Quick couplers, those handy hydraulic devices that conveniently connect buckets to an excavator arm, are becoming standard equipment on many manufacturers’ excavators and are a popular aftermarket add ...

In June, a construction worker in Ohio was working in a trench when the bucket on a nearby excavator came loose and pinned him against a water line that was being installed. The 34-year-old father of ...

Excavator quick couplers come in many variations with different locking mechanism designs and features. They range from the most basic mechanical designs to sophisticated multi pin-grabber models that ...

Dromone says its cast-steel, hydraulic quick coupler weighs about 30 percent less than excavator quick couplers with fabricated steel bodies. A range of sizes to fit everything from backhoes to large ...

A well-designed quick coupler allows you to remain blissfully unaware of its user-friendly and effective operation. Regardless of where couplers are used and how helpful they can be, they must also be ...

Quick-coupling devices save labor and have made excavators more versatile. (Photo courtesy of Komatsu America Corp.) The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is considering updating an ...

Vindeln, Sweden-based Rototilt Group AB and Rosersberg, Sweden-based Steelwrist AB say they are working together to form for an alliance for “symmetrical fully automatic quick couplers for excavators.