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CATERPILLAR LAUNCHES SAFETY WEBSITE Customer Safety Services of the Caterpillar Technology & Solutions Division has launched Safety.Cat.com, a website

CATERPILLAR LAUNCHES SAFETY WEBSITE

Customer Safety Services of the Caterpillar Technology & Solutions Division has launched Safety.Cat.com, a website dedicated to the promotion of safety and health for everyone in, on, or around Caterpillar equipment.Safety.Cat.com visitors will find information that reinforces safety messages found in the company’s official Operation and Maintenance Manuals (OMM). Additionally, the site covers the world of safety in motion; and now, the manufacturer notes, Caterpillar videos on walk-around inspections and operating tips are available on demand from a single online source. Other site offerings include OMM excerpts, multimedia pieces, and toolbox talks on a variety of safety topics.

ABRASIVE BLADE

Offering an ideal balance of price and quality, the manufacturer contends, the Diamond Abrasive Blade series is designed to provide faster, smoother and more consistent cuts. The series replaces the company’s current diamond blade line, offering 14 blades that suit multiple masonry and tile-cutting applications. Suitable for use with either an angle grinder or a wet saw, 4- to 10-in.-diameter tile blades reportedly last up to 85 times longer than standard abrasive blades.

General purpose blades come with either segmented, turbo or continuous rim edge configurations in diameters ranging from four to 14 inches. Other manufacturer-cited features include:

  • Laser-welded industrial diamond and metal matrix segments for extended overall service life and performance
  • Blade design resistant to heat buildup and warping
  • Consistent cutting depth.
  • Continuous rim blades for wet or dry tile cutting
  • Turbo rim blades for fast, clean cuts in masonry product
  • Segmented rim blades for fast, rough cuts Vermont American
    www.vermontamerican.com

ICF CORNER BRACKET

The company’s new corner form with patent-pending corner bracket features a full-height, double-H bridging design said by product developers to add strength and furring to insulating concrete form system corners. Block performance will be enhanced, they add, as the system provides strength during concrete pours and maximum corner attachment flexibility.

Additionally, the double-H construction allows block to be cut in half horizontally while maintaining strong corner reinforcement in each section. Thus, contractors can reduce waste by using both block halves. Produced initially at plants in Rockford, Minn., and Nixa, Mo., the corner forms with double-H corner bracket will be available from all Reward plants by fall 2007. Reward Wall Systems
www.rewardwalls.com