Caterpillar rolled out a number of new attachments for materials handlers and excavators at ConExpo 2026, designed to extend productiveness on earthmoving, recycling and demolition websites.
New work instruments embrace:
4- and 5-tine GSV vertical cylinder orange peel grapples designed to match 20- to 40-ton materials handlers and 14- to 31-ton excavators.
A brand new SD thumb-bucket combining the current Cat SD and Professional Collection thumb into one software, obtainable for Cat 313 to 352 excavators.
S- and HC-S-compatible buckets that cowl basic to extreme responsibility functions for Cat 313 to 340 excavator fashions.
Vertical Cylinder Grapples
The brand new Cat GSV420 and GSV425 orange peel grapples for materials handlers tout sooner cycle instances, elevated functionality and decreased upkeep prices.
GSV stands for “grapple scrap vertical” and designates a semi-open vertical cylinder configuration. Cat’s GSH, or “grapple scrap horizontal,” configuration, at present in the marketplace, has cylinders which might be built-in within the tines. Having the cylinders uncovered permits for simplified service and day by day checks, mentioned Chad Bixby, Senior Gross sales Supervisor, Caterpillar.
“Primarily based on in depth buyer suggestions, we focused efficiency traits, effectivity and flexibility for these new GSV fashions. These semi-open tine choices meet a variety of buyer wants,” provides Bixby. “These fashions provide elevated hydraulic movement capability, and forged components exchange welds to enhance sturdiness and cut back weight, so operators can transfer extra tons per hour extra effectively.”
Cat has provided the five-tine GSV configuration in Europe for a number of years. The four-tine configuration represents a very new mannequin and is designed to extra simply take away scrap from the corners of containers, in addition to functions involving bigger metal scrap, pipes and beams. A number of sizes can be found to match 20- to 40-ton materials handlers and 14- to 31-ton excavators.
Cat redesigned the curvature of the tines to enhance the general grapple fill issue by as much as 140% to 200%. A brand new rotation system is matched with as much as 160% greater movement capability, in comparison with the earlier mannequin.
Constructed for sturdiness, lighter, force-distributing forged items assist to lengthen grapple life, whereas abrasion-resistant higher and decrease grapple housing stops stop the cylinders from overextending and helps keep away from pointless hinge-point put on. The forged tine ideas are straightforward to interchange. Excessive-grade metal building for inside tines and ideas additionally assist to lengthen service life.
The time earlier than the primary service interval has been prolonged to lower upkeep time. The grapples additionally function ground-level grease factors and simpler to entry hydraulics. By rerouting the integral hydraulics Cat says it was capable of lower rigidity on hoses and get rid of interference with supplies.
Cat asset monitoring is on the market inside VisionLink, alongside Product Hyperlink subscribed tools for the brand new GSV grapples. The brand new GSV420 and GSV425 can be found to prospects in North America, Europe, Africa and the Center East.
Caterpillar SD Thumb Bucket AttachmentCaterpillarExtreme Obligation Thumb-Buckets
With its new SD thumb-bucket, Cat mixed its SD and Professional Collection thumb into one software, delivering sturdy clamping energy for a variety of fabric transferring functions. These extreme responsibility buckets are designed for low- to high-abrasion functions with low to medium affect, reminiscent of brush and land clearing, rock and boulder dealing with, concrete, and secondary and first demolition functions, Cat says.
Pin-on and pin-grabber appropriate, the brand new thumb-bucket options enhanced weight, capability and clamping energy.
In contrast to earlier designs, the thumb may be rapidly eliminated when it isn’t wanted, rising bucket versatility. Hoses and cylinders mounted on the thumb’s again facet with inside hose routing helps defend these parts from injury. For added sturdiness and reliability, the thumb is built-in into the bucket’s construction.
Cat plans to make the SD thumb-bucket obtainable to North American prospects in early to mid-2027.
Caterpillar Extreme Obligation Bucket AttachmentCaterpillarVersatile S Buckets
Caterpillar’s new line of S- and HC-S-compatible buckets cowl S and HC-S 60, 70 and 80 couplers, plus tilt-rotate system (TRS) attachments geared up with S or HC-S backside couplers. The portfolio covers each basic responsibility (GD) and extreme responsibility (SD) buckets for Cat 313 to 340 excavators geared up with S interface couplers.
“The great thing about it’s you’ll be able to keep productiveness and security on the positioning as a result of you’ll be able to have interaction and disengage the bucket with out being out of the cab,” says Bixby. “Most individuals on jobsites get harm on ingress and egress, so with the ability to hold that operator within the cab helps with security. It additionally helps with productiveness since you’re not getting out of the cab when your hydromechanical software is hooked up and also you need to go to a digging configuration.”
The brand new buckets are designed for dust, rock, sand and gravel, demolition particles, and concrete peeling functions.
The S interface buckets are primarily based on Cat Pin-on buckets. Straight facet plates are constructed to carry out in a variety of supplies. Advansys floor participating software facet cutters or facet bar protectors, relying on bucket design, additional improve sturdiness and efficiency.
The brand new buckets might be obtainable to North American prospects within the second quarter of 2026.
To see the entire merchandise and applied sciences unveiled at ConExpo 2026, try our present protection web page right here.
