Hitachi has released Hitachi Grade Guidance, integrated and developed in cooperation with Topcon. According to the company, Grade Guidance is a “one-stop shop” solution that helps complete precision-excavation more efficiently.
The program helps increase efficiency on a variety of projects, from trenching and shaping ditches and slopes, to digging foundations. A real-time display of distance-to-grade reduces time to final grade, so jobs can be completed quickly. A grade indicator also allows for grade management without leaving the cab, and reduces the need for a grade checker or stakes.
Grade Guidance is installed and calibrated at the factory, arriving on job sites ready to work. Its full integration into the machine helps shield wire harnesses and sensors from damage, while providing control through fingertip control joysticks.
Customers can choose 2D or 3D Grade Guidance. The 2D program (with an optional laser receiver) displays the elevation in relation to a reference plane, while the 3D program (with Global Navigation Satellite System) displays position and elevation with respect to global reference.
The new option is available on the ZX210-6, ZX210LC-6, and the ZX350LC-6, and will be offered on additional Dash-6 models in the future.
“We’re thrilled to offer this option to our customers,” Jonny Spendlove, product marketing manager, excavators, said in a press release. “With the new Grade Guidance option, our customers can dig confidently and enhance their efficiency.”
Source: Hitachi
