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JCB's Precision Control backhoe, a hydraulic-over-hydraulic seat mounted servo-control system, offers operator comfort and ergonomics, and precise control of backhoe boom and dipper when excavating. The system's control aspect appeals to users trenching near existing underground services or

making repairs where total control of boom and bucket is essential.

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  • Growth in pipeline market prompts introduction of new Cat pipelayers.
  • With a boom predicted for the next five to 10 years in the pipeline construction market, Caterpillar, along with PipeLine Machinery International, recently hosted contractors, ......
  • Kubota
  • The Kubota L39 backhoe-loader features a curved backhoe boom and a maximum 10-foot digging depth. A quick-attach system allows the backhoe assembly to be installed ......
  • Precise control.
  • Viseo[TM] Display Lighting Control - a new precision LCD-based control that offers direct access to company's Lighting control systems without the need for PCs, laptops, ......
  • Kitchen Resource
  • Reliable performance and convenience. The powerful 700-watt Bosch Universal kitchen machine not only shreds its competition, but it also mixes, chops, blends, grinds, slices and ......
  • John Deere
  • Deere's 7,600-pound 110 TLB has a four-cylinder Yanmar diesel engine rated at 41 horsepower (net) and uses Deere's LoadMatch load-sensing drive system, similar to that ......
  • Komatsu
  • Although Komatsu updated the WB146-5 and WB146PS-5 backhoe-loaders with Tier 2 engines, the company says they redesigned them from the ground up. Both machines have ......
  • Cells rely on precise control
  • Bermo Inc. (Circle Pines, MN) produces complex metal stampings, injection-molded plastic parts, and metal and plastic enclosures for hightech industries. When customer demands include both ......
  • Moline.
  • Moline offers a solution for product cutting systems in a wide variety of styles and options. Its designs support all types of products as well ......
  • Vector Packaging.
  • Vector Packaging introduces its B-5 high-barrier flat-sheet film for horizontal form/fill/seal processing. The film is designed for high-volume cooked ham, turkey breast, and processed meat ......
  • The Advantages of Style Sheets
  • HTML's formatting capabilities are limited, to say the least. When you design a page layout in HTML, you're limited to tables, font controls, and a ......
  • SMT placement.
  • MX-Series SMT assembly systems for medium- to high-volume operations feature real-time vacuum monitoring. Each feeder stores part number, lot code and feeder pitch. Four-stage transport ......
  • Monolithic positioning stage
  • IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 The PXY88 X-Y positioning table is designed for high-volume production applications needing precision and a low profile, such as scanning microscopy, microelectronics ......
  • Precise control with LMC.
  • ELMHURST, IL -- Latini Products Company, a division of LMC International, utilizes an electro-mechanical drive system in its forming machine to provide a smooth and ......

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