New features added for CBI T-Link telematics users
Earlier this year, CBI announced T-Link remote monitoring telematics for C-series portable horizontal grinders and other select models. T-Link’s functionality will continue to expand as new sets of features are phased in. The following performance data features are now available to T-Link users: machine operating temperatures, machine operating pressures, machine performance (engine load, engine boost pressure, usage statistics), daily reports, and exception reports. The following maintenance features are now available to T-Link users: maintenance plans by machine or fleet, maintenance interval alerts of machines due for work, and a maintenance history log with notes. Source
JCB’s electric mini excavator has won one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for engineering innovation
The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that JCB’s ultra-quiet and zero emissions 19C-1E electric digger has won the 2020 MacRobert Award. The MacRobert Award is a prize for innovation that has been presented since 1969 to honour a wide variety of engineering feats, including the CT scanner and Rolls-Royce’s Pegasus engine used in the Harrier jump jet. The 19C-1E excavator is the world’s first volume-produced fully electric digger and with it, JCB has shown it is possible to make powerful construction machinery without an internal combustion engine. Source