Construction World July 2015

EQUIPMENT

(CLOCKWISE) Focusing on high productivity, the Cat 745C is equipped with a range of updated and improved features, including an all new power train and Automatic Retarder Control, which enhances ease of operation. With the Cat Production Measure- ment payload monitoring system installed, cab mounted external payload lights signal when to stop loading. Service points are mounted on the left side of the engine under the electrically raised hood.

has received excellent market feedback from customers,” points out Venter. Additional ease of operation features help towards maximising machine efficiency and include Hill Assist (for easy stop/start on grades) and Waiting Brake (which temporarily applies the service brakes during typical loading/ dumping/waiting applications). VISIONLINK™ The machine is fitted as standard with the Product Link™ transmitting hard- ware, enabling connection via either GSM cellular or satellite to Caterpillar’s online internet portal, VisionLink™ and the Cat Connect telematic suite. Cat Connect technologies offer improvements in three key areas, namely equipment management, productivity, and safety. Via VisionLink, machine owners can track location, hours, fuel usage, productivity, idle time, and diagnostic codes, and make timely, fact-based decisions to maximise efficiency, improve productivity and lower costs. Cat Connect payload technologies like the Cat Production Measurement payload monitoring system will be an option on the Cat 745C, as well as other C-Series models. With Cat Production Measurement, operators can view real-time load weights on an in-cab integrated display and know precisely when target has been achieved. Cab mounted external payload lights signal the loader operator when to stop loading. Payload data can in

turn be viewed remotely via VisionLink for key information such as loads and cycle counts, and daily totals. “These and other design features all translate into increased profit poten- tial for machine owners,” Venter concludes,“positioning the Cat 745C as the new class leader when it comes to all-terrain trucking.”

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