CASE Construction Equipment has updated its 580SV backhoe loader with a host of improvements designed to cut operating costs and increase productivity.
A new transmission option incorporates Automatic Direct Drive, which engages in third and fourth gears, locking the power of the engine to the transmission. This reduces losses in the transmission, increasing gradeability and acceleration. CASE revealed that the machine also benefits from lower noise levels at higher travel speeds as the engine and transmission work together.
The 580SV features a brake enable idle system, which allows operators to use the machine in a cruise control manner, using the hand throttle to maintain engine and machine travel speeds. When it is necessary to slow the machine, pressing the foot brakes automatically switches the throttle to an idle position.
Upgraded hydraulics offer increased operating pressures and flows, which CASE claimed results in a 20% faster cycle time in dig and load operations. There is a provision for a hydraulic quick coupler on the tool carrier arms and on the machine’s in-line cylinder backhoe.
Power Lift increases the hydraulic relief pressure on the backhoe circuit, while simultaneously reducing engine rpm to 1,500, to deliver 15% higher lift capacities with increased precision, the manufacturer added. Power Boost gives a four second increase to hydraulic pressure with no limitation to engine rpm, providing 15% more breakout force, to break through frozen ground, or to tackle a tree stump or stubborn section of broken asphalt.
In the cab, along with a heated and air-suspended seat, CASE revealed there is plenty of storage capacity and an increase in floor space. By using a switch on the right-hand panel, operators can instantly disable the Return-to-dig function for pallet fork applications, where Return-to-dig could cause objects to fall if the lever is inadvertently moved.
There is a Comfort Steering option for low-speed manoeuvring on site. Standard steering requires 3.5 full turns of the wheel to go from steering lock to lock. With Comfort Steer that is reduced to just 1.7 turns.
CASE has also made life easier for the technician, with improved access to the cooling pack. A single latch opens and closes the front of the machine, automatically holding open the grille, the charge air cooler, and the oil cooler, providing improved access to the radiator.
