I-"grader enkulu kakhulu eMhlabeni" iyinkomvo ye-engineering, yenziwe ukuxhandla amaphrojekthi amathathu okulinganisa. Iindlela zenyaka zelithi ngokuthi i-Caterpillar 24M ayinto kuphela noma yiziphi izinhlelo zokwenza izindlela zokwehla nezimali ezinkulu. Izici ezintathu eziphakathi kuzo zonke lezi zinhlobo ziyi Isithuthiwekile sokwehla , zabo i-Engine Yesemoto Esijulileyo , nekuhlanganiswa kwe izinhlelo zokugcina ngokuzenzekile ze-GPS .
Kuqala, le Isithuthiwekile sokwehla yilapha kakhulu ngokusebenza kwalo makhine. Ngokuhlukeneyo kwezimali ezijwayelekileyo, ikheshi yesimali esikhulu kakhulu yomhlaba yindlela yokuqina uhlobo olunxantathu, ibanjelwe ngamaloyi okwenza amandla ngaphezulu okwenzela ukungena kwezinkinga ezinkulu. Kufanele ikhale umthana omkhulu walo makhine ngokujwayelekile, ngaphezulu kwe-150,000 iponi, nasekupheleni kwezinkinga ezinhlelekileyo nezokugaya ngokukhawuleza ezidlalwa lapho ikhanda libhola emhlabeni onqunywe. Ikhanda elide, elilandelayo lifawekile ngokuthi libe nemvelo yokulandela kahle ngasemva kwamandla, ukuvumela ukusebenza kahle kwezimali kuzindlela ezide. Le ndlela iba yindlela yokuthutha kanye nokuthi ikhanda libhola ngokushesha kwezindlela eziphathelene. I-joint yokuxhumana nayo yinkulu kakhulu futhi ibanjelwe ngamapini nezixhumo ezinezimala, ukuvumela izinyathelo ezimbili zokuthi zihambisane ngeke zilale noma zilale ukuthi zingena kakhulu. Le ndawo yokulindela yinkulu kakhulu ngokuthula kanye nokuthi yilapha kakhulu yokusebenza kahle.
Okwesibili, inkqubo yale makhine enkulu ngokwezindlalifa zayo. i-Engine Yesemoto Esijulileyo sikuxoxa ngezindlalifa ezikho okungenani kakhulu kwezimali ezingama-700. Lokhu akuyona kuphela ukuba nezindlela zokuhamba ngokushesha; kuyona ukwabelana kwezinkqubo zokuhamba nezinkqubo zemifanekiso. Kufanele izindlalifa zinike amandla okuhamba ngokuvamile kwezintathu ezingama-6—futhi kusebenziswe ukuxhumana okuvamile okuvamile nezinhlelo zokuhamba zemifanekiso—and operate high-capacity hydraulic pumps that control the blade's movements. When the moldboard is fully loaded with heavy material, the engine's torque ensures the machine maintains momentum and doesn't stall, enabling it to cut and move vast volumes of earth in a single pass. This raw power is efficiently managed through sophisticated engine control modules that optimize fuel injection, balancing the immense power output with relatively good ukuphakamisa Ifueli ngokulingana nesize, ukuthi kakhulu ukuthi amandla asenokuthwasa ngokusebenza okukhulu.
Ekugcineni, ubukhulu beqine bekungenzeka ukuthi kube nezinkinga zokweqile ngaphandle kwe Isistimu yokudluliselwa ngokuzenzekelayo ye-GPS . Ukusebenzisa igreidera yaleli qaneka ngendlela yokwenza izilayini ezinhle kungenzeka ukuthi kube yinkohlakala engqonkce kakhulu ngokukhathalela ukubukhulu nokubona okungaphansi kwekhasimende. Le 3D GPS system ikhiselekhwe inethiwekhi yezilayini nezinkampani zokuhlinzeka ukuthi ibhase isikhumbuzo esingcwele sehlakanathi. Izinhloso ezisebenzisa igreidera zihlabe izinkambu zalo nezikhakha kumputa onqamayo, eyayishintshe ngokuzenzekelayo inkabi, ukucindezela, ukungcola nokushiftha ngasekunene nasekunene ngokushaywa kwehhaeleyiki. Lokhu kuvumela ikhasimende ukusebenza njengekhandlulwano, ekujoliswe ngalokhu kusistimu ake iqine izilayini ezingenakuhlonipha, ezinezinklinga eziningi. Lokhu kuchitha izinto eziyabalwe, kuthatha izikhathi eziningi futhi kuvumela ukuphelwa kwezinkampani ngenkathi nezilayini eziningi ezokuthi kungaphandle kwalokhu kungenzeka, kuyavumelana ngokuphelele ukuthi le qine libe nezimo nezinselelo eziyisimo.