Hybrid Technology on the new Cat® Hybrid Excavators delivers 25% fuel savings and 50% greater efficiency at 100% power.
How The Hybrid Excavator System Works
The Cat Hybrid Excavators use a new hydraulic hybrid technology to capture and reuse energy. The benefits include lower fuel costs, reduced exhaust emissions and a smaller carbon footprint—all without any compromise in production, reliability, durability or operability in all applications.
The hybrid excavator design uses three building-block technologies to achieve these results:
- Conserve fuel with engine power management via the Cat Electronic Standardized Programmable pump
- Optimize performance using restriction management via the patented Cat Adaptive Control System valve
- Reuse energy via the hydraulic hybrid swing, which captures the excavator's upper structure swing brake energy in accumulators and then releases the energy during swing acceleration
Hydraulic hybrid system is a simple, reliable, and cost-effective solution that will significantly reduce your cost per ton.
Learn more about how the system works from your local Cat dealer.