At the heart of every construction project around the world is a handful of vehicles doing all the heavy lifting. Whether it’s a digger, tractor, or crane, this machinery must be safe, efficient, and fit for purpose—and purpose can depend quite a lot on the project at hand.

It’s often possible to change tools mounted to the end of their hydraulic arms, making industrial equipment fairly adaptable. But in certain cases, where necessitated by obstacles, ground clearance, or environmental hazards, more extensive modifications are required.

That’s where Artec’s 4C Creative CAD CAM Consultants come in. During the last six to seven years, it has offered its services to an excavator in the Netherlands. 4C’s latest modification project saw it called out to digitize a 10-meter vehicle featuring a cabin with complex internals, an air filtration system, and a boom mounted to a rotating platform with Caterpillar tracks.

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