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through a couple of ownership changes before full transfer of ownership to Bill Blount in 1980. Blount started out as a sales representative at the company in 1972 but eventually went on to become PMC’s third owner. In 2002, the company provided opportunities for ownership to key employees. Currently, the company has 15 active employees that have a personal stake in growing the business and taking care of their customers. Blount credits the company’s ownership structure in providing a competitive edge in the marketplace “It has allowed us to recruit talented and hardworking people that are incentivized to make business decisions that allow us to maintain strong and health relationships with our clients,” he said.

When the company first started, it only had one location, in Denver, Colo. Over the next few decades, PMC would go on to add five more Colorado locations in Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, Milliken and Durango and another location in Cheyenne, Wyo.

When the company started, it was a Massey Ferguson dealer catering mostly to the agriculture sector. As the Colorado economy diversified, so did Power Motive and evolved into a utility, construction and mining distributor. The company’s relationship with Komatsu began in 1975 and it has strategically added complimentary lines ever since.

Mac Blount joined the company in 2001 and served in a variety of roles, spanning all aspects of the business including product support, rental, sales, sales management and eventually vice president. He assumed the president role in 2016.

PMC retained the services of all the employees in the Komatsu Southwest transaction and currently has over 280 employees while rapidly expanding its personnel each week.

Bright Future

“We are extremely excited about our future,” he said. “We have a talented and committed team at PMC and are driven to accomplish great things. We have strong relationships with our vendor relationships and looking forward to growing their market presence in the additional territory.”

When asked about his thoughts on market share, Blount said, “it’s a measurement of what I view to be a company-wide reflection of the collective work that we do, our goal is more focused on doing the right type of activities that lead to long term sustainable market share growth, and that begins with enhancing and expanding our product support capabilities in the new territory.”

To demonstrate the company’s commitment to support, Blount shared a list of activities consisting of technician hiring, real estate projects and other investments the company is pursuing.

“Our vision framework provides us with an excellent roadmap which will lead us to significant growth, employee fulfillment and customer satisfaction,” he said, with a softspoken, yet confident tone. “Acquiring Komatsu Southwest was an excellent opportunity that the company pursued primarily because it was perfectly aligned with our company vision framework and positions us much better to achieve our envisioned future.”

Considering his track record of success, there’s no reason to think PMC, Blount and his talented, focused team won’t reach their ambitious goals and, perhaps, even a few more.  CEG (All photos courtesy of Power Motive Corp.)

Owner Mac Blount (L) and General Sales Manager Gary Klipp.

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For more information on paving, compaction and milling equipment, as well as comparison charts, visit CEG's Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Hamm Unveils Compactors in HC Series for Earthworks

Hamm is presenting new compactors in the HC series for earthworks. Due to a platform strategy, the compaction specialist fulfills the specific requirements regarding national legislation across the world.

The models for Europe, North America and the other EPA Tier III and EU Stage V/EPA Tier IV markets offer high compaction power, a sustainable machine design, as well as exemplary ergonomics and comfort. What’s more, these compactors are already “digital-ready” due to a variety of interfaces, and are therefore fit for the digital construction site of the future.

New Front Vehicle, Greater Steering Angle

A new design for the front vehicle and scraper provides significantly increased clearance at the drum. This prevents material accumulations, meaning that cleaning work is correspondingly seldom required.

For the steering, a new cast articulated joint with articulated joint lock allows for a greater steering and swing angle with improved kinematics. In addition, due to the optimized weight distribution in combination with the Traction

Control, the gradeability is increased.

Hamm also is making improvements to the compaction force: The centrifugal force is increased by up to 15 percent in comparison with previous models, and the static linear load is as high as 451.6 lbs/in.

Great Visibility During Day, Night

One Platform For

All Markets

The newly developed HC series from Hamm is replacing the compactors from the 3000 series and H series. The manufacturer has developed a uniform platform, offering models with an operating weight from 24,251 to 55,116 lbs. globally. The drum width on all models is 84.3 in.

The power of the diesel engine is 85 to 160 kW, depending on the weight. A new frame concept creates more tank volume. The compactors can therefore hold up to 88.8 gal. of fuel.

Hamm is opening up an unusually wide spectrum of applications due to options such as the dozer blade in various sales variants and a vibration plate. Hamm has the C models in all weight classes in its range for uses in difficult, steep terrain. Their gradeability is significantly increased due to an improved drum gear, improved hydrostatic drive, automatic Traction Control and a no-spin axle.

Great Power, Economical in Continuous Operation

Due to new approaches in machine management, the HC series achieves increased overall performance, while also making savings.

The HAMMTRONIC and integrated ECO mode ensure that the rollers work as often as possible in the economical partial-load range. The speed is reduced for this — but, due to a large travel pump and electronic hill-start assist, this is achieved without compromising the power.

Overall, this concept saves fuel and reduces the noise and exhaust gas emissions. With the optional automatic engine stop, the energy consumption can be reduced even further, the manufacturer said.

Comfortable Workstation

Hamm has increased the high level of operator comfort in the cab yet further with numerous storage compartments, over 20 percent more tread and around 30 percent more volume, less vibration load and a reduced noise level.

A new heating and air-conditioning system, the Easy Drive operating concept, the comfortable steering as well as a modern ventilation design round off the comfort offered by well-conceived construction machinery. Furthermore, Hamm offers new special equipment for seat rotation increased by 70 degrees.

There also is the option to incorporate an auxiliary heater.

On the compactors with open platform, drivers benefit from modified guiding of cooling air for the engine: Fresh air is taken in from above behind the operator’s platform and the hot exhaust air is discharged via the machine’s rear end, meaning the heated air does not hinder the driver. Due to this design, Hamm has improved visibility even further. Here, the design of the engine hood with a view channel in particular allows for a clear view to the rear. When it’s dark, the optionally installable 10-way lighting with economical LED lights ensures sufficient light in all work situations. The exterior rear-view mirrors are installed to be low-vibration and can be adjusted from the operator’s platform. An additional mirror with proximity detection improves the view of the immediate environment. After switching off the machine, the Coming Home function provides additional safety as the light remains switched on for a brief period before the spotlights are deactivated automatically.

Equipped for Digital Construction Site

The HC series is well-prepared for the quality and communication requirements of the future. The “Smart Doc” app, which was Large slope angles and powerful drives guarantee that the compactors in the HC developed by Hamm, graphically displays all series achieve excellent compaction on uneven and steep terrain — even on inclines of the key compaction parameters as well as over 60 percent. the compaction progress, and logs the measured rigidity as well as the position data. Due to this app, even inexperienced drivers can immediately see which areas have been sufficiently compacted and which areas still require compaction. Hamm also already offers the option of integrating systems for avoiding collisions with a PDS (proximity detection system) interface. Furthermore, the process data can be communicated to third-party systems via a standardized interface.

Maintenance With JDLink Telematics System

Hamm offers the JDLink telematics system for maintenance and servicing, but also for applications planning. It visualizes the performance data of the rollers in a compact overview in real time. In addition to live data such as fuel consumption, fill levels or engine load, position data, error messages and service intervals also can be called up at any time and from any location. For more information, visit www.wirtgen-group.com. 

In view of growing demands for environmentally compatible processes, the need for responsible handling of valuable resources is also increasing in the areas of soil stabilization and cold recycling.

Cost-effective realization of these processes is only possible when they are efficiently executed. With the launch of the AutoTrac system for the WR series, Wirtgen now offers a technology that focuses precisely on this.

Pioneering Technology for Soil Stabilization, Cold Recycling

Soil stabilizers are used, for example, for resource-efficient preparation of road beds in the course of infrastructure projects. A sub-base with insufficient load bearing capacity is transformed into resilient ground that can withstand heavier loads.

This process takes the existing soil material and simply adds and mixes in binding agents such as cement and/or lime.

In the case of cold recycling with WR series machines, damaged asphalt layers are milled and resized in a single operation, re-bound by the addition of binding agents and water and then repaved. New base layers produced in-place by this process are characterized by their extremely high load bearing capacity.

Automatic Steering System for Optimal Overlaps

By enabling precise, automatic steering, the AutoTrac system helps Wirtgen wheeled recyclers to achieve greater process efficiency and, as a result of this, a high degree of environmental compatibility. It steers the machine accurately within tolerances of a few centimeters on the basis of a previously calculated reference strip and a specified overlap of adjacent strips, which enables consistent utilization of the machine’s ideal working width.

AutoTrac relies, among other things, on various global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for precise determination of the machine’s position and direction of travel. The system is operated from an additional control panel that also enables the operator to view information about the position of the machine and previously completed strips.

Leverage Savings Potentials,

Increase Process Quality

If one considers the sum of the large, avoidable overlaps with neighboring strips that can occur in manual operations, and the corresponding wastage of resources, the potential savings the system can bring soon become clear, according to the company.

Adhering to the pre-set overlaps reduces the consumption of binding agents, consumables, and fuel, makes the carbon footprint smaller and shortens the project completion time. The consequence of this is increased process efficiency and, at the same time, cost-effectiveness and environmental compatibility.

Manual steering of the machine always requires considerable effort when it comes to avoiding unprocessed gaps in the ground being worked. Here too, the automatic steering system assists the operator and reduces the workload.

Maintaining the desired overlap avoids unwanted gaps in the final results. The operator or driver can concentrate entirely on the mixing process and keeping an eye on what’s going on around the machine.

For more information, visit www.wirtgen-group.com. 

The AutoTrac automatic steering system makes Wirtgen cold recyclers and soil stabilizers even more efficient.

Wirtgen Introduces Comfort Cabin for Compact Machines

At the beginning of 2022, Wirtgen celebrated the market launch of its completely redesigned generation of compact milling machines. And now, the company presents another innovation. Alongside efficiency and environmental compatibility, the focus is now set on ergonomics again. For the first time, compact class machines can be fitted with a comfort cabin.

The operator’s cabin for the W 100 Fi – W 130 Fi models sets new standards when it comes to ergonomics. It offers the operator a comfortable, low-fatigue workplace and provides effective protection against noise emissions. At the same time, the cabin protects the operator when working in all weather conditions —no matter whether it’s windy, raining, cold or sunny and hot.

The cabin air is cleaned by a filter system and the temperature is controlled by an automatic air conditioning and heating system. The cabin also is constructed as a positivepressure system to prevent the ingress of dirt, dust, and hazardous materials into the operator’s workplace. Regardless of the weather conditions, the operator’s workplace always stays dry and clean, also when transporting the machine.

Low-Fatigue Working

Environment Promotes Better Concentration

The increased comfort and lower impact of environmental influences inside the cabin effectively reduce stress and fatigue. The cabin offers the operator an attractive working environment with modern control elements and assistance systems that are unique in this class. This assures that important factors that contribute to safety and productivity, such as concentration and physical or mental capabilities, are not impaired in any way.

The consequences of this are motivated operators, job satisfaction and maximum occupational health and safety. All in all, the best prerequisites for making every day a productive working day, Wirtgen said.

Problem-Free Communication

The comfort cabin for compact milling machines also shows another of its unique strengths when it comes to communication.

The ambient noise level is so low that the operator can make hands-free phone calls from the cabin. For communication on the construction site, the operator can either use a radio headset or open the easily accessible side window to talk with the crew on the ground.

Enclosed Cabin Prevents Vandalism

When closed and locked, the operator’s cabin and all control elements are securely protected against vandalism. There is no longer any need to remove and stow protection covers or open up fold-away control panels at the start of work or vice versa at the end of the working day.

For more information, visit www.wirtgengroup.com. 

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Vögele Introduces Newest Lineup of SUPER Pavers

The Vögele ErgoPlus 5 operating concept provides even greater safety and convenience for users.

Road construction companies are equipped for the future with Vögele’s latestgeneration SUPER 1900-5(i) and SUPER 2100-5(i) road pavers and AB 500 and AB 600 extending screeds.

Highway Class pavers are perfectly at home whether on highways or handling other demanding large-scale projects. The SUPER 1900-5(i) manages pave widths between 8.2 and 37.8 ft; the SUPER 21005(i) up to 46 ft.

Both Dash 5 pavers are convincing products featuring a flexible, modular system which takes particular account of economy and sustainability as well as of ease of use and process automation.

More Convenience, Safety for Users

Vögele has made user requirements a key focus of development, resulting in further optimization of the ErgoPlus operating concept which, with its touchscreen and smartphone shelf, delivers even greater convenience for digital road construction.

The new Paver Access Control (PAC) function enables Dash 5-generation pavers to be equipped for work on the job site more quickly, more conveniently and more safely. The control unit positioned on the screed allows all the initial steps — such as switching on lights, starting the diesel engine, booting up the machine control system, putting up the hardtop and locking it in position, as well as lowering the screed — to be performed safely and conveniently from ground level.

This promotes safety and saves time, as the paver operator cannot forget to lock the hardtop in position and can start heating the screed as soon as he has arrived on the paver operator's platform.

The combination of PAC and Light Package Plus provides additional convenience and safety. The integrated lighting provides even illumination of the whole working area. As the lighting is permanently integrated in the hardtop design, it is not necessary to transport separate lights to the job site and fit them there.

Into Future With Automation

The automation of processes has been intensified in the SUPER 1900-5(i) and SUPER 2100-5(i) road pavers using assistance and control systems.

Process automation not only prevents paving errors, it considerably increases efficiency as well as paving quality. Examples of this are AutoSet Plus, already tried and tested in the market, as well as two new Niveltronic Plus functions, Assist and Edge Control.

The AutoSet Plus feature of the Dash 5 generation simplifies handling even further and new functions have been added.

Niveltronic Plus Assist helps the paver operator pave the road accurately in predefined cross-sectional profiles. Paving parameters can be entered on the display and the progress of construction monitored accordingly.

Edge Control now also makes it possible to control screed width, as well as to steer along a tensioned wire. The physical reference is detected with the aid of a sonic sensor for this purpose. Measurement of screed width in the hydraulic cylinders delivers a precise position signal for what in future will be fully automatic screed width control on

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