Caterpillar Limited (Caterpillar Inc., NYSE: CAT) is the world’s largest earthmoving machinery, construction machinery and mining equipment manufacturers in the mining industry and the construction industry suffered heavy losses, dropped $ 20 billion in sales last year, sales fell by $ 8 billion.
Caterpillar will pin their hopes on the new road, “intelligent” devices, it is possible to achieve timely communication and information exchange, can solve the problem as soon as possible.
In the past three years, Caterpillar by cutting costs, will invest $ 2 billion to develop its “Smart Device Time” project.
Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman (Doug Oberhelman) in the last month of the world’s largest construction industry exhibition, said Caterpillar’s digital strategy, known as the “era of intelligent mining equipment “the aim is to improve customers’ productivity, efficiency, safety and profitability.
Technical highlights:
Cat® (Carter) Smart technology: for Cat equipment or competitive basic hardware or software, may be provided to optimize their operational information to customers.
Data Link (LINK): acquisition equipment key performance and health data solutions, and make the data available to the network in order to guide decision-making.
Grade Control (GRADE) and compaction control (COMPACT): Both productivity solutions allows the operator to faster, more accurate movement of material, and less number of moves required.
Payload (PAYLOAD): a tool for truck and loading vehicle system, contributing to higher efficiency, shorter cycles and lower cost per ton.
Cat 360˚ Unisys customers exclusive packages: as a common commitment to the Caterpillar and Cat dealers will provide a full range of expertise, technology-based equipment and support services to solve customer problems facing the construction site.
Leverage Every Litre (full use of every liter of oil): a tool for education programs, advice and resources that it uses to help customers improve their products for Cat fuel efficiency, and to gain more profit per liter of fuel in the fuel .
Caterpillar is expected to announce a major new equipment associated with the announcement in early 2017.
