Caterpillar revealed a series of brand-new accessories for backhoe loaders and mini excavators at ConExposition-Con/Agg 2023 to increase the makers’ adaptability.
The brand-new designs cover the series of demolition and arranging grapples, multipurpose grapples for Cat tiltrotators, vibratory compactor plates, and cold planers.
Hammer for tiltrotator
Among the brand-new accessories revealed was the very first hydraulic accessory for the Cat tiltrotator item family.
Within the demolition space, Cat at first began with its B-series hammers.
“We ultimately presented the shear and we entered what we call our basic grapple or professional face stiff link thumb and the pails will turn back to the grapple itself,” he said.
Now, the business is continuing down that line with the brand-new Cat G206 and G208 multi-purpose grapples that broaden the grapple innovation in mix with the TRS6 and TRS8 designs for 5- to 10-ton mini hydraulic excavators.
“There’s a lot going on here, this is really handy, what we call a multipurpose grapple,” Britton said, keeping in mind that they are likewise thought about bypass grapples.
These designs enable optimal maneuverability with TRS accessories, and an incorporated bracket offers a very little balanced out to enhance the efficiency of grapple performance.
With the G206 sized for 5- to 6-ton excavators and the G208 for 7- to 10-ton designs, these multi-purpose grapples provide 14.5-kN (3,260-lbf) and 18.4-kN (4,136-lbf) optimum closing force respectively.
As with other accessories, the grapples have their classification. The G108 was a really basic grapple. For the G206/G208 the G is the grapple and the 2 methods there is no rotation head in it due to the fact that it sweats off the bottom of a tiltrotating system and the 6 or 8 describes the 6- or 8-ton platform.
Britton said the G206/208 will be installed on the bottom of a TRS6 or TRS8.
“If you think about an application for a 306 and you think about a customer who’s going to be using that TRS6 you’re talking about an advanced level customer probably running their own business probably at a high level,” Britton said, recommending maybe a landscaping or hardscaping professional.
“These are excellent in picking up those big block stones,” Britton said. “Think about not having a worker’s comp claim versus owning the G206 grapple on the bottom of your TRS. There’s a huge difference to it.”
One function he highlighted is the incorporated load-holding valve. It keeps grapple closing pressure without any leak, while the hard-mounted piston accumulator keeps grapple arm closing forces with moving loads.
“If you’re an advanced operator and you want to reposition your machine and you collapse that in and put all the weight on that grapple it doesn’t jam the cylinders,” he said.
He kept in mind that it’s a little information that a great deal of individuals will not understand about, however it’s constructed into the accessory.
“That and all the other things you’re seeing, the oversizing of the bushings, it’s got solidified edges on it. It’s constructed to last,” Britton said. “It likewise has a load-holding valve due to the fact that I do not wish to choose something up and after that stress over my arm strength.”
In addition, ideal routing of the incorporated jumper lines and pipes safeguards versus damage and dirt seepage for long-lasting dependability.
The brand-new G306 and G308 designs are particularly created for 5- to 6-ton and 7- to 10-ton mini hydraulic excavators respectively and have the rotation head for the 6- or 8-ton platforms.Cat
Sort it out with grapples
Britton said the G306/G308 demolition and arranging grapples are definitely various animals. The 3- classification suggests it has the rotation head for the 6- or 8-ton platforms and is thought about a demolition or arranging grapple.
“The G306/G308 series is rather an unique distinction that has the rotation head in it,” he said. “It’s extremely various consumers and extremely various applications.”
The brand-new G306 and G308 designs are particularly created for 5- to 6-ton and 7- to 10-ton mini hydraulic excavators respectively.
These designs master waste, recycling, and durable product managing applications where exact product positioning is needed. With open and close functions managed by the device’s very first auxiliary function and rotation head managed by the 2nd, these grapples provide quick and efficient product managing with 360 degrees of bidirectional rotation.
“That is exactly what it’s doing its demolition sorting,” he said. “If I’m tearing out a house and I’ll be able to reach in and pull that wall out. That’s exactly what this application is built for. “
Britton said another benefit is being able to go up against the wall and come straight down.
“You’re not losing the curvature, you’ll going to be riding the edge,” he said.
A slim style makes it much easier to enter tight areas, and product capabilities vary from 160 l (0.21 yd3) for the G306 to 240 l (0.31 yd3) for the G308.
According to Cat, vertical perforated racks use high wear resistance, positive penetration, good load presence, and simple positioning, while the large durable cylinder with load holding valve provides consistent securing force, even when steering the grapple or device.
The anticipation is seeing more of these on the 8-ton platforms or the 309 makers.
“Of all things I’ve done at Cat it’s one of those fun tools to run if you ever get a chance,” Britton said.
Offering a working width of 350 mm (13.8 in) and 120 mm (5-in) optimum milling depth, the PC35 is created for operation with side-shift backhoe loaders and 5- to 6-ton mini hydraulic excavators.Cat
Milling accuracy
Designed for little paving jobs in domestic and industrial applications, brand-new Cat cold planers provide affordable repair of asphalt and concrete surface areas.
Britton said the smaller sized cold planers are tailored towards towns.
“We tend to see them in small towns where they’re doing little patchwork some of the smaller projects some of your bigger paving customers will have them as kind of their way to get around curbs and manholes but that’s where we tend to see these,” he said.
The little cold planer accessories mill flaws prior to resurfacing and elimination of scrubby pavement and traffic lane stripes.
“We used to have a pretty small volume of the cold planers. You tend to see these on backhoes and excavators. We’ve made quite a bit of updates to them,” Britton said.
The previous 404 designs have actually developed to end up being the PC45.
He said the greatest volume item in the space remains in that 304 or 306 variety. That is the target audience for the PC35.
Offering a working width of 350 mm (13.8 in) and 120 mm (5-in) optimum milling depth, the PC35 is created for operation with side-shift backhoe loaders and 5- to 6-ton mini hydraulic excavators.
The brand-new Cat PC45 changes the PC404 with its 450-mm (17.7-in) cutting width and 150-mm (6-in) cutting depth and is perfect for usage with backhoe loaders and extends the planer’s compatibility to 7- to 10-ton mini hydraulic excavators.
For the cold planers, Britton said there are some cool functions he likes to call attention to.
One is the changeable skid programs.
“These are absolutely designed to be on the ground dragging across the asphalt and they wear out,” he said. “That’s the nature of them, so we had to make them serviceable and easy to replace.”
Also, the brand-new planers come basic with a cut depth sign, providing the operator a fast view of the set depth. Milling depth is by hand changed and secured.
Britton kept in mind that lining up the planer is constantly a substantial concern. Simplifying operation, the PC35 and PC45 reuse existing hammer lines and are geared up with drum center and width indications.
“When you are on a small paving crew, you typically have a two-person crew, one is operating the machine and the other one is going to be on the ground telling you where to line up,” Britton said. “That’s a lot of ground depending on your depth and where it’s at so as you drive across this as a consumer, you’ll know the kind of standard you get down into it. Imagine if that line was all over the place.”
He said Cat is attempting to help guarantee it’s a good tidy line, so the lineup sign is once again a really basic however required function.
Britton said the most substantial function of the cold planers is on the behind, the MaxPro gauge.
“I’m not a great operator admittedly but that MaxPro gauge tells me how I’m working, can I do better, should I do more? Should I do less? Am I outrunning my gauge? Am I outrunning my cut? Am I cutting exactly where I need to be?”
The gauge checks out like a traffic light, with yellow, green, and red areas.
“Yellow means I’m not quite working as hard as it could,” Britton said. “If I’m in green, I’m right where I need to be and if I’m in the red, I’m outrunning it.”
He said it resembles taking a push broom and simply running it throughout the flooring.
“If I’m outrunning my broom, there’s a kind of a dedicated way you’re going to work a push broom,” he said. “That’s generally the concept that you’re going to have here.”
From the operator’s station, Britton kept in mind that the gauge is quite noticeable.
Helping to optimize efficiency, a basic pressure gauge offers feedback to the operator to permit ground speed changes.
“I can actually make my cut and set my travel speed relative to what is the most efficient way to work this little cold planer,” Britton said.
A durable equipment motor offers high torque and effectiveness throughout the speed variety, while a hydraulic relief valve limitations pressure to the motor for increased durability.
The brand-new line of vibratory plate compactors will consist of the boosted variations of the CVP16 and CVP40 and the brand-new CVP28 and CVP55 designs.Cat
Compact compactors
In the past, Cat just had the CVP16 and the CVP55. The compactors are well fit for the compaction of soil, sand, gravel, and asphalt. Typically, they use a lower financial investment and upkeep cost for specialists participating in domestic, industrial, and commercial work.
However, like the cold planers, Britton said there was not a good suitable for the 305 to 306 makers.
“If you’re a contractor and you’re putting utilities in the ground, you need to get in, drop the utility and you need to get out,” he said. “It’s pretty simple. You don’t want to make two passes. Every time you make another pass is another ounce of fuel burned and another waste of good time.”
The brand-new lineup will consist of the boosted variations of the CVP16 and CVP40 and the brand-new CVP28 and CVP55.
“Coming on board we’ve got the CVP 28 which is really kind of where we think the volume products will be,” Britton said.
The series of CVP accessories is performance-matched to Cat makers, covering all backhoe loaders and excavators varying from the Cat 302.7 to the 313. They use compaction widths from 304.8 mm (12 in) to 660.4 mm (26 in) and compact locations varying from 0.19 m2 (2 feet2) to 0.53 m2 (5.7 feet2) at vibration frequencies from 33.3 to 40 Hz (2,000 to 2,400 vpm).
“These line up quite nicely with an 18-in. width or a 30-in. width,” Britton said. “The width is not as wide as the trench, so I get in and get out and move on and it just makes it more efficient than having to make two passes.”
Delivering best-in-class efficiency, enhancing compaction frequency integrates with force to drive product particles close together for strong, steady compaction.
The compact accessories are created with durable steel frames to help provide optimal power to the ground. Simplified with basic auxiliary hydraulics, the gain access to cutouts are laser cut to offer simple access to hardware when installing the leading bracket.
The high-efficiency gear-type hydro motor is vibration driven for constant, trustworthy power. In addition, Cat says gain access to cutouts are laser cut for simple access to hardware when installing the leading bracket, and the
compactor is streamlined with basic auxiliary hydraulics.
Additionally, rubber installs isolate vibrations from the compactor accessory, decreasing vibration feedback to the remainder of the device.
Expanding the versatility of the CVP accessories, Britton said a post and plate driver accessories bolt to the bottom of the CVP28 for specialized applications.
All designs can be geared up with a backfill blade.
“If you’re dealing with a relatively bad backfill trench person that truly does not understand what he’s doing on the skid guide and he simply disposes a lot of gravel on you, rather of attempting to compromise your plate you do have an optional backfill blade so you can sort of spread that product out prior to you start loading and once again making the most utilize of the product you’re putting in the ground,” Britton said.
Also, he said a swivel install that turns 90 degrees in each instructions assists reduces device motions.
