GRADING UP!

Motor graders are increasingly being used in building construction, road construction, and mining sites for mixing materials due to its various operational benefits. Equipment Times looks into the current market trends, features supporting mining applications, innovative technology trends and market outlook for Motor Graders.

The functional advantages of motor graders are expected to accelerate the growth of the global market in coming years. These motor graders have recently become one of the most vital choices for multiple industries, especially, at the site of mining, construction, and building. These motor graders help in saving costs of labor while improving the overall fuel efficiency. They also perform several important tasks and activities such as ground leveling, leveling of soil, making surfaces smoother, moving dumps of dirty and debris, and also establishing foundations pads of native soil. All such activities can be achieved with greater efficiency and at lower costs. Naturally, the importance of motor graders is starkly improving and thus helping in the overall development of the market.

The expansion of the construction industry is driven primarily by the production of large-scale infrastructure projects and is driven by strong economic growth. Construction vehicles are the most common transport equipment in the construction industry and help to make certain activities, including unloading, loading and transport, easier. Rapid growth of the construction industry throughout the globe is expected to be one of the most significant drivers of the motor graders market. Apart from construction, rising urbanisation, rising technological advancements, and the growing disposable incomes of the consumers is also responsible for the growth of the industry.

A key trend that has been observed in the global motor graders market is of repair and rebuilding of these motor graders. The life cycle of these motor graders is limited and is considerably affected by extensive use. The overall quality of these motor graders deteriorates as the time passes and its age and performance start to affect significantly. As the wear and tear of the machine increases, the productivity takes a hit as there are some mechanical or electrical problems in the machine. Thus, the rebuilding and repairing of old motor graders have become a highly popular trend. The skilled mechanics work on repairing these older motor graders and removing the recurring problems. The operational benefits of these motor graders are simply too high to be ignored and thus, this trend of repairing and rebuilding the old machines is expected to help the global market to develop even further.

Market Trends…

Motor graders also known as road graders, are construction vehicles used for leveling soil or ground during the grading process. According to Transparency Market Research.com, the vehicle is equipped with a long blade which helps to create a flat surface. Usually, motor graders are used for the construction and maintenance of dirt and gravel roads in the construction industry. In the global market, motor graders are available with engine capacities ranging from 60 kilowatt to 373 kilowatt and blades ranging from around 2.5 meters to 7.3 meters. Motor graders are used for different applications in the mining and construction industry by operating with multiple attachments. Motor graders are also used for soil foundation before building construction. In brief, motor graders are increasingly being used in mining and construction applications to create a smooth surface during the process of construction.

Operational Benefits of Motor Graders… 

Motor graders are increasingly being used in building construction, road construction, and mining sites for mixing materials due to its various operational benefits. These equipment are useful to perform various tasks such as making fine grades, smooth surfaces, setting native soil foundation pads, shifting small amounts of dirt, and leveling soil or ground. These operational benefits are expected to boost the sales of motor graders in the coming years.

Rising Manufacturing Cost Hinders the Growth of the Market

Raw materials of motor graders include bronze, iron ore, stainless steel, and other metal alloys. The fluctuating prices of these raw materials cause reluctance among manufacturers regarding the production of motor graders, thereby hindering the growth of the motor graders market. In addition, high initial investment and purchasing cost of motor graders is expected to hamper its adoption rate among small scale end-users and as a result this is expected to restrict the growth of the market in the upcoming years.

Telematics make motor grader management more intuitive…

The technologically advanced motor graders with telematics offer a host of benefits to the operators as well as equipment owners. These include improved maintenance and easy monitoring of machine use rates, performance and how an operator uses that machine (reduced idling/increased productivity).

Let’s take a detailed look at how telematics have helped significantly in improving and enhancing motor grader performance

1. Telematics generally help in identifying the problems with the equipment before they happen.
2. By helping in capturing real-time data, thereby, leading to saving of time and resources, telematics make it easier to maintain motor graders. Data such as engine hours, fluid levels and operating temperatures are immediately available to the operator or fleet managers through telematics.
3. The best part about telematics is that the users can easily schedule automatic maintenance alerts to keep the machine in good condition at all times. Even operators can directly send automatic alerts to the maintenance team through telematics if they observe that the machine is not operating as per the standards.
4. Since telematics help in detailing even minute information about the equipment, fleet managers can easily determine the optimal time to perform maintenance activities.
5. Even monitoring of idle times of the equipment that represents inefficient use of the grader as well as wasted fuel and higher depreciation associated with excessive engine use becomes easy with telematics. By reviewing the reports generated through telematics, equipment owners can easily diagnose systematic problems that are casting their spell on the productivity of the business. For example, excessive idling can point operator inactivity. If this is observed, then that time can be utilised for operator training and machine repair.

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