Caterpillar 2025 excavators will include enhanced Cat Grade technologies and a new user interface (IU), applicable for all size models, material handlers, and wheeled excavators. An Advanced Payload option is now available for Cat crawler excavators.
Cat Grade with Advanced 2D features and functions are now integrated into standard Cat Grade with 2D. Cat 2D technology.
“Our 2D grading technology provides easy adjustments to target depth and slope using joystick commands, the touchscreen interface, or a jog dial,” said Jason Ho, senior global product consultant–excavation, in a statement. “It displays target grade with visual guidance plus height and depth. To help ensure long life, the integrated components are protected from damage, and 2D works with multiple bucket types, including digging, cleaning, grading and tilting.”
Grade with 3D technology is now a factory-installed option that can be ordered for crawler and wheeled excavators. It includes all the hardware required for the 3D system, installed and tested from the factory.
Cat Payload for excavators
Cat Payload delivers precise bucket load information with on-the-go weighing to help prevent overloading or underloading. From reordering work tool lists to creating new work tool combinations, the display’s new UI starts quickly and enables operators to easily set up machines and access information. Operators keep track of the amount of material moved
and can split tasks between truck loading in Weigh Mode and moving material around the site in Stockpile Mode. The ability to input couplers and attachments into the system makes setting up work tool combinations highly efficient by significantly reducing calibration time, according to the company.
“[C]ustomers with track excavators can upgrade the system to Advanced Payload for expanded capabilities such as custom tags, daily totals, and electronic ticketing,” said Ho. “When combined with VisionLink, Advanced Payload enables customers to analyze job sites and individual assets for remote management of production targets and key metrics.”
