Machine Walk-Around

When you are the world’s largest earthmoving company, reducing the cost of moving a cubic yard of dirt is big business. Caterpillar™ needed advanced training simulators in order to train operators on the intricacies of effectively and economically moving dirt, as well properly inspecting and maintaining the equipment.

The safety walk-around for Caterpillar’s flagship WTS-627G Wheel Scraper is shown below.  The simulation was developed with a number of features, including:

• a two engine system with a complex hydraulic system
• complete and accurate dirt metrics (volume, weight, etc.),
• dynamic force feedback from the dirt being moved
• real-time computation of fuel consumption.

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