Pit & Quarry, May 2013

THE LATEST ON EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY Caterpillar showcases track drills hybrid excavator C aterpillar hosted a special event April 4 5 at the Edwards Demonstration Learning Center in Peoria Ill showing off a few new products for the trade press Among the products Cat covered were its track drills and the 336E H hybrid excavator One track drill the company discussed is the MD5090 a non cabbed unit that can drill more than one hole before needing to be moved to another location Cat also showed off the MD5075 which has a hydraulically operated rod changer The next track drill Cat is taking to market is the MD5150 The ability to service the MD5150 has improved says Jeff Dudley a Cat NPI project leader because all service can be done at ground level The drill itself has remarkably fewer parts 78 in all than other Cat units The 336E H hybrid excavator Cats first hybrid unit is another machine company reps touted Cat had three primary goals it sought to achieve as it developed the 336E H conserve fuel optimize performance and reuse energy The 336E Hs performance is virtually the same as its 336E predecessor according to Ken Gray Cats global product manager for hydraulic excavators The hybrid excavator however captures oil used to decelerate the machine and stores it in two hydraulic accumulators for reuse when operators want to return to dig An adaptive control system valve sends power where its needed when its needed optimizing performance Caterpillars Jeff Dudley discusses the MD5075 track drill with the trade press Volvo Construction Equipment opens new headquarters building Volvo Construction Equipment CE cut the ribbon on its 100 million expansion program at its facility in Shippensburg Pa officially opening a new headquarters building for the Americas The ribbon cutting ceremony also marked the start of wheel loader production in Shippensburg Joining Volvo CE President Pat Olney at the ceremony were U S Federal Highway Administrator Victor Manufacturer briefs Crusher manufacturer expanding into U S Portable crusher manufacturer Elrus Aggregates Systems a Canadianbased company is expanding into the United States with the opening of operations in Eloy Ariz The coming months will entail facility expansion hiring and training employees with a grand opening scheduled for late summer 2013 Phil water tanks now available through Trinity Trinity Mining Construction Equipment Inc has entered a licensing agreement with Philippi Hagenbuch Inc that allows Trinity to manufacture and sell Trinity branded water tanks based on Philippi Hagenbuch designs and technology Phil will continue to design and engineer its water tanks yet offer them through Trinity which will sell and manufacture Trinity branded water tanks tailored to its customers requests Mendez Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Alan Walker and Swedish Ambassador to the U S Jonas Hafström One thousand employees and guests also joined Expansion at Superior leads to increased production Superior Industries has completed an expansion project at its conveyor components factory in Morris Minn The 10 month expansion project involved three stages of demolition construction and machine installation Powerscreen names Bison Iron a distributor Bison Iron Corp is now offering Powerscreen crushers and screens in Alberta Canada In addition to sales and rental opportunities Bison Iron will provide parts service and warranty support for Powerscreen equipment by factory trained technicians Timken acquires Interlube Systems Interlube Systems Ltd which makes automated lubrication delivery systems and related components for use in commercial vehicles has been acquired by The Timken Co The purchase includes MSP Distributors Ltd which Interlube acquired in 2007 10 PIT QUARRY May 2013 www pitandquarry com