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Komatsu unveils Proactive Dozing Control, dozer machine control that can be used “100% of the time”
Komatsu has upped the ante in machine control—again. Six years after the company became the first equipment OEM to bring a fully-integrated machine control system for dozers to market, called intelligent Machine Control, Komatsu is back with an update that is “far more advanced” than other systems on the market today, says Derek Morris marketing […]
August 15, 2019
Construction Equipment
Komatsu launches the D37i-23 and D39i-23, expands lineup of fully-automatic integrated machine control dozers to four
Komatsu today made good on its promise to expand its lineup of integrated machine control dozers to four with the introduction of the D37i-23 and D39i-23. Like the larger D61i-23 and D51i-22, the two D37i-23 and D39i-23 feature Komatsu’s intelligent Machine Control (iMC) built right into the body of the dozer from the factory. Unlike third-party […]
February 6, 2014
Construction Equipment
Komatsu will release 3 more intelligent Machine Control dozers before ConExpo
Komatsu says it was so pleased with the reception of the D61i-23 that soon after its June 2013 launch, it began working to bring more dozers with the company’s new integrated machine control technology to market. This morning, the equipment manufacturer announced that it will release three more intelligent Machine Control (iMC) dozers by the […]
January 23, 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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