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service technicians to remotely
troubleshoot equipment issues
from anywhere in the world, with
the target of helping contractors
maximise paving time.
Available on all G&Z slipform
paving equipment, EGON’s
display gives an overview of key
systems, including the status of
all machine inputs and outputs, faults, fuel levels and electronic
monitoring of hydraulic pump pressure and filter conditions.
A web-based remote user interface allows programme updates
and remote troubleshooting, as well as location monitoring, data
logging and maintenance reminders, among other functions.
In addition, a Stringless Preparation Kit can be included as an
option on all G&Z pavers and support equipment. NoLine is
comprised of an EGON software upgrade and a hardware kit,
including telescopic masts for the total station prisms and battery
backup to allow stringless paving.
Pumping
Putzmeister has also been focussing on computer-controlled
interaction between man and machine for its truck-mounted
concrete pumps. It has developed a new radio remote control for
its 38-5 truck-mounted concrete pumps, the Ergonic 2.0.
Designed to conserve energy and reduce emissions, the device
monitors the interaction between outriggers, boom movements
and pump functions. The control unit is larger yet lighter than
its predecessor, with a high-resolution colour screen, and boasts
new safety features such as guaranteeing the boom can only be
moved in a permitted working envelope.
Specific machine settings are transferred via a chip card and the
radio remote control can be used for other Putzmeister truck-
mounted concrete pumps simply by exchanging the chip.
Reed, meanwhile, has concentrated on increasing the range of
pumps available in the smaller size category. It has introduced a
new compact concrete pump – the Mine30, designed for sites
with very limited space. It measures 2.44 m x 1.18 m and is
Putzmeister has developed
a new remote machine
control device, the
Ergonic 2.0, for its
38-5 truck-mounted
concrete pumps.
Reed has introduced
a new compact
concrete pump –
the Mine30,
designed for
sites with
limited space.
Peri’s Up Rosett
Flex modular
scaffolding
system was
used to support
construction
of the 1600
MW coal-fired
Eemshaven
power plant
in the Dutch
province of
Groningen.
international
construction
december 2013
Bamtec’s claims its prefabricated rebar reinforcement
elements saved around 40% in laying time on an office
development project in Germany.
