Looking at the offerings from equipment manufacturers on display at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG show, held in Las Vegas on March 10-13, it would be easy to assume it was all about the bigger and stronger machines. 

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 opened on Mar. 10 under cloudy skies, but crowds in Las Vegas were not visibly deterred by the weather or threats of COVID-19. 

Consolidation and management of coal-ash is dirty, dangerous work, and heavy equipment brought in to shift and compact the waste from coal-fired power plants can pose a hazard for workers.

The Brokk 70 demolition robot can use a full-size hydraulic breaker in a package that weighs only 1,235 lb.

Ergodyne’s lightweight phase-change cooling vest uses cooling packs that can be chilled in a freezer or cooler to keep the vest at 59° F for up to two hours at a time.

The WCDE-4-20KW-4X500LTL-LED-CPR-MOD1 mobile light tower also features a 20-kW generator.

Deere has introduced a line of scrap grapple buckets for skid steers.