Having bolted on software and sensors to its ground engaging tool (GET) offering two-and-a-half years ago at bauma 2022, in Munich, Germany, MTG has used the latest iteration of the world’s biggest construction show to showcase its latest in-house software innovations.
Now branded DIGGING INSIGHTS, this ecosystem represents its new family of innovative digital products and services that can be combined with its GET systems to offer increased safety, efficiency and productivity, the company says.
“As GET specialists, we provide a wide portfolio of high-quality GET designed to withstand the toughest digging conditions, ensuring our customers achieve optimal performance in their operations,” MTG explained. “With our latest digital innovations, MTG transforms GET steel components into intelligent, next-generation components that enable data-driven decision making and in-depth performance analysis.”
The first series of the DIGGING INSIGHTS ecosystem is GET DETECTION, a system that provides real-time GET monitoring and data-driven analysis on cast (TWINMET + PROMET) and plate lip (VEEMET + PROMET) excavators, plus VEEMET rope shovels.
Launched at bauma 2022, GET DETECTION detects GET detachment within three seconds, preventing components from entering crushers and avoiding costly repairs, the company claims. The system autonomously tracks GET change-outs, consumption trends and detachment incidents, enabling in-depth performance analysis and improved forecasting. The sensors within the GET are both reusable and removable, reducing electronic waste and allowing recycling.
The company confirmed to IM this month that GET DETECTION has now been rolled out across operating mine sites.
MTG also said more digital solutions were in development, explaining that a new type of sensor-and-software combination under the DIGGING INSIGHTS portfolio will be launched next year.
Placed on top of the bucket itself, this new package is “agnostic” and available for placement on any commercial units, according to MTG.
Feedback from several trial sites with prototype sensors has shown the ability to track digging cycle analytics for all shovels. When combined with GET DETECTION detachment data and location data, for instance, operations can track the average working hours of a shovel prior to GET detachment, allowing them to build up a picture of where in the mine excessive GET consumption is being observed. In the future, the company also sees it integrating with other software platforms within a mine site’s ecosystem to further optimise GET changeouts and the like.
MTG said: “All MTG digital solutions are developed in-house to achieve the perfect symbiosis between tough and smart digging. Cast lip, plate lip, and rope shovel lip configurations can be equipped with DIGGING INSIGHTS.”
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