- Grade with Assist adds semi-autonomous single-lever digging to boost operator efficiency up to 45%.
- Single-lever digging automates boom and bucket movements for more accurate cuts, using both standard and tilting attachments.
- Automation reduces manual inputs, errors and fatigue – improving grading consistency for operators at all experience levels.
- Assist features work with the entire Cat Grade product line: Grade with 2D, Grade with Advanced 2D, and Grade with 3D.
- Grade with Assist automates boom and stick movements for more accurate cuts with less effort - increasing operator efficiency.
- Types of automated assistance available:
- Grade Assist – Takes over boom and bucket functions to maintain desired depth and slope. The operator sets the target grade and controls stick speed with one hand.
- Bucket Assist – Maintains bucket angle and keeps the cut accurate in sloping, leveling, fine grading and trenching applications.
- Boom Assist – Automatically raises the boom to keep the excavator from lifting off the ground when digging, lifting or rotating under load.
- Swing Assist – Automatically stops excavator swing at defined points when truck loading and trenching, reducing fuel usage and improving cycle times.
- Tilt Assist – Takes over bucket angle movements to automatically maintain the desired slope.
- Cat Grade with 2D is an indicate-only system that provides elevation and slope guidance to the operator.
- Informs the operator of the distance above, below or on-grade between the bucket cutting edge and the benchmark point.
- Increases operator efficiency and productivity when digging and grading basements, footings, foundations, utility trenches, slopes, drainage ditches, and other applications.
- The standard Grade with 2D works as a system while on-board processors and fast response sensors deliver precise real time bucket tip elevation guidance.
- Upgrading to Grade with Advanced 2D adds cross-slope and mainfall guidance to help operators maintain accuracy and precision across larger job sites and more complex applications.
- Grade with Advanced 2D also upgrades the standard 2D system with in-field design capability.
- An additional high-resolution touchscreen monitor enables operators to easily view, input, and edit grade plans from the operator’s seat.
- Grade with 3D allows operators to grade complex designs on multiple machines across a jobsite using real-time satellite positioning guidance.
- GNSS receivers on the excavator and Real Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning provide the accuracy needed to grade three dimensional designs.
- An additional high-resolution touchscreen monitor enables operators to easily view, input, and edit grade plans from the operator’s seat.
- Grade with 3D is compatible with radios and base stations from Trimble, Topcon, and Leica.
- Cat Grade technologies are deeply integrated into new Cat equipment to provide smooth, precise operation.
- Cat Grade is a modular system that can be optimized and upgraded to meet the needs of a wide range of applications and site requirements.*
* Cat Grade availability may vary by region and model. Consult your Cat dealer for details.
