Visitors to Conexpo 2023 had the opportunity to view Caterpillar’s concepts of total site solutions for energy transition, including four battery-electric machine prototypes on display at the company’s Sustainability Hub. These machines are powered by Cat-designed lithium-ion batteries with a modular design that offers flexible configurations across multiple applications. The company has designed its own […]
Caterpillar expands technology platforms for hydraulic mining shovels
The Cat Next Generation hydraulic mining shovel displayed at MINExpo 2021 is engineered for the future, according to Caterpillar officials. The design fully integrates Cat Electronics and provides a platform to support innovation and technology expansion. The Next Generation shovels will feature five standard technologies, including Hydraulic Optimization, Operator Assist: Enhanced Motion Control (EMC), Product […]
Land-management loader packs hydraulic horsepower
Caterpillar recently released the purpose-built Cat 299D3 XE Land Management compact track loader, which is designed to handle demanding vegetation-management applications such as right-of-way clearing near power lines, brush cutting, mowing and mulching. The machine is part of a new series of Cat D3 skid steer loader (SSL) and compact track loader (CTL) models that […]
IFPE Download: Cat 395 excavator ups production and durability
Caterpillar’s new Cat 395 excavator is said to offer contractors up to 10% more production, double the structural durability, and up to 20% less maintenance costs than the 390F it replaces. “We increased swing torque and stick force by 10%,” said Brian Abbott, worldwide product manager for Caterpillar large excavators. “These increases enable contractors to […]
Hydraulic hybrid powers fuel-efficient tug
Engineers take a novel, low-risk approach to marine propulsion with a hydraulic hybrid design. Much like the trend in mobile-equipment markets over the last decade, shipbuilders and their suppliers have made steady, incremental improvements in terms of vessel performance, fuel efficiency and lower emissions. Many in the marine industry are now pushing the next wave…
Caterpillar’s trucking it out of Peoria … what does it mean?
If you were sick of the political back and forth and totally divested yourself from TV and the Internet last week, you might have missed the news that Caterpillar, the Peoria, Ill. behemoth, is moving its headquarters to Chicago, a few hours by car (and a good bit longer by construction truck, I assume) up the highway. Caterpillar […]