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Bridge Cranes Provide High Capacity Lift and Extended Coverage for Hydraulics Facility

Bridge Cranes Provide High Capacity Lift and Extended Coverage for Hydraulics Facility

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Bridge Cranes Provide High Capacity Lift and Extended Coverage for Hydraulics Facility Overview Caterpillar, Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, engines, gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Caterpillar, Inc. operates multiple manufacturing facilities throughout the U.S., including a 275,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Sumter, South Carolina, where they produce hydraulic cylinders. For years, their hydraulic facility was used to manufacture small hydraulic cylinders, but a 2012 expansion allowed them to increase their plant operations. Before the expansion, Caterpillar, Inc. used manipulators in their machining centers. The machining centers take up a large fraction of their overall production space and are equipped with everythin

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