Save up to S$20k with Cat® 320 GX!
06 Sep 2022
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What is Cat® 320 GX?
Do you feel that there is low productivity rate and high fuel costs? Well, fret not!
With Caterpillar’s new economy model launched in 2021, the Cat® 320 GX hydraulic excavator is designed to give you a fast return on your equipment investment.
Designed with synchronized engine, improved electrohydraulic systems and various power modes to help you reduce your fuel costs. One of the power mode, Smart Mode, automatically adjusts your engine speed according to the requirements – if your excavator is on idle mode, the engine speed will slow down. In a long run, you can enjoy reduced fuel costs with high productivity rate.
The Cat 320 GX is powered by a Cat 4.4 Tier 3 Engine, equipped with a 5.7m boom, 2.7m stick, and a 0.9m3 bucket.
Case Study Background
We conducted a study in early 2022 comparing Cat 320 GX to another excavator model, Y, over 30 days. Both machines operated for 6 days in a week, and ran an average of 10.7 hours per day. The excavators performed general earthmoving works such trenching, backfilling, compaction, and General Grading at job site in Singapore.
Cat 320 GX worked a total of 261 hours with an idle time of 62 hours. The operating data of Cat 320 GX was recorded via Cat Link. Cat Link is a telematics system by Cat that automatically collects data of engine operations and fuel consumption easily. While we were not able to collect data of Excavator Y, based on the feedback from operators, we understood that Excavator Y has a similar operating profile like the Cat 320GX.
Findings
Based on the data, we noted that Cat 320 GX saved an average of 2.7L of fuel per hour and consume 27L less fuel each day compared to Excavator Y.
Fuel Consumption
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Cat 320 GX |
Excavator Y |
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Total no. of Operating Hours per Day |
261 |
253 |
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Average Fuel Consumption (L/hr) |
12.0 |
14.7 |
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Average Fuel Consumption over 30 days |
3,600L |
4,410L |
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Total fuel saved in 30 days with Cat 320GX |
810L |
Additional savings with the Fuel Guarantee Programme
The next generation of Cat excavators (Cat 320 GX included) are designed to be more fuel efficient hence reducing your operating cost. To increase your confidence, Cat offers equipment owners the Fuel Guarantee Programme if your equipment clocks more than the threshold, Cat will pay the difference. Find out more here.
With our earlier assumption and Cat 320 GX having a fuel guarantee at 11L/hr for 2 years, your Parts Credit Value will amount to [(12-11)x 5000]x S$1.00 = $5,000.
This is good news for you!
Saving S$20K of fuel over 2 years!
It’s possible?
Yes this is possible. We assume that the excavator will operate about 5000 hours over 2 years. With an assumed diesel price of about S$1.50/L, we can expect to save up around S$20k worth of fuel!
Fuel Cost & Saving
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Cat 320 GX |
Excavator Y |
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Average fuel consumption per hour (L/hr) |
12.0 |
14.7 |
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Total fuel burnt in 5,000 hours over 2 years |
60,000L |
73,750L |
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Fuel cost at S$1.50 per Litre |
S$90,000 |
S$110,625 |
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Fuel saving over 2 years of operation |
S$110,625 - S$90,000= |
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*Parts credit claim from Fuel Guarantee Programme |
S$5,000 |
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Total cost saving |
S$20,625 + S$5,000 (parts credit) = |
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Based on our study, we can see that there is a significant amount of over S$20,000 fuel saved over 2 years. With the Fuel Guarantee Programme, it gives you an additional claim of S$5,000 for the 2 years, adding up to a total to S$25,625.
The Cat 320 GX is designed with synchronized engine, improved electrohydraulic systems and various power modes. All these new technologies and features, the Cat 320 GX will potentially help our customer save up to 810L of fuel and up to S$20K worth of fuel over 2 years of operations.
Learn more about Cat 320 GX other benefits here!
