Since it was introduced to its market in 1995, the WA600-3 has won a high reputation among users in various fields. However, more than ten years have passed since the last model changes and a review has become necessary reflecting changes in user needs and model changes of competing machines. Activities have been undertaken to meet social regulations such as Tier-3 exhaust gas regulation to be ...

Throughout the vehicular industry there is a drive for increased fuel efficiency. This is the case also for heavy equipment like wheel loaders. The operation of such machines is characterized by its highly transient nature, the episodes of high tractive effort at low speed and that power is used by both the transmission and the working hydraulics. The present transmission is well suited for thi...

The drivers of ten vehicles (tram, helicopter, saloon car, van, forklift, two mobile excavators, wheel loader, tractor, elevating platform truck) were studied with regard to the combined exposures of whole-body vibration and awkward posture during occupational tasks. Seven degrees of freedom (DOFs), or body angles, were recorded as a function of time by means of the CUELA measuring system (Comp...

A method is developed for the minimization of time and fuel required for performing a short loading cycle with a CVT wheel loader. A factor β is used for weighing time to fuel in the optimization. Dynamic programming is used as optimization algorithm, and the developed method is based on the change of independent variable, from time to distance driven. It is shown that a change of states from s...

This paper presents the dynamic analysis and kinematic parameter optimization of a coupled linkage system for the purpose of employing the system in construction industry. So far, the kinematic optimization of wheel loaders was approached heuristically rather than utilizing elaborate theoretical examinations due to the complexity of coupled linkage structures. The results of the theoretical ana...