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Why Komatsu trumped Cat at their own game


Why Komatsu trumped Cat at their own game
This article was published by Ben Hailes on 1 November, 2016

One could only imagine Cat's surprise at this year's MINExpo when Komatsu commissioned their 'Innovative Autonomous Haulage Vehicle'.

The first of its kind, this four-wheel drive cabless truck distributes equal load to the four wheels when the vehicle is loaded and unloaded, providing forward and reverse travel and eliminating the need for K-turns at loading and unloading sites.

Now don't get us wrong, Cat was no slouch, launching their 291 tonne capacity 794 AC truck, 18M Grader and for real impact placing a 994K Wheel Loader in the middle of their display (a real whopper let me tell you, when viewed inside a convention haul, sorry hall...)

For those Cat, Liebherr and Hitachi reps out there reading this article, don't be disheartened, we intend on providing a full wrap up of each of your displays in our coming issues.

This article was originally published by the ComponentsONLY team in the November 2016 issue of "@ The Coal Face" magazine.


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