Detect Object Detection is designed to work during machine start-up and when a machine is traveling at low speeds. Caterpillar has launched the Cat MineStar Detect Object Detection systems for additional Cat machines and virtually all brands of mobile surface mining equipment. Previously unsupported Cat
I think many browsers of this site have also wrestled with the time-old conundrum: is Africa a market for sophisticated machines with high-tech gadgetry or is it ideally suited to simpler technology? This month’s launch of the remaining E-series articulated-dump trucks from a purely African original-equipment
StratoPOD will address several operational challenges for Cloete Sand and Stone. Having used paper-based administration for over 34 years, building materials supplier, Cloete Sand and Stone, recently opted to digitise its system and has appointed Strato IT Group, which will implement StratoPOD, a mobile business application
Small builders need to ensure that they are aware of contractual obligations. At least 100 000 people are involved with building contracts in the South African construction sector every year – but the majority know very little of the contracts in common use, or the legal
McCloskey is looking for an exclusive agent in Zambia. McCloskey International is looking for an exclusive dealer in Zambia, as part of the original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM’s) drive to expand its global network, Equipment Africa learns. McCloskey International is the largest privately-owned manufacturer of mobile crushers, screeners,
South Korean International Construction Machinery is looking to appoint agents and dealers of its range of attachments. These include breakers, quick couplers, compactors, grapples, grabs, crushers and shears and buckets. The company’s Steven Kim tells Equipment Africa that Africa has been identified as a critical export
Caterpillar challenged hackathon participants to propose innovative ways to use telematics data and real-time coaching to improve surface mining truck operator performance. Software developers, data scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs recently convened in San Francisco for a 54-hour hackathon sponsored by Caterpillar and Unearthed, an Australia-based open
It is never easy entering a market that has been dominated by big players for many years, but based on the optimism of Maximum Plant Hire at last year’s bauma Africa Conexpo-Conagg Africa, this Turkish original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and distributor team are more-than-ready to
We witnessed this LiuGong loader working in the slag dumps in the old coal fields of Mpumalanga. Chinese made loaders have certainly carved themselves a niche in the southern African equipment market, especially on jobs in-and-around the stockpiles. We have also seen them deployed in agricultural
The introduction of the 55 t Bell B60E and Volvo A60H underlined the growing trend towards bigger articulated dump trucks. Is bigger better? Articulated dump truck users, together with their original equipment manufacturer (OEM) counterparts, believe so, without a shred of doubt. There is definitely a
