Komatsu's DESERT SHOWCASE: engines and electronics take center stage on 15 new machines

摘要

As trite as it seems to say anything is new and improved these days, Komatsu can honestly apply that phrase to its latest line of equipment. At Komatsu Field Days near Las Vegas earlier this year, 15 of the 43 machines slated to appear were new (see sidebar), and virtually all the others came with significant upgrades. The new machines had much in common, including power derived from Tier 3 engines and expanded use of Komatsu's Komtrax electronic monitoring and diagnostics system. Komtrax gathers equipment data and transmits that data via a wireless network to a secure website. Information on operation hours, physical location, cautions and maintenance alerts are available for later analysis. Komtrax is standard on a wide range of machines (see sidebar on page 24) and can be ordered on any Komatsu machine.