Komatsu

The OEM-agnostic fleet management system to follow-up your entire fleet.Are you looking for a tool that can further improve the productivity and fuel efficiency of your quarry and heavy construction equipment? That will allow you to monitor and improve workplace safety in real time while reducing overall emissions on site? Komatsu Europe is pleased to announce our upcoming Smart Quarry Site all-in-one fleet management solution that gives you all this – and more!

Smart Quarry Site is scheduled to be released by Komatsu at the end of 2023, following its sneak preview at bauma 2022. This brand agnostic solution focuses on six key areas: safety, site management, production, machine health, maintenance, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for quarry operations and large civil construction projects.

Smart Quarry Site provides real time data of all machines in your fleet, of their payloads and production rates. It helps you to increase safety and production and reduces operating costs by identifying issues and bottlenecks. You will be able to quickly make decisions to optimize your fleet´s efficiency.

»Smart Quarry Site gives our quarry and large construction customers an ongoing real-time overview of every machine´s movement and condition and allows to visualize opportunities and achieve targets for each», says Daniel Heussen, General Manager Business Transformation at Komatsu Europe. He adds: »Important KPI´s for the whole fleet, such as payload, fuel use and machine work time, are reported to let site managers make educated decisions without having to spend hours analysing raw data.»

With a unique ID, each operator can login to the system and receive instant information. The in-cab screen gives real time feedback on current payload, material type and destination.

Data can be exchanged between machines via a mesh network of peer-to-peer connections. When a machine is in an area with no connectivity, data shared on this network will automatically upload once one of the mobile machines comes back within range.

Thanks to this mesh network, the loader and truck will connect, allowing the loader´s operator to optimise the trucks´ payload with every cycle.

The easy-to-use dashboards and real-time view facilitate quick access to fleet and production information for all back-office personnel. At a glance, they provide necessary details and insights on several aspects of your jobsite, such as safety, production, idling, CO2 and fuel and machine status.

Would you like to receive a quick overview on topics such the pre-start checks or production? Configure the report and timing of choice and it will be sent to your mailbox at the scheduled time.

Make the Smart decision!

Main features
√ Fleet management solution for quarries and large construction sites – follow your whole fleet in one system.
√ OEM-agnostic.
√ Real time data collection from the machine can bus.
√ Ruggedised tablet in every machine, showing actual payload, overall production, type of material and safety messages.
√ Pre-start checks.
√ Operator ID.
√ Real-time view of every machine movement and machine condition working status.
√ Dashboards (Utilization / Emissions and fuel / Fleet focus / Production / Operator dashboard.)
√ Automated and configurable reports (For example: production, pre-start completion ratio and fleet utilisation)
√ Safety warnings.
√ Mesh network, allowing machines to connect with each other

Benefits
√ One solution for your whole fleet.
√ Increase productivity and fuel efficiency.
√ Monitor and improve site safety.
√ Reduce overall site emission.
√ Manage machine utilisation and reduce unnecessary idling.
√ Reduce overall operating costs.
√ Machine health follow-up.
√ Save time:
⇒ Automated data collection
⇒ Quick overview of your whole fleet

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu

A digital solution to increase savings and safety for your Rigid Dump Trucks on mining and quarry jobsites.

Komatsu’s Operator Guidance Monitor (OGM) is a revolutionary tool designed to optimize the efficiency of your fleet of rigid dump trucks, and to reduce unit production costs.

Its easy-to-use, clear program allows you to set Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets and adjust operating parameters, to let your Komatsu trucks operate in the most efficient way possible. OGM is a tool thanks to which operators control and optimize their work in real time. It helps raise and refine their skills, resulting in higher fuel savings and productivity, and increased safety on the jobsite.

Marek Skrzydel, Quarry manager at Heidelberg Materials says: “This system allows us to analyse data in real time and we can analyse production and discuss the achieved goals by operator on an ongoing basis.”

Customers can quickly set parameters such as payload, planned duration and fuel consumption for each work cycle, idle time, and production (tonnes per hour), target by loading and dumping location.

The OGM screen also shows real-time warnings for dangerous operating events, such as excessive speed and sudden braking. Thanks to a unique login ID, operators’ performance can be analysed individually.

Can-bus data from the machine’s operation are sent automatically, the user has access to them via a web-based dashboard. The data can be filtered by date, machine, shift, operator and loading and dumping locations.

“Operator guidance monitor is one of the new digital Komatsu solutions to support our customers with their daily quarry operation” says Wouter Boon Telematics specialist at Komatsu Europe. “Operator guidance monitor gives a possibility to set visualized KPI for the operators and follow up and adjust if needed in real time.”

A summary of OGM benefits

1. In the back office, target KPIs and event thresholds such as speed limits are set up for each haul road from any remote location. The status of each target can be followed by date, time, shift, or operator. The automatic data acquisition from the machine allows remote reporting of production and event data via the dashboard.
2. Each operator has his own OGM account. Before starting work, he logs directly into the tool’s easy-to-operate 8′ monitor installed inside the cabin.
3. After logging in, the system automatically detects and displays the haul road specific KPI’s on the monitor, according to which the operator adjusts the pace and dynamics of the hauler’s work. Thanks to real-time feedback of operation data, each operator can follow up on individual KPI, as optimal values when loading, transporting, and unloading material.
4. With parameter values updated in real time, the operator learns how to operate the machine at its best. No input from the operator is required and self-learning is encouraged through this “visualization”of operation performance. This all results in fuel savings and more efficient production, achieved in the safest way possible.
5. With real time operator alarms for unsafe operation, such as over speeding or sudden braking, job site safety is improved and can be monitored continuously.

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu

 

Are you still looking for a suitable place to visit in August? 
Then come along and see Komatsu at the Steinexpo trade fair from 23-26 August, at the Mitteldeutsche Hartstein-Industrie AG quarry in Homberg/Nieder-Ofleiden!

Alongside leading construction machinery manufacturers, suppliers of processing technology, additional equipment and service providers, the trade fair portfolio will be further complemented by industry innovations and service ranges. This year you will find Komatsu literally “in the thick of it” at demo area A of Steinexpo – the trade fair for the raw and building materials industry, held in Europe’s largest basalt quarry.

Komatsu will provide you with fascinating insights into the latest products and technologies at stand A4, with a focus on the quarry and extraction industry.

Exhibits will include systems such as Smart Quarry Site, the OEM-independent fleet management system for efficient and safe quarry operations. Furthermore, Komatsu experts will present Smart Construction solutions, including the Smart Construction Fleet System, which is equally suited for use in the quarry and on the construction site – even for mixed machine fleets.

In its commercial relationships, Komatsu is clearly focussed on its role as a value-added partner and this is the impetus behind the Komatsu driver training courses with innovative technologies, which form part of the trade fair presence.

But the machines themselves – as the centrepiece of any trade fair stand – are of course an absolute must. As a true full-range provide, we will therefore be presenting a broad cross-section of the Komatsu product spectrum – from the HM400 articulated dump truck, to the BR380JG mobile jaw crusher, the HB365 hybrid excavator, the WA475 wheel loader, the D61PXi dozer with second-generation intelligent machine control ex factory, as well as the PW180 wheeled excavator developed and produced in Hanover and the WA100 compact wheel loader.

In addition to being present on the stand, the WA600-8 wheel loader and an HD605-8 dump truck will be in action in the daily live demo show.

“Up close and in direct contact with customers, we will again be on location in 2023 at the eleventh Steinexpo trade fair”, says Marco Maschke, head of the German office of Komatsu Europe International N.V., “planning for the trade fair is in full swing, we have also already ordered the best summer weather – now all we need is you!”, he says, looking forward to the upcoming trade fair in August.

So take the chance to see Komatsu live and in action in a real working environment. The Komatsu sales partners from Germany, BRR – Baumaschinen Rhein-Ruhr GmbH, Kuhn Baumaschinen Deutschland GmbH, Ritter & Schwald Baumaschinen GmbH, Schlüter Baumaschinen GmbH and Schlüter Baumaschinen Halle GmbH will be available to you as competent points of contact, both in advance and on location at the trade fair.

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu

 

Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Hiroyuki Ogawa) has developed a new concept medium-sized hydraulic excavator that combines a hydrogen fuel cell and Komatsu-developed key components to achieve carbon neutrality at workplaces of construction equipment. By advancing the PoC (Proof of Concept) tests it started in May 2023, Komatsu has accelerated its efforts to embark on the commercial production of medium-sized and large construction equipment powered by hydrogen fuel cells in the near future.

In its mid-term management plan, Komatsu committed to minimizing environmental impact throughout its business, targeting a 50% reduction in CO₂ emissions from use of its products and production of its equipment by 2030 (compared to 2010 levels) and a challenge target of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. To help its customers achieve carbon neutrality, Komatsu has been providing a variety of products, services, and solutions that reduce environmental impact, such as hybrid hydraulic excavators and electric mini excavators. Komatsu is also engaged in research and development to provide products equipped with new power sources.

For the new concept machine, Komatsu adopted a hydrogen fuel cell system and hydrogen tank, which were produced by Toyota Motor Corporation (Operating Officer, President: Koji Sato) (hereafter “Toyota”), on Komatsu’s medium-sized hydraulic excavator. In addition to Komatsu’s comprehensive control technology, the combination of Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell system and Komatsu key components, Komatsu is working towards zero exhaust emissions and a significant reduction in noise and vibration, while delivering the same powerful digging performance and high operability as engine-driven excavators.

Medium-sized and large construction equipment both require a power source with higher energy density than that of small construction equipment, which has led to the move to electrification with batteries. Because hydrogen has a higher energy density and can be refuelled in a shorter time than is required for recharging batteries, Komatsu has been advancing its R&D efforts as a promising electrification choice for medium-sized and large models. To contribute to realizing a hydrogen society and carbon neutrality, Komatsu will continue its efforts towards the commercial production of medium-sized and large construction machinery equipped with hydrogen fuel cells by conducting PoC tests of this new concept machine.

DANTOTSU Value is defined as customer value creation that generates a positive cycle of improvement of earnings and ESG resolutions in Komatsu’s new mid-term management plan, entitled “DANTOTSU Value – Together, to “The Next” for sustainable growth”. Through this DANTOTSU Value, Komatsu will strive to create new values in order to take steady steps forward to the next stage for the workplace of the future and pass on a sustainable future to the next generation.

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu

Everything at a glance:  A new platform for intuitive assistance systems for maximum efficiency and safety while loading

Your customers told us that to meet their continual challenges and ever-increasing operational complexity, they need solutions that deliver safety, real-time information, machine monitoring, driver assistance, production monitoring, efficiency optimization, future proofing and easy to use for the driver without causing distraction!

We took this knowledge on board, and we are delighted to announce the introduction of the all-new Komatsu SubMonitor for wheel loaders that meets each and every one of your customers’ requests in one intuitive easy to use touchscreen interface.

Focusing on simplified operation by merging many features into one device, the SubMonitor creates a new interface for the operator to interact with the machine’s assist systems; that include an Extended Load-Pilot, a new rear view Supervision system with high-definition camera and rear radar obstacle detection, and an all new, performance boosting Efficiency Trainer module.

The 12.1” ergonomic touchscreen (Figure 1) provides easy, intuitive operation, reducing confusion and work interruptions vs. the multitude of separate sub systems that are all too common today. The Komatsu SubMonitor is the base for a new era of machine features that deliver unrivalled control, comfort, and safety.

Extended Load-Pilot
The proven Komatsu Load-Pilot as a weighing system has been updated in terms of functionality and controllability. Since all important elements are displayed on the monitor, the adjustment can be easily made on the screen with just a few clicks, without having to dive into the machine menu. The tidy arrangement of all functions is self-explanatory. Accurate and fast weighing results with the improved auto-weighing function, material definition at will and productivity and efficiency display for different materials enable smooth operation in operation.

Efficiency-Trainer
Efficiency Trainer is a new feature that improves driver’s skills during actual work to increase performance and increase efficiency. Based on a new algorithm, the system learns itself for each loading cycle. The reference is set by the operator taking into account different operating conditions and not specified by the machine on the basis of fixed data. The evaluation is based on several machine data, which are evaluated with the help of a point system. As the charging performance improves, the reference is raised. If the charging performance decreases, the deficits are displayed based on criteria and improvements are suggested.

Rear view supervision
Wheel loaders must reverse for each loading cycle. Since there is no direct view from the cabin, the rear area surveillance is one of the most elementary safety systems. The new ddigital camera system, combined with radar obstacle detection, gives a perfect overview of the situation behind the machine. The SubMonitor’s high-resolution screen displays the image crisply and clearly, and radar obstacle detection provides the operator with audible and visual warnings of hazards behind the machine.

The SubMonitor is optionally available as equipment for the wheel loader models WA380-WA500-8.

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu

Exactly one year after the launch of the Metso Truck Body at the BAUMA 2019 fair, the first two Komatsu HD605-8 dump trucks equipped with Metso Truck Bodies have been delivered to a porphyry quarry in Brabant Wallon/Belgium, by Metso distributor BIA Group (Figure 1). These are the first Metso Truck Bodies taken into operation in Central Europe and a world premiere for rigid dumpers in this weight class.

The tough and abrasive rock handled by the quarry had a significant impact on the previous conventional truck boxes. On a traditional box, the maximum payload is limited by the high weight of the lining and the box itself. The Metso Truck Body differs from a standard box by its lighter, but resistant, rounded shaped design in ultra high-strength steel combined with the Trellex™ rubber lining. This makes it possible to obtain a 20 to 30 % lighter body without sacrificing rigidity.

The Metso Truck Body designed for the Komatsu HD605-8 truck weighs 6 t less than a standard version fitted with a steel liner. This weight reduction translates into a 10 % additional payload and therefore offers greater efficiency from the first run. Likewise, during empty bucket journeys, the dumper will consume less fuel simply because it is lighter. Due to its rounded shape, less carry-back remains in the body, avoiding transporting unnecessary weight.

Further information:
Metso Germany GmbH
www.metso.com

The Japanese manufacturer of construction, mining, forestry and military equipment Komatsu recently approved the Continental EM-Master tires (Figure 1), both in E3/L3 and E4/L4 version for use in applications with different ground conditions. Starting January 2020, customers in Europe are able to select the Continental radial tires in the sizes 20.5 R25, 23.5 R25, 26.5 R25 or 29.5 R25 if they buy one of the Komatsu Dash 8 Wheel Loader Series (WA270-8, WA320-8, WA380-8, WA470-8, WA-480-8, WA500-8).

Continental’s EM-Master is tailored to the needs of construction sites and mining sites where articulated dump trucks, wheel loaders and dozers are used. The EM-Master E3/L3 has a normal tread depth and a larger distance between the tread blocks for good self-cleaning properties, traction and maneuverability even on soft and muddy ground. The open tread pattern design ensures better cooling properties and thus lower heat build-up, resulting in higher mileage.

Compared to the E3/L3, the EM-Master E4/L4 has a larger block size with a smaller gap between the blocks. The tire therefore offers high carcass protection and good cut resistance, reducing the risk of punctures and thus downtime. The smaller spacing of the tread blocks with the five-edged block design ensures smoother running and good traction even on hard and rocky surfaces. Due to its high tread wear volume, the EM-Master E4/L4 also offers a high mileage.

The EM-Master is equipped ex works with integrated tire sensors. The sensor continuously monitors pressure and temperature of the tire. With the help of the tire pressure monitoring systems ContiPressureCheck for individual vehicles and ContiConnect for vehicle fleets, the data can be monitored and displayed. This maximizes uptime, reduces downtime and increases operational efficiency. At the same time, the systems also increase vehicle safety.

Further information:
Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
www.continental-corporation.com
www.continental-tires.com
www.continental-specialty-tires.com

Since 1st April 2019 Ralf Petzold, until then member of the management of Komatsu Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany, took on the overall management of all three business areas, namely the Mining, Construction and Industries Divisions, as Chairman of the Board. He succeeded Taiichiro Kitatani, who took over a new leadership role in the group headquarters of Komatsu Ltd. in Tokyo/Japan.

The former long-term Chairman of the Board of Komatsu Germany GmbH, Norbert Walther, departed from the management to start his retirement.

On the 1st April 2019 Ansgar Thole was appointed as the Managing Director and Executive Vice President of the Mining Division. Thole was previously responsible for the areas of production control, purchasing, logistics and cost control in the mining division as Vice President and Supply Chain Manager.

Following an invitation by Komatsu Germany GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia´s State Minister for Economic Affairs, Digitalisation, Innovation and Energy Prof. Andreas Pinkwart visited on 22nd August 2018 the Kalkwerke Oetelshofen quarry in Wuppertal. Together with the members of the company management of Komatsu Germany GmbH, Taiichiro Kitatani, Ralf Petzold and Göksel Güner, the minister learned about the use of digital technologies in modern mining operations, e. g., with data acquisition and analysis on a construction site of the future. At the same time, the minister was also given the opportunity to operate a 400 t hydraulic excavator (Figure 1) in the quarry.

Prof. Pinkwart: „This visit offers for me the unique opportunity, to operate one of the world’s biggest hydraulic excavators by myself and to experience the strength of this machine. I really appreciate that this impressive technology is manufactured in Düsseldorf. By means of innovative production technique and digital product development network the most modern machines of the world are made in North Rhine-Westphalia.“

In the future, Komatsu Germany GmbH will be able to react even faster and more flexibly to customer requirements due to strengthened cooperation between the two sites in the fields of production and development. And with this step, the brand Komatsu will also become stronger in Germany and Europe.

The site in Düsseldorf-Benrath is responsible within the Komatsu group for the development, production and marketing of large hydraulic excavators for international mining. Through continuous product development and innovation with a focus on quality and reliability, the name is synonymous with top quality around the world.

Further information:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu.eu
www.komatsu-mining.de

Komatsu is one of the leading construction equipment manufacturers globally with its head office in Tokyo/Japan and employs around 47,000 employees in 140 companies worldwide. In Germany, the company is active in both the construction equipment sector and in the mining business.

Komatsu Hanomag was founded in 1835 as the “Hannoversche Maschinenbau Actien-gesellschaft” (HANOMAG) and has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of the global corporation Komatsu Ltd. since 2002. At the Hanover site, wheel loaders and mobile excavators are developed and produced. The workforce in Hanover consists of around 600 employees.

Founded in 1907, Komatsu Mining Germany GmbH can also look back on a long company history, and it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu since 1999. In Düsseldorf, large hydraulic excavators are developed, produced and marketed worldwide by around 700 employees.

The merger will allow cooperation between the two sites to be optimised, so that the company can respond to customer requests more quickly and with greater flexibility in future. This move will also strengthen the Komatsu brand in Germany and in Europe.

Further information/Weitere Informationen:
Komatsu Germany GmbH
www.komatsu-mining.de