{"id":671,"date":"2024-04-08T16:03:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T06:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/?p=671"},"modified":"2024-04-08T16:03:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T06:03:34","slug":"test-of-operator-assist-system-for-big-hitachi-excavators-set-for-rio-tinto-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/news\/test-of-operator-assist-system-for-big-hitachi-excavators-set-for-rio-tinto-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Test of operator assist system for big Hitachi excavators set for Rio Tinto mine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCM) has announced an operator assist system designed to increase the efficiency and safety of digging and loading operations for ultra-large hydraulic excavators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The manufacturer is set to conduct a test at a prominent Rio Tinto mine site in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hitachi says that the operator assist system alleviates the burden on the operator, elevates mine site safety standards, boosts productivity, and reduces fuel consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system is aimed at streamlining operations while fortifying safety protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The test, which will occur at one of Rio Tinto&#8217;s iron ore mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and will focus on digging performance and loading tasks by the new system and assess the usability of the in-cab monitor display<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In partnership with Rio, Hitachi aims to introduce the operator assist system in stages commencing in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HCM will include retrofitting support for a spectrum of ultra-large hydraulic excavator models, ranging from the EX2000-7 to the EX8000-7 series.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/plantspecs-wp.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/08160052\/Hitachi-new-operator-assist-system-testing-with-Rio-Tinto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantspecs-wp.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/08160052\/Hitachi-new-operator-assist-system-testing-with-Rio-Tinto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/plantspecs-wp.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/04\/08160052\/Hitachi-new-operator-assist-system-testing-with-Rio-Tinto-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Test of operator assist system for big Hitachi excavators set for Rio Tinto mine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[20],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantspecs.online\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}