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Caterpillar Machine Pro course
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Basic Concepts
Configuring Equipment

This chapter discusses earthmoving principles that affect machine production and introduces you to the basics of machine configuration.

In order to calculate machine production, you must first understand these basic principles. Your objective is to help customers get the desired production from their machines at the lowest possible hourly costs.

The basic concepts of earthmoving are:

-Material Factors
-Power and Force Requirements
-Usable Force

This segment identifies material factors that affect machine production. These factors include:

-Material volume
-Material density
-Material swell
-Load factor
-Shrinkage factor
-Fill factor
-Machine Cycle Time










 
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