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Machine control
Kobelco, Leica, Engcon team up to create tiltrotator full-auto machine control
Kobelco, Leica, and Engcon have partnered together to create an excavator with the ability to automatically adjust attachment's height and tilt.
August 30, 2018
Machine control
Deere adds integrated SmartGrade machine control to 950K with Power Angle Tilt blade
John Deere is now offering its 950K PAT model with fully integrated machine control from the factory. Introduced last year, the 950K PAT features an 8.6-cubic yard Power Angle Tilt blade. The machine allows operators to place material with greater precision thanks to the cutting angles the six-way blade provides. Deere says the PAT blade [ā¦]
April 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
Topcon updates SmoothRide for mapping roads at optimal speed
Topcon has released an upgrade to its SmoothRide road-mapping system to simplify setup and automatically detect the position of the wheel sensor during data collection. SmoothRide, released last year to allow mapping of road surfaces at highway speeds from a vehicle mount, is designed to replace typical road surveying equipment and eliminate the need for [ā¦]
October 30, 2017
Equipment Experts
Komatsu launches second-gen PC210LCi-11 semi-auto excavator with improved controls
Last year Komatsu let us do some digging with their new intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology on their big PC360LCi-11 and PC490LCi-11 excavators. And now the company has introduced the second generation model of its first semi-auto excavator, the 23.5 metric ton PC210LCi. First launched in 2014, the PC210LCi-10 (the āiā stands for intelligent) was [ā¦]
September 8, 2017
Construction Equipment
Komatsu launches second-gen PC210LCi-11 semi-auto excavator with improved controls
Last year Komatsu let us do some digging with their new intelligent Machine Control (iMC) technology on their big PC360LCi-11 and PC490LCi-11 excavators. And now the company has introduced the second generation model of its first semi-auto excavator, the 23.5 metric ton PC210LCi. First launched in 2014, the PC210LCi-10 (the āiā stands for intelligent) was [ā¦]
September 8, 2017
Machine control
Case unveils SiteControl CoPilot: A simple, affordable dozer machine control system
Case Construction Equipment has introduced a machine control solution for dozers that the company says it is positioning as an affordable bridge between automatic and indicate-only systems. SiteControl CoPilot is available as a retrofit or as a factory-installed option on select Case M Series dozers. The equipment associated with SiteControl CoPilot is an internal measurement [ā¦]
August 1, 2017
Machine control
Side-By-Side: Comparing Cat, Deere, Komatsu and Topcon mast-less dozer GPS systems
GPS* machine control started out as a tangle of aftermarket products all bolted on and wired up as retrofits to existing dozers. These systems revolutionized the operation of dozers, but there were a lot of parts to track and maintain. In the past 18 months, however, several major manufacturers have begun integrating these systems into [ā¦]
April 7, 2017
Dealers
John Deere dealer Brooks Tractor named authorized Topcon OEM dealer
Brooks Tractor, a John Deere dealer based in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is now an authorized Topcon OEM dealer via its Brooks Positioning Systems division. āWe are excited to announce that we added Topcon to our portfolio of positioning products,ā says Mary Kay Brooks, general manager, Brooks Tractor. āWhen John Deere announced SmartGrade, their first in [ā¦]
November 18, 2016
Machine control
Trimble intros several updates to field survey tools, SketchUp for use with compact equipment
If you do a lot of work with skid steers, compact track loaders and mini-excavators, Trimble has developed a suite of products that will enable you to do many of the same things as contractors who runĀ big equipment equipped withĀ GPS machine control, but with less hardware and at a lower cost. āCustomers have seen the [ā¦]
November 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
GNSS machine control allows Halley Engineering Contractors to widen Floridaās deadly SR 997 2 months ahead of schedule
In the period from 2005 to 2011, the 36-mile stretch of Floridaās State Road 997 between the city of Homestead and Okeechobee Road to the north, claimed the lives of 28 peopleāa dozen in 2014 alone. And, in that same time frame, more than 900 others were injured in crashes on the two-lane highway. Though [ā¦]
October 13, 2016
Machine control
Three views on the past, present and rapidly evolving future of GPS in heavy construction
Editorās Note:This is the fourth in a four-part GPS/GNSS 101 series. To read more, click here. Itās hard to believe, but the use of GPS in heavy construction is now more than 15 years old. Mike Momrow, survey manager for the Rifenburg Companies in Troy, New York, was present at its genesis, purchasing and fielding [ā¦]
October 10, 2016
Roadbuilding
3D Asphalt Paving: The highest smoothness and accuracy possible, no strings attached
Stringless paving isnāt just for concrete contractors. The asphalt guys are in on it as well, but with a few slight twists on the methods used. As with concrete paving, stringless asphalt paving offers the benefit of eliminating the costly step of bringing in a survey crew to set up the stringline. Eliminating that step [ā¦]
September 20, 2016
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