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Expert Columns
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Engines
Growing demand for biofuels?
Advancing technology could lead to the increased use of biofuels within the off-highway equipment industry.
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Engineering & Manufacturing
Swing booms and end booms for tractors
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
Swing booms saw much use by the Armed Forces in World War II, but were not designed for picking, carrying and placing long sections of pipe for civilian use.
The problems involved in placing pipe with an end boom are illustrated by this rather crude rig, designed by R. G. LeTourneau for a Cat Sixty and used by his construction company on the grading contract for Southern Pacific Railroad's Carquinez Bridge approach in Benicia, CA, in 1929. Ballasted by sandbags, it provided ample capacity for a single section of pipe, but was unable to carry long strands along the trench.
Engineering & Manufacturing
Sidebooms
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
Ideal for pipeline construction, sideboom tractors combined robust lifting capacity with easy navigation on difficult terrain.
The ability of sidebooms and pipelayers to walk with a long strand of pipe makes possible a project like this. Bechtel Corporation is walking a 600-foot strand of pipe into the Niagara River for the Tennessee Gas Transmission Company on September 11, 1954. This was the first pipeline to cross the Niagara, and a fleet of Cat MD7s, equipped with extra counterweights, is doing the honors. The MD7 was a very popular sideboom; fleets of them still turned up in pipeline auctions into the early 2000s.
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Market Analysis
Towed cranes
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
The towed crane was a low-cost crane that could be hooked to the back of a tractor to gain mobility or self-propulsion without the cost of having its own powertrain.
The Avery Company’s Traction Steam Shovel and Crane.
Manufacturing
Design for excellence
How manufacturers can reduce costly design mistakes early on.
Figure 1: ECO breakdown
Manufacturing
Operational Excellence drives growth for OEMs
When a manufacturer has a product that is highly customized with long production cycles measured in days, weeks and months rather than minutes, traditional lean practices must be modified to be leveraged for benefit.
Graph 2. Source Citation: Duggan, Kevin J., Design for Operational Excellence: A Breakthrough Strategy for Business Growth (New York, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011), 20.
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Drivetrains
It's not if, it's when
A look at emerging and existing GHG reduction technologies for the mobile off-highway equipment sector, from specific systems to the overall vehicle application.
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Engineering & Manufacturing
The self-propelled crane
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
The first self-propelled cranes consisted of a rigid frame mounted on railroad or traction wheels, and helped pave the way for today's self-propelled hydraulic cranes.
At 7-1/2 tons shipping weight, the No. 331 Baby Portable Excavator and Loader was a baby only in that it was the smallest such machine in the Byers line. It was rated at 4,000 pounds or 1/2 cubic yard with a standard 20 foot boom, and was capable of at least two cycles per minute.
Proximity Detection & Safety Systems
Next Generation Security: Advanced Electronic Access in Off-Highway Equipment
Southco, Inc.
As theft incidents continue to rise on valuable off-road equipment, OEMs must stay one step ahead of thieves with advanced access systems that go far beyond the standard mechanical lock-and-key locking system.
Off-highway equipment that has been outfitted with electronic locks like the R4-EM Outdoor allows the equipment owner to remotely lock and unlock vehicles via a signal through a connected keypad.
Market Analysis
The Truck-Mounted Shovel and Dragline
Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA)
Surplus military vehicles help advance the development of truck-mounted shovels and draglines.
A restored 1947 Schield Bantam M47 truck dragline works at the HCEA's 2011 International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition at Penfield, IL. The truck's cab has been modified to allow the boom to be fully lowered during travel and storage.
Market Analysis
A first look at the equipment markets in 2014
Manfredi & Associates
So far, 2013 has been a tough year for construction machinery manufacturers.
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Engineering & Manufacturing
QR codes that last a lifetime
Muir Omni Graphics
An advertising and marketing tool is repurposed by OEMs to provide on-the-spot information about vehicles and components for owners and operators.
An example of how QR codes can be used.
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