Efficient dredging with Excavators

From position monitor to reliable jack-of-all-trades and training simulator

• Historical development: position monitoring
• First-generation automation: safety and accuracy
• Second generation: repetitive tasks
• Third generation: Automatic eXcavator Controller (AXC)
• Excavator Training Simulator
• Prospects
• Conclusion

Historical development: position monitoring
As a leading producer of hydraulic dredgers, which are dredgers that apply pumping power to transport sediment, IHC Merwede has also an eye for excavators, dredging equipment that transports sediment by digging and
mechanical movement (figure 1). Business units in the Technology &
Services cluster work on this kind of dredgers on occasion, but one of them
– IHC Systems – has been active in the top-end application of excavators in dredging projects for decades, with a track record that goes right back to its historical predecessors.

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