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OnGrade. This is a plug-and-play, wireless and
transferable system for excavators that is intended for
not just talking about the odd bucket or perhaps a
featured in EARTHMOVERS.
self-install and self-calibration in a couple of hours. It
small mini, but significant items of capital equipment
is based on a number of sealed wireless sensors
quenched their collective thirst on the Friday night in
Gerry Logue, Volvo's area manager, said, "As for
numbers, i started to write out the list at customers I
spoke to over the two days but gave up after i reached
100. Every enquiry i dealt with was a positive one."
Blue-chip manufacturers support the Scotplant
Edinburgh, after a very wet first day of the show, the
show with relatively lavish stands, but still in
takes power from the machine.
talk was all about deals done. One retailer covered
keeping with the caravan and tent ethos of the
event; this biannual event is no place for expensive
The sensors are held in place with sturdy snap-in
connections and the system is delivered in a suitcase
containing everything needed for self-installation,
apart from an electric drilL. This includes a spiiit level,
a plumb bob and measuring tape - there is even a
suitable drill bit included within the kit. The easy-
to quality customers who come to the show
searching for a solution to their particular challenges.
As the Scottish construction equipment industry
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the costs of attending the event before lunch.
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stand-builders. However, to my mind, the real
salesman who thought he was being given the run-
success of such a show is not measured by the big
around in the morning, only for the prospective
customer to come back just as the show was
enterprises reaching out to prospective customers.
closing with words to gladden any heart: "You better
prepare an invoice then."
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mounted at precise locations on the excavator's frontend equipment, with a similar electronic compass that
wireless passes slew information to the control panel
in the cab - the only component of the system that
mount control screen includes a mode that provides
step-by-step instructions for installation.
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Manufacturers of barrel screens and recycling plants, Contact us for more details, demonstrations or prices,
Secondhand plant available on www.2ndhandscreeningandcrushing.com
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Tel: 01327 262 839 Mobile: 07831123657 Fax: 01327 263172 Email: [email protected] www.baughans.co.uk
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installation tools - all you need is an electric dnll to complete the job.
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basically this development drastically reduces the overall cost of installing an
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number of machines in the fleet.
Practical solutions to difficult challenges were evident throughout the
showground. Perhaps the most impressive machine conversions were on the
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sewerage maintenance kit. There are not many places that their tracked carrier
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Tucked away on a soggy bit of grass at Scotplant was a genuine world
premier; the new Italian-built Bomag BF300P asphalt layer, This was officially due
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to be launched to the industry at the Bauma show, but the first unit has already
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Scotplant highlighted the growing momentum behind the concept of tilting
and rotating hitches on excavators, Not that long ago the UK industry was
questioning the need for such an attachment. Visitors to Scotplant 2010 were
beginning to move on from this position and start to question which was the
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plant 2010 show in Edinburgh.
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