iSCALE Control System Increases Safety in Excavators

iSCALE Control System Increases Safety in Excavators

(NL/8075247603) An end to overhead collisionsa new application for the iSCALE Control System from Hirschmann Mobile
Machine Control Solutions (MCS) warns the machine operator when the excavator reaches its maximum
permitted height. The company has teamed up with ELWC in Australia to combine the cSCALE Control
System with the vSCALE D2 console in a height-restricting application for excavators. A PSV module library
developed by Hirschmann MCS enables fast, flexible implementation of custom-tailored versions.

The PSV modules are easy to use with CoDeSys without advanced SPC programming skills. The application
lets the machine operator use the vSCALE D2 control console to easily and flexibly adjust the height limit.
This significantly improves safety. The customer can also conveniently calibrate the integrated sensors using
a service menu on the vSCALE D2 console without having to modify the application program. When the
defined maximum height is reached, the corresponding functions are switched off via digital outputs. Height
restriction can be activated and deactivated as wished using the vSCALE D2 console or via a digital input
(e.g. using a key-operated switch). When 90 and 100 percent of the allowed height is reached, visible and
audible warnings go off and information on the defined states of the digital outputs is displayed.

Company Profile
Hirschmann Mobile Machine Control Solutions (MCS) is a business unit of Hirschmann Automation
and Control GmbH, a company of the U.S.-based Belden Inc. Group.
Hirschmann MCS is the world market leader in safe load indication systems for telescopic and
lattice-boom cranes and the system provider of innovative mobile automation platforms for all
applications involving rough environmental conditions. The company is setting new standards in
meeting safety requirements and in the product categories of sensors, controllers, consoles, and
software for mobile machines and applications across all industries.
Hirschmann MCS produces and sells product and system solutions for manufacturers of mobile
machines and equpiment. It has 130 employees in Ettlingen, Germany and another 20 in
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (in the United States), and 300 staff work at a joint venture in
Xuzhou, China and a sales office in Shanghai.

Nicole Krupp-Sieber

Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH
Hirschmann Mobile Machine Control Solutions
Hertzstrasse 32 – 34
76275 Ettlingen
Germany

Phone: 49 (0)7243 709-3101
Fax: 49 (0)7243 709-3129
e-Mail: Nicole.Krupp-Sieber@belden.com
www.beldensolutions.com

Kontakt:
Hirschmann Automation and Control GmbH Hirschmann Mobile Machine Control Solutions
Nicole Krupp-Sieber
Hertzstraße 32 – 34
76275 Ettlingen
49 (0)7243 709-3101
Nicole.Krupp-Sieber@belden.com
www.beldensolutions.com