CAT® Attachments – Perfect for Next-Gen Excavators 313 & 315

Staff WriterDecember 30, 2020, 7:00 amDecember 5, 2020

Caterpillar is pleased to announce the launch of a new line of UD Buckets and Forestry Mulchers for the Cat® Small Excavators product line. The new buckets will provide customers with a durable, reliable and productive bucket designed for a wide range of applications.

UD Buckets Marketing Strategy

Cat® Utility Duty Buckets are a cost-effective solution for your basic digging needs, the ideal applications for UD buckets are low-impact, low-abrasion materials. And the shallow profile of Utility Duty buckets makes it easier to empty sticky materials such as loam or clay.

Forestry Mulcher Marketing Strategy

The new CAT HM2615 and HM4015 Forestry Mulchers are purpose-built tools for use in land management applications such as clearing right of way, roadside maintenance, removal of invasive species, vegetation management, and many more. The HM2615 and HM4015 models are an addition to Caterpillar’s current offering of mulchers on BCP SSL and Mini HEX machines customers are already accustom to. Both models will be a new solution for HEX and WHEX machines ranging from 11-26-tonne class at a market-based price.

Four part numbers will be available for ordering the mulcher head alone with two of the part numbers being the bite limiter, differentiating between two rotors styles (standard rigid tooth and rotor with bite limiter ribs).

For machine compatibility bolt-on brackets, hydraulic connecting lines, case drain lines, and wiring harness will be offered as separate line items to an order. This provides the flexibility dealers and customers need to fit multiple machine models.

Both Mulcher heads include a hydraulic door designed to minimise debris throw and improve material refinement, as well as a staggered tooth design for high productivity minimising opportunity to stall the head.

Additional features include replaceable counter blades, bolt-on replaceable skids, replaceable protection chains, bolt-on replaceable carbide teeth cutters, multiple service access panels, and replaceable poly chain belt.

HM2615 / HM4015 Forestry Mulchers

Variable Torque Hydraulic Piston Motor (High Speed-Low Torque /Low Speed-High Torque)

Field proven system to optimise productivity minimising down time.

Rotor System

Designed so only one tooth at a time makes contact with the material
Less opportunity to stall the Mulcher/Less work for the carrier hydraulic system
Increases productivity

Replaceable Counter Blades

Distance between the rotor teeth and counter blades have a smaller area than the competition providing finer shredding of material
HM2615 weld on/HM4015 bolt-on

Bolt-On Replaceable Chains

Provides debris protection from back of the mulcher

Cutters

Teeth provide better holder coverage reducing maintenance cost
Bite Limiter rotors include C/3 blade cutters from the factory
Non-Bite Limiter rotors include C/3 Double carbide from the factory
Typically provides (Based on customer feedback) 500-1000 hours before C/3 carbide teeth replacement in normal operating conditions
Multiple teeth options available through the parts system

Mulching Door