Tag: Caterpillar

Rockhampton Regional Council has upgraded key plant equipment in its civil operations fleet – ensuring gravel roads continue to be maintained and providing access to the whole region. Already this financial year, Council has graded over 300kms of unsealed gravel roads. RRC...

Fortescue has completed another significant step to becoming the first iron ore operation in the world to have a fully autonomous haulage fleet with the first Cat 789D model trucks fitted with Autonomous Haulage Technology now in operation at Cloudbreak. 

Development of Rio Tinto's most technologically advanced mine has progressed following an agreement with global equipment manufacturer Caterpillar to provide state-of-the-art heavy machinery for the Koodaideri iron ore operation in the Pilbara, Western Australia. Caterpillar, with support of their local...

The new Cat 777G focuses on focuses on fuel efficiency, enhanced visibility, and operator comfort, convenience and safety. Caterpillar is introducing the redesigned 777G off-highway truck that is suitable for large earthmoving and mining applications. The rated payload for the...

Caterpillar introduces the 990K Aggregate Handler, designed to handle greater payloads in aggregates yard applications. With as much as a 25 percent payload increase, as compared to the standard 990K, the new Aggregate Handler enables customers to load trucks...

COMER INDUSTRIES ACHIEVES SILVER CERTIFICATION FROM CATERPILLAR The SQEP certification ("Supplier Quality Excellence Process") measures the ability of a supplier to meet the supply demand requested by Caterpillar maintaining a certain standard on performance indicators. In 2018, Comer Industries achieved the...

The new Cat GRADE with 3D system for D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2 track-type tractors is an automated grade control system using GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) technology to precisely position the machine's blade, without operator input, from first rough cut to finish grade.

Caterpillar launches the industry’s first mobile app designed to allow customers who spend their time in a truck, at the job site and on-the-go to take advantage of equipment telematics data. The new Cat App delivers simplified, streamlined data directly to...

The new Next Generation Cat® 345 GC excavator is designed to deliver a balance of performance, reliability, and low-cost operation. The excavator can increase fuel efficiency (cubic yards/tons per unit of fuel) up to 25 percent and lower operating costs...

Caterpillar introduces a new suite of Cat Connect technology that offers remote equipment diagnostics and software updates to reduce machine and engine downtime and increase job site efficiency. New Cat Remote Services include two key offerings – Remote Troubleshoot...