Reduce Your Costs with Cat® Connect Technology and Services

What’s driving up costs in your quarry or aggregates operation? Rising fuel prices? Excessive idle time or rework? Missed targets or material overruns? Or are you having trouble pinpointing your cost-control issues? Cat® Connect can help you identify and eliminate waste. See how you can use this intelligent suite of hardware, software and consultative services for the quarry and aggregates industries to reduce your costs.

• Payload is an onboard weighing system found on Cat wheel loaders, excavators, trucks and wheel tractor scrapers. It eliminates overloading to reduce costly component wear, tire damage and haul road maintenance.
• Link is a telematics system available for all types and brands of quarry and aggregates equipment. Machine monitoring and remote fleet management help you track and reduce idle time and fuel burn, as well as better manage service to avoid downtime.
• Detect includes CCTV cameras and vehicle tracking devices for all types and brands of quarry and aggregates equipment. It helps lessen the costs associated with lost time, lost production, equipment damage, theft and unauthorized use of machines.
• Command is remote equipment technology found on select Cat dozers, wheel loaders and skid steer loaders. Heavy equipment remote control lets you work where and when others cannot and reduce shift change and travel times.
• Grade is a machine control grading system available for many types of quarry and aggregates equipment. Intelligent control helps you get to grade in fewer passes, save fuel, reduce wear, eliminate material overruns and speed up project completion.
• Equipment Management Services let you take advantage of third-party expertise to control costs related to asset use, maintenance and health.
• Productivity Services help you identify and eliminate waste, spot training opportunities and even protect your margins through guaranteed production results.
• Safety Services can minimize costly safety incidents resulting from fatigue and distraction and help you avoid fines for unsafe conditions or practices.