
The Innovation Park indoor zone on the HD Hyundai stand at this year’s Bauma Construction Equipment fair in Munich, will demonstrate a range of technological advances. This will include a remote-controlled wheel loader, 2D/3D digging simulators, a Head-Up Display (HUD) simulator and an excavator counterweight design that promises multiple safety features.
- Control an HL955A wheel loader at the Tessenderlo HQ site from Bauma
- Try our 2D and 3D machine guidance and control integration
- Monitor critical machine operating data without taking your eyes off the task
- Radar, E-Stop and DOT Matrix safety systems for excavators
- Six-camera Smart Around View Monitoring (SAVM) system
Remote Operation
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe’s stand, at the Bauma fair in Munich in April, will include an Innovation Park, that will demonstrate how technology can play an increasing role in machinery control and operative safety over the coming years. Central to the Innovation Park display, visitors to the stand will see an HL955A wheel loader being operated remotely. While the control system will be at the fair ground in Munich, the full-size shovel will be operating, without guidance or external assistance, at Hyundai’s European head office site in Tessenderlo, Belgium.
The remote-control system incorporates advanced features to provide a heightened sense of the job site, despite being some 700km apart. Information such as the front distance, bucket angle and bucket height, will be displayed on the control screen, allowing operators to access working data at the controls. The system also plays surrounding sounds through its speakers, making the operator aware of the site conditions.
There is an emergency stop button on the remote-control unit in case of emergencies. The system also incorporates a tipping prevention feature, using a tilt angle sensor on the loader to prevent tipping when the loader arms are being raised. The loader will also be equipped with AAVM+, the latest version of HD Hyundai’s Advanced Around View Monitoring system, that uses a radar to detect obstacles in the loader’s predicted path when reversing.
The HL955A will be equipped with the company’s new Clearview X bucket, that uses AI-based video technology to provide the operator with a view ‘through’ the bucket to the loading or unloading area.
Control Simulation
Visitors to the stand will be able to experience both 2D and 3D machine guidance and control, through an excavator simulator within the Innovation Park. The system is available to work with all A-Series excavators.
Also on show will be a wheel loader cab of the future, with an Advanced Head-up Display (HUD). Critical machine data, such as speed, temperatures and pressures are often located on screens below the windscreen or to one side of the cab, out of the operator’s main line of sight. With a HUD, essential operating information can be projected onto the front windscreen, allowing the operator to access that data while concentrating on the task. The Advanced HUD uses Samsung NEO QLED technology to provide clear visibility inside the cab, regardless of changing light conditions or operator viewing angle.
Counterweight Design
Hyundai’s next generation excavator counterweight will feature three safety features that visitors to the stand can see in action. This includes a Radar Object Detection Warning System, an E-Stop emergency stop function and the Safety-Sight worker recognition warning.
The Radar Object Detection Warning System incorporates three wide-angle radars, mounted on the left, right and rear of the excavator. These are capable of detecting people and objects around the machine. Radars are more robust than cameras, particularly in low light and poor visibility, providing warning and danger zones around the rear of the excavator.
Warnings are displayed on the SAVM screen, with pedestrian symbols and coloured borders for each radar. Operators can turn each radar off independently if required, when purposefully working close to an obstruction, and detection ranges can be adjusted to suit the site conditions.
The E-Stop (Emergency Stop) function is based on the Radar Object Detection Warning System. It is an active safety system that controls deceleration and stopping, depending on the distance of detected objects when the excavator is slewing or travelling. When an object is detected in the warning zone, the system slows the machine and initiates a stop if required, notifying the operator in advance. This feature will be integrated into SAVM and radar object detection technologies to prevent incidents occurring on site.
Safety-Sight is a warning system for operatives outside the machine. It provides visual and audible warnings if an object or a worker comes dangerously close to the machine, allowing site workers to react and to move away from the area of potential danger.
Also on display within the Innovation Park will be the Smart Around View Monitoring (SAVM) system, that now incorporates the feed from six cameras to provide a true 360° view around the machine. Along with the four cameras from Hyundais AAVM system, an additional two cameras are mounted on the rear corners of the machine. The system uses AI-based object detection technology to detect pedestrians and to issue warnings.
Visitors to the HD Hyundai Innovation Park will be given a clear demonstration of the company’s use of numerous new technologies to prevent potential impacts on site and to protect construction workers.
To find out more about Hyundai Construction Equipment, visit www.hyundai-ce.eu
About Hyundai
HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe is a widely recognized leader in the European construction equipment market. Through highly advanced factory automation, a zero-tolerance quality control inspection system and innovative engineering we offer a wide range of construction equipment to satisfy the demands of our customers. We manufacture heavy equipment for our Construction Equipment business unit including hydraulic excavators and wheel loaders. Through our Material Handling business unit, we offer a wide range of forklifts (including LPG, electric and diesel-powered lift trucks) & warehouse equipment to satisfy customers’ ever-growing demands. HD Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe markets its products through a qualified network of over 140 dealers in more than 30 countries. For additional information, please visit www.hyundai-ce.eu
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