EquipmentWorld.com | January 2015
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W
e're used to numbers – some of them in
the double digits – when manufacturers
talk about fuel effi ciency gains in new
equipment. But when Komatsu America
introduced its PC210LCi-10 in late 2014, it talked about
a huge number, and this time it didn't involve fuel ef-
fi ciency, but rather construction time.
Komatsu says the semi-automatic Intelligent Ma-
chine Control on its PC210LCi-10 excavator will
help make over-excavation a thing of the past. And,
compared with using a standard PC210LC-10 excava-
tor, the company says in fi eld tests the "intelligent"
innovations
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by Equipment World staff
O
ur 2015 Innovation award winners include an excavator that goes into semi-
automatic mode every time you get close to the target surface, a pickup truck
body that was the talk of 2014 and a generator with massive capabilities to
give power to remote – even Third World – job sites and communities. Go with us
into the design process as we examine how these standout products were created.
Komatsu PC210LCi-10's
Intelligent Machine Control
takes aim at over-excavation
INNOVATIONS
2015
Award Winners