Photo by Tudor Van Hampton/ENR The app allows users to pair a mobile device with a machine to track deep performance data. Related Links: Link-Belt Gives Crane Owners Telematics Data AEMP Reveals Comprehensive Telematics Standard Recognizing that many equipment operators, maintenance technicians and fleet managers now carry mobile devices with them, Caterpillar has introduced a Bluetooth app that allows users to pair their smart phone or tablet with a machine to access its data feed, including fault codes.“The more electronics you’ve got on the machine, the more data is available,” said Ben Hanks, parts growth consultant at Caterpillar in Leicester,
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR Kubota unveiled its first skid-steer loader at World of Concrete 2015 in Las Vegas. Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR Kubota senior product manager Jorge de Hoyos (center) describes the features of the SSV 65 skid steer loader. Responding to rising demand from their U.S.-based dealers and customers, Kubota Tractor Corp. has introduced two models of skid-steer loaders. This is the Japan-based equipment maker's first entry into the skid-steer market, and fills a gap in their compact equipment offerings in the U.S.The Kubota SSV [Skid Steer Vertical] 65 and SSV 75 skid-steer loaders offer
Image Courtesy NIST This computer rendering shows some of the flow mechanics that were modeled in the NIST study. Related Links: Video of Computer Model of Flow Mechanics Supercomputer Simulations Yield Method for Predicting Behavior of New Concrete Formulas [NIST Tech Beat] "Scaling Laws for the Flow of Generalized Newtonian Suspensions" The Journal of Rheology, Vol. 58 No. 6 In an effort to better understand the behaviors of concrete made with unusual admixtures, the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently released the results of supercomputer modeling of the physical properties of wet concrete.The computer modeling, performed at the Argonne
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone/ENR ICP announced its deal with Lonking and IronPlanet to great fanfare at CONEXPO 2014, but it was barely a month later when problems began to emerge. Related Links: Chinese Equipment Manufacturers Making Inroads at CONEXPO Equipment importer International Construction Products filed an antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 29, alleging that manufacturers Caterpillar, Komatsu America and Volvo Construction Equipment sought to suppress the entry of Chinese-made equipment into the U.S. market. The suit focuses on a collapsed deal between ICP and online auction site IronPlanet but also alleges that the equipment
Related Links: Around the World With Caterpillar Chief Doug Oberhelman Equipment Forecast: Fleets To Add Capacity in 2015 Caterpillar Inc. predicts global sales will slide to $50 billion in 2015 from $55.2 billion in 2014, largely due to falling oil prices, continued softness in the mining industry and a stronger dollar.“The recent dramatic decline in the price of oil is the most significant reason for the year-over-year decline in our sales and revenues outlook,” says Cat Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman in the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report, issued on Jan. 27.Globally, quarterly growth in North America and Europe was not
Photo by Jeffrey Cox/ENR Farrar is HERC senior director of marketing and e-business. Related Links: Earnings Probe Delays Hertz Equipment IPO Spinoff of Hertz Equipment Unit Faces Delay Hertz Spin-Off Would Jump-Start Rentals, Analysts Say Hertz Global Holdings is planning to spin off Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. into a standalone company; however, the move has been delayed by an internal audit of Hertz’s earnings for 2011-13 and a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation announced last year.ENR recently sat down at its New York City office with Lisa Farrar, HERC’s senior director of marketing and e-business, to talk about the spinoff,
Related Links: Q&A wth Lisa Farrar of Hertz Equipment Spinoff of Hertz Equipment Unit Faces Delay Hertz Spin-Off Would Jump-Start Rentals, Analysts Say Now in its 50th year, Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. plans to spin off from its parent firm as soon as Hertz Global Holdings Inc. restates its earnings from 2011-13, expected by year-end. HERC also plans to launch a new brand name."We are not allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to spin off until our financial statements are whole," Lisa Farrar, senior director of marketing and e-business, recently told ENR. "As soon as we work through that,
Photo by Alan Rider / ENR The 2015 Ram ProMaster City (left) is smaller than the full-size ProMaster. Photo by Alan Rider/ENR The van offers a class-leading cargo capacity of 1,883 lb. Related Links: First Look: 2015 Ram ProMaster City Compact Van Test Drive: 2014 Ram ProMaster Full-Size Van When it comes to work vans, the next big thing appears to be getting smaller. Since Ford brought its European-made Transit Connect compact van to the U.S. five years ago, the small-van market has spilled open with the debut of the Nissan NV200, the Chevrolet City Express (a re-badged version of
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