Capital Equipment News July 2019

Cat’s PL161 offers frequent data updates, providing location of attachments across worksites.

The machine cockpit is part of Putzmeister’s clever solutions promise.

connectivity. The new, industry-first Cat App is designed to allow users remote access to telematics data – tracking machine hours, location, receiving diagnostic codes, and managing maintenance directly from their mobile phone without turning on their computer. “With the operator ID feature, individual performance can be tracked and training opportunities identified. In addition, users can use their mobile phone as the digital key for starting select Next Generation Cat machines. Users can also find value in viewing telematics data and additional equipment management resources on the companion website: https://my.cat.com,” explains Herwig Peschl, EAME industry sales director at Caterpillar. Also new at bauma 2019 was a suite of Cat Connect technologies that provides remote equipment diagnostics and software updates. Cat Remote Services includes two key offerings – Remote Troubleshoot (allows dealers to run diagnostic testing and pinpoint potential issues) and Remote Flash (allows dealers to remotely load current versions of on-board software). These technologies will be coming soon to selected machines in southern Africa through Barloworld Equipment. OMNI by Terex Terex Finlay showcased its OMNI by Terex, a real-time connected tablet based system that allows operators to watch, monitor and adjust important parameters on their crushing and screening gear all from the safety of the cab of a material feed excavator or shovel. The generation of a secure and separate WIFI network and the integration of tablet technology enables multiple operators to be connected in real time on up to six machines in a crushing and screening train. It has been diligently and intuitively designed to give easy- to-use control to the operator with information and views of the entire machine train. “OMNI by Terex is a ground-breaking technology that will revolutionise the crushing and screening jobsite,” says Barry McMenamin, group engineering

director at Terex Materials Processing. The OMNI by Terex system allows the operator to view working information from each machine that is connected to the system, make informed decisions about each machine’s operation, and remotely manage the entire machine train to maintain high efficiency and produce the required material specification. The operator can adjust individual machine metrics or use global features, such as pausing the entire material flow across the train with one action,

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