Foster Innovation in the Industrial Machinery and

Components Industry

CAT Global Mining 3-D How 3-D models are helping CAT Global Mining set a new standard for

Technical & Marketing Information

Peter Coffey, Training and Development Technician

Conveyor Solutions

Mining Products Division

May 2013

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Complete Mining Products Portfolio

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CAT Conveyor Solutions

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Why Are Graphics Important – Faster & Better Understanding!

Learning from animations and

graphics:

10% better retention

30% better understanding

10% increase in engagement

50% reduction in learning time

Harvard University – 2009

Several studies combined have

shown:

A median percentage gain of 89% learning

effectiveness with images

Animation being better than static images

for communicating clearly

(Mayer, 1989b, Mayer/Gallini,1990; Mayer/Bove, 1996.).

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CAT Underground Use cases What are we doing?

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Service and Operating Manuals

• Areas of improvement

– Replace manufacturing drawings

– Better visual representations

– Include “lifelike” illustrations

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Service and Operating Manuals – Current

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Training

• Areas for improvement

– Graphics for training materials

– Decrease need for photos

– Increase realism of drawings

• Identified Solutions

– Visual Enterprise Author

– Corel Photo/Draw suite

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Marketing

• Areas for improvement

• Graphics for Marketing materials

• Decrease need for photos

• Increase realism of drawings

• Identified Solutions

• Visual Enterprise Author

• Adobe Photoshop

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Marketing - Present

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Manufacturing

• Identified areas of improvement

– Workforce experience decreasing

• “Average worker in mining industry has less than 5yrs

experience with equipment.” Arch Coal Study 2010

• Increasingly a Game player workforce

• Technology demands from customers

– Need for repeatable deliverables from OEM’S for changing

workforce.

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Manufacturing

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A Proposed Future for Virtual Enterprise Generator

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Thank you.

Please adjourn to the breakout room for Q&A