Tag: Caterpillar 793F

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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
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Product Report
Caterpillar makes a big haul Unit Rig mining trucks have ‘market compatibility’ with existing Cat product line By Mike Anderson When the Caterpillar acquisition of mining equipment giant Bucyrus was finalized in July, the resulting announcement of new Cat Mining models seemed the perfect fit – almost. There were several products Cat didn’t have, including […]
October 4, 2011
The 793F represents the fifth generation of the 240-ton-payload cornerstone to the Caterpillar mining truck family, started in 1984. Cat now adds the Unit Rig family, a pioneer brand that built the world’s first 200-ton electric-drive truck in 1969.
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