Loading & Hauling

摘要

Volvo Construction Equipment have once again given their designers free rein to explore how machines might look in the future. Following the success of the SfinX extreme excavator concept in 2004 and the Gryphin wheel loader in 2007,Volvo's designers have now turned their attention to the form and function of the articulated hauler and have come up with the Centaur. Like the mythical half-man, half-horse beast it is named after, the Centaur is the vision of a fast, strong and intelligent machine, which, while still recognizably a Volvo, radically redraws the traditional hauler profile. With its ultra-compact front unit, arched back and super-sized wheels, the Centaur has been designed to move heavy loads at fast speeds over rough ground, with stability, visibility, traction and an uncompromising focus on safety being the project's guiding principles.