Doosan Bobcat India is future-ready. Prateek Pardeshi draws attention to clean, IoT-powered solutions.

Doosan Bobcat India Pvt. Ltd. (Bobcat) demonstrated its future-ready Construction Equipment Vehicles (CEV) range. The Bobcat loaders and excavators drew attention to their capability to run even on loose soil courtesy of a heavy downpour at the Excon 2k21 venue. It made a statement with the clean, electric E10e, a mini compact excavator known to have been sourced as a fully-assembled unit from the Bobcat Czech Republic Innovation centre. The company also displayed the S70, S450, S650, and S770 loader range; two backhoe loaders for the SAARC region and the Latin American markets; Bobcat B900 CEV B760 backhoe loaders with attachments, and the compact E20z, E27, and E30 excavators this year. A testimony to offering modern equipment, the company highlighted its ‘MaxControl’ solution that is known to enable remote operations through hand-held mobiles. The flagship electric CEV was the showstopper. The all-electric E10e compact excavator with a 1.32-tonne operating weight draws power from the Schabmueller AM (TSA200) motor with a 7.53 kW output. The motor in turn draws power from the lithium-ion battery pack. With the ability to pass through standard doors with a 710 mm width, the compact E10e is said to have been designed to fit within the standard machine envelope. This in turn helps to maintain a Zero Tail Swing (ZTS) profile. In effect, the excavator’s housing doesn’t extend beyond the vehicle’s tracks when rotating about its axis.). The E10e has a max power output of 7.5 kW.

The Bobcat B900 backhoe loader interestingly was found to draw power from an Ashok Leyland H4C42422, 74 hp turbocharged engine capable of developing a torque of 336 Nm at 1400 rpm. In contrast, the B760 backhoe loader is powered by a Perkins 4404D 44T, 94 hp turbocharged engine that develops a rated peak torque of 392 Nm at 1400 rpm. Bobcat claims the S70 is the smallest skid steer loader in the world and powered by a 23.5 hp Kubota/D1005-E4B-BC-3 (Tier 4) engine. The latter works with an operating weight of 1.31-tonne. It develops a peak torque of 62.8 Nm at 2200 rpm. United Skid tracks are the chosen supplier for rubber tracks for models ranging from 864 to T870.