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Brigade Electronics to Share VR Tech at World of Asphalt

Brigade Electronics Inc.

Brigade will be giving attendees the chance to experience the newest edition of Backeye 360AI using virtual reality (VR).

This VR experience is a new way to showcase Brigade’s Backeye 360.

Tsurumi to Spotlight Pumps and Portables at ARA 2024

Tsurumi America Inc.

Tsurumi will spotlight its portable product line designed to endure the challenges of day-to-day rental applications.

Show attendees can benefit from special pricing on the Briggs and Stratton engine paired with Tsurumi’s reliable pump-end.

HD Hyundai Earns CES Innovation Awards

HD Hyundai Construction Equipment

HD Hyundai XiteSolution is the first construction equipment manufacturer to use fusion technology to supplement a machine’s cameras and radars.

HD Hyundai XiteSolution features Smart Collision Mitigation with Sensor Fusion, which is a system that prevents the risk of job site accidents by automatically stopping the machine when detecting people or objects within a certain range of the excavator.

Construction Safety

Top 5 Dangers of Working With Heavy Equipment

Heavy Equipment Colleges of America

The construction industry accounts for a large number of yearly work-related fatalities. There are ways to prevent this by following protocol and knowing the heavy equipment you are working with.

While you can’t predict when a heavy equipment-related accident will occur, should be aware of particular actions that are most likely to cause an accident.

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2 Simple Technology Retrofits to Make Your Site Safer

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You don’t need to buy new equipment to take advantage of technology that improves site safety. Check out two affordable options you can add to your existing machines right now.

The obvious advantage of camera systems is a safer jobsite with less risk, equipment damage and downtime. The hidden benefit? Operators who work more confidently, efficiently and productively.

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ECCO SmartSpot Reversing Safety System

ECCO Safety Group

Provides both visual and audible warning when obstacles are detected from 0 to over 130 ft. away.

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Construction Safety

Leica iCON PA10 and PA80 Personal Alert Systems

Leica Geosystems, Inc.

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Cameras and Radar Technologies Help Avoid Costly Jobsite Collisions

Camera and radar technologies eliminate natural blind spots on heavy earthmoving equipment.

The Hyundai All-Around View Monitoring System (AAVM) is a four-camera system that provides a 360-degree view around the machine.

Construction Safety

New Technologies that Protect Construction Workers

Manufacturers are developing new equipment and technologies that help contractors keep their workers safe

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Construction Safety

Investing in Worker Safety Through Wearable Technology

Insurance companies are investigating how wearable technology and BIM can help reduce risk and increase efficiencies in the construction industry.

Many companies looking to bring more wearable tech to the jobsite are focusing on getting their innovations into workers’ existing gear to boost adoption. As a result, in the near future, construction workers may find that common assets, such as hardhats, safety vests and even the tools they carry, are being infused with new capabilities.

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Cameras and Radar Activate Safety on Site

Active safety systems combine technologies to help operators better understand a machine surroundings.

Within the cab, Hyundai’s AAVM system provides operators with a virtual, composite view that shows the machine in the center and actual images from the four cameras.

13 Paving Topics among 41 New Sessions at NPE 2016

In addition to its conference program NPE 2016 hosts an expanded exhibit floor (the floor sold out in 2015 in Nashville, above) on Jan. 27-29 and equipment giveaways by Case Construction (SV 280 skid steer) and KM International (KM 2-18X Infrared Asphalt Recycler).

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