Caterpillar Inc.

Arthur Milkowski

Michael Anthony Spielman, Jr

Steven James Juricak

Gregory B Moebs

Bradley J LaForest

Chandra Ramamoorthy

Priyatosh Barman

Subhani M Shaik

Norman Lay

A method for monitoring and confirming damaged or missing ground-engaging tools at a worksite includes receiving an alert associated with a damaged or missing ground-engaging tool of an earthmoving machine, receiving a confirmation for the damaged or missing tool, and generating a containment area representing one or more locations where at least part of the ground-engaging tool is potentially located. The method also includes determining that an additional machine was present in the containment area and taking an action for the additional machine based on the presence of the machine in the containment area, the action including generating a notification or controlling an action of the additional machine.

Systems and methods for identifying and locating missing or damaged ground-engaging tools

A system is provided for controllably absorbing energy associated with a machine. The system may include a power source configured to provide power to a hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic pump is configured to provide a flow of fluid to a hydraulic dissipation circuit and to one or more implement system hydraulic cylinders, and wherein the hydraulic dissipation circuit is configured to generate a load associated with the hydraulic pump. The system may also include at least one valve configured to provide the flow of fluid to the hydraulic dissipation circuit in response to one or more control signals and a controller configured to receive an input signal from an operator actuated device, and generate the one or more control signals based on the input signal.

Machine retarder

A method for analyzing cavitation in a component includes establishing an energy level associated with a system condition associated with the component and analyzing cavitation in response to said energy level.

Method and system for analyzing cavitation

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Arthur Milkowski