The company’s other […]

September 29, 2016

Trucks

Liebherr unveils 100-metric-ton T 236 mining truck, D98 engine series at MINExpo

At MINExpo Tuesday, Liebherr unveiled its T 236 100-metric-ton mining truck, in addition to a new D98 diesel engine series. While not yet commercially available, the company expects pre-series T 236 units to be made available for selected markets. Using a vertically integrated Litronic Plus Generation 2 electric drive system, the T 236 is designed […]

September 28, 2016

Technology

DJI one-ups GoPro with the Mavic Pro, an even more compact foldable drone with stout specs

GoPro made a splash recently with the unveiling of its Karma drone. Not only does the Karma fold up for easy transport, it has a beginner-friendly flight system designed not only to assist in operation, but to teach proper flight control techniques as well. And despite the Karma’s relatively low base price of $799, it […]

September 28, 2016

Vocational

How Cat is using the 793F haul truck to bring automation to more machines

Caterpillar first started internal discussions on autonomous trucks back in 1996, says Jim Hawkins, director of the company’s mining technology enabled solutions, “but really we didn’t start in earnest until 2012. We really wanted to focus on how to make an autonomous truck outperform a truck with an operator.” Company executives, including Hawkins and Cat group […]

September 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

RIDOT demolishes, installs East Shore Expy. Bridge in just 80 hours (Time-lapse)

Over the span of just 80 hours, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation carried out a rapid bridge replacement of the East Shore Expressway Bridge in East Providence. Between September 9 and 13 the department demolished the old bridge—classified as functionally obsolete with significant concrete cracking—and installed a new span which was built in temporary […]

September 27, 2016