Efficiency is a key design criteria for almost all components and systems on a piece of heavy-duty equipment—as well as for the machine itself. Hydraulics are one of the many areas in which ...

Eight years ago a machine learning algorithm learned to identify a cat—and it stunned the world. A few years later AI could accurately translate languages and take down world champion Go players. Now, ...

The Industrial Revolution and the subsequent industrial “revolutions” were characterized by groundbreaking advancements, like the steam engine or computers. Industry 5.0 is breaking the mold. It is ...

As you look at how your machines are operating on the plant floor, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) provides a great means of evaluating how truly productive they are. Measures of availability, ...

In manufacturing it's accepted that servomotors and servodrives are inherently energy efficient, and therefore are a logical component of sustainable machines. However, with rising energy costs and ...

New washing machine efficiency standards proposed by the Biden administration last month have sparked concern from some manufacturers and trade associations that fear the new machines could be less ...

A quick coupler is a connection system installed between the excavator arm and the attachment. Its purpose is to make ...

Simplified machine designs with fewer components run more efficiently and are less expensive to build. Older mechanical power transmission and actuator technologies, such as chain, rack and pinion and ...

Based on the headlines these days, it is obvious to see the rapidly emerging role that AI and machine learning play in nearly every facet of our lives. The evolution of ChatGPT has made AI a household ...

The steering wheel and mechanical levers on the earlier Caterpillar motor grader model (above) have been replaced with joysticks on a new Cat motor grader (below). The ergonomic changes reduce ...