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NEWPRODUCTS LATEST INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS
Komatsu
komatsuamerica.com

troubleshooting and file transfers with the touch of a
button from anywhere with internet access, minimizing crew downtime and maximizing production. "

Performance Pipe
cpchem.com

Now launched in North America, Smart Construction Remote is one of Komatsu's new " smart
applications " created to help customers orchestrate
construction planning, better handle management
and scheduling, streamline costs, and optimize
processes remotely in near real time.
Customers can remotely send files from their office to target machines, easily search all connected
assets, and log in to a machine and see what their
operator is seeing. They can also easily pinpoint
the location of machines by job site and upload or
download design files at anytime from anywhere.
Capabilities for site managers include easily
searching all connected assets and pinpointing the
location of machines by job site. They can also add
new files remotely, without the time commitment of
traditional methods, and upload or download design
files to multiple machines onsite with one click.
Smart Construction Remote's software is compatible with select makes of machines with installed
Topcon devices and all Komatsu intelligent Machine
Control models. Komatsu-certified experts are ready
to help users get the most from the application and
develop team capabilities.
" In today's ever-changing construction environment, Smart Construction Remote is an invaluable,
must-have tool, " said Scott Christman, Earthwork division manager at Cornerstone One LLC. " It provides

DECEMBER 2020 | UCONonline.com

Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips
Chemical Company LP, is now an exclusive distributor of Supraflow gas pipe tap tees manufactured by
Spain-based Grupo Torre, for Canada and most of
the U.S. The product offers utility operators a new
solution to streamline how to tap 4- to 18-inch
pressurized polyethylene (PE) gas pipe lines with
outlets of 4, 6 and 8 inches.
Manufactured with Performance Pipe's PE4710
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) molded butt
fusion tee fittings, Supraflow gas pipe tap tees have
a variety of features and benefits, such as
ASTM D2513 compliant, universal installation
procedure, compact and lightweight drill assembly
(sold separately) single-operator installation, no
interruption to gas service during installation, and
less excavation and restoration costs.

Volvo
volvoce.com
Volvo Construction Equipment introduced a new
attachment kit that solves a common issue for
customers/pipelaying operations/projects.
" If you're not lowering in pipe regularly, it can be
hard to justify the investment in a dedicated pipelayer
or side boom, " said Todd Cannegieter, product man-

ager-attachments and special applications at Volvo
CE. " We wanted to give customers another option. "
The new kit allows conventional Volvo CE 14-ton
crawler excavators - EC140EL and ECR145E - to be
converted into rotating pipelayers, in about one hour.
Its robust components can safely handle pipes
up to 20 inches (508 mm), with a rated load of
7,300 pounds (3.3 tons). Maximum working height
is 24 feet (7.3 m) and maximum working depth is
50 feet (15.24 m).
Easily transported, excavators with the pipelayer
kit can be readied in minutes. Just load and go -
no crane or extra people are required, saving time,
money and hassle.
Unlike a traditional side boom pipelayer, Volvo's
patented rotating superstructure solution means
the machine is far more maneuverable, with no
need to constantly reposition its tracks.
The short-swing radius ECR145E can perform
pipelaying work on busy two-lane streets while
leaving one lane open for traffic, making it ideal
for pipelaying in urban areas, where space is at a
premium. This pipelayer configuration also gives
the ECR145E the same lifting capacity as its standard
excavator sibling, the EC140EL.
There are maintenance advantages with the kit,
as well. This pipelayer configuration has almost all
components in common with a standard 14-ton
excavator, so it's simple to find parts and keeps
maintenance costs low. *

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