Machinery and technology

The largest wheel loader produced by Caterpillar is the 994 model. The massive Caterpillar 994 is 427,209 pounds in weight, approximately twice the weight, power, and bucket capacity of the wheel loader. Everything about the Caterpillar 994 is enormous, even the 22.1-foot-tall tires. When the first prototype was built in 1989 at Caterpillar’s newly established…

The vehicle is the largest Pure Car and Truck Carrier (PCTC) in the world, with a carrying capacity of 8500 car equivalent units. It has a ramp width of 12 meters, a free deck height of up to 6.5 meters, and can transport cargo weighing up to 375 tonnes. Höegh Autoliners acquired six of these…

Performance, form, and aesthetics are unparalleled in the Moty KE 3000 hydroS pumpkin seed harvester. The hydraulic drive allows the harvester to operate independently in all directions. The machine arranges the pumpkins in a straight line so that they can be hoisted. A four-section drum inside the machine crushes the pumpkins and isolates each seed…

The recent disclosure of the top-secret Otto Aviation Celera 500L may excite every pilot. Conventional aircraft of a similar size drag 59 percent more than the Celera 500L. The streamlines move parallel to one another when the air flows smoothly over a surface in laminar flow. A laminar-flow boundary layer has a very small thickness…

Dump trucks continue to grow in size as miners tend to choose larger and more operationally efficient trucks with enormous cargo capacities. Among those monsters, the Belaz 75710 is by far the largest dump truck ever made. This enormous truck is categorized as a “haul truck” which is an off-road rigid dump truck created for…