MOBA Australia installing yet another Xsite system

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MOBA Australia installing yet another Xsite system

MOBA Australia (former MCE) is continuously writing success stories.

WYNDHAM DRAINAGE PTY LTD chooses MOBA 2D Excavator system with future prospect of 3D upgrade.

With a total of 5 Excavators WYNDHAM DRAINAGE was looking to partner with a company that could work alongside them and deliver solutions and expert technical advice to lead them into the future. With excellent proven local support MOBA Australia is the right partner for this venture.

The customer like many was not ready for full 3D control so they wanted a system that was easily upgradable. The future ability to make 3D files them self on the jobsite without using third party surveyors for simple and complex V drains was one of the many reasons they looked at the MOBA solution.

MOBA AG offers the right solution for every stage YOUR business finds itself.

In terms of XSite Excavators system that means that you can easily upgrade from basic 2D to advanced 2D and/or to full 3D. Next to compatetive GNSS compass MOBA pursues with the most advanced and robust 6 axes among the industry.

Please find a link to our Excavator systems here : https://moba-automation.com/machine-applications/excavators/

Thank you, MOBA AUS & WYNDHAM DRAINAGE PTY LTD, for the feedback.

We wish you all the Best for the future.

Keep us posted!

MOBA PAVE-IR and MCA-3000 help Sany to complete the construction of Nanjing section of Li Gao expressway successfully

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MOBA PAVE-IR and MCA-3000 help Sany to complete the construction of Nanjing section of Li Gao expressway successfully

 

With PAVE-IR intelligent paving temperature management system installed in the paver of Sany,  it can record the temperature change in the process of feeding, distributing and paving, record the paving speed, width and the climate information such as air temperature and humidity, and realize the remote monitoring and data updating.

 

 

Sany double drum roller is equipped with MCA3000 compaction auxiliary system, which realizes multi machine linkage and data sharing functions, effectively avoids under pressure and over pressure, and better ensures the compaction effect of the road surface. At the same time, it records the driving speed, track, times of vibration pressure and static pressure, temperature and other related information.

Breakthrough of MOBA 3D in China

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Breakthrough of MOBA 3D in China

Breakthrough of MOBA 3D in China
—-MOBA 3D-GNSS leveling system matches to Shantui bull dozer perfectly.

Over the years, the installation of automatic leveling system in bulldozers with full hydraulic quantitative pumps has always failed. The main reason is that the temperature of hydraulic oil of bulldozers is extremely high under the condition of automatic operation. The high temperature of the hydraulic system can cause the sealing parts of the hydraulic system to fail in a short time, and also cause the oxidation and deterioration of the hydraulic oil, and even cause the deformation and damage of some parts.

On 17th June, three engineers of MOBA Dalian successfully installed MOBA 3D-GNSS automatic leveling system on the bulldozer of Shantui full hydraulic pilot quantitative pump, and after a week’s testing, the system was finally successful.

Main content of the guide for the MOBA cloud connection:

General:
– Common questions and tasks about cloud connection are listed in a general section.
– A definition of the cloud connection for the system or the component. For example, the selection of certain components is important for the later implementation of some requirements.

Cloud server:
– Lists questions and tasks related to server requirements.
– Definitions for IT-infrastructure, hosting, security, management.

Cloud project:
– Lists questions and tasks for installing a cloud project.
– Definitions for the specific application, for customer, partners involved, users. In addition, definitions for web interfaces, service interfaces and so on.
– Checklists help with the implementation.

Cloud gateway:
– Defines the specific requirements for cloud gateway or other system components regarding to the cloud connection.
– Cloud gateways could be:
– MOBA Cloud Gateway WiFi – as a SIM-free solution
– MOBA Cloud Gateway cellular network – SIM card
– MOBA Cloud Gateway cellular network – integrated SIM chip

Communications security:
– This section lists all points for the communications security.

SIM (Subscriber Identity Module):
– The requirements for the SIM are listed here.
– Management for all SIM related data

By integrating the handling of the cloud connection into the development process, a structured and uniform implementation of the requirements are guaranteed.

After long time testing (continuous working for more than 3 hours), the highest temperature of hydraulic oil is 59°C, and the leveling accuracy is controlled within 3 cm. Perfect test results, and MOBA 3D-GNSS automatic leveling system has been recognized by Shantui technicians and leaders.

Demonstration of Pave-IR on Sumitomo HA60W in Japan

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Demonstration of Pave-IR on Sumitomo HA60W in Japan

JEMCO has yet performed another DEMO to Japanese Construction companies to show the advantage of the MOBA PAVE IR system.

The picture below shows the dramatic state of a rural street in Japan. As one can identify on the picture below, the street is covered in potholes and seems partially ripped open.

This can happen when asphalt is laid with temperatures differences throughout the profile of the street. If laid asphalt does not offer a homogeneous temperature profile it may be subject to damage by external aspects. Changes in wheater and related temperature rise and drop will damage the surface where temperature problems have occurred during the paving process.

Once Pave IR is installed and operating, it’s information can support the paving process by displaying and recording divers’ amount of information concerned with the machine, the material and the outside condition.

More detailed information about the display of information can be found in this article here:
https://mobacommunity.com/blogs/entry/Thermal-Segregation-and-Leveling-Live-Trial-in-Thailand
The contractor does not only improve the paving process but enables his paving crew to work more efficient by delivery a better quality of the road. Research has proven that homogenous temperature profiles withstand thermal segregation and thus increase the longevity of a road.
Thank you JEMCO for another successful demonstration of PAVE IR in Japan

Paving new Vietnamese Formula 1

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Paving new Vietnamese Formula 1 racetrack with MOBA’s PAVE-IR

In April the first Formula One race ever should have taken place in Vietnam. Sadly, Corona has upset these plans and the race in Hanoi was delayed to a date that has yet to be defined. Nevertheless, the racetrack was finished in time, and the pavers that paved the whole track were equipped with MOBA’s PAVE-IR system for temperature detection during paving. Altogether six Dynapac pavers were equipped with MOBA’s PAVE-IR thermal scan system and they also used the proven MOBA technology of Sonic-Skis.


PAVE-IR: Thermal visualization of asphalt installation in real time

Construction works on the Hanoi Street Circuit started in the beginning of 2019 and in October 2019 the construction staff was trained on PAVE-IR, a special but yet very simple to operate system, before paving started.

PAVE-IR allows a thermal visualization of the installation process in real time. Therefor the high-precision IR temperature scanner MTPS-100 provides a wide thermal profile of the built-in layer of up to 13 meters width. The visualization offers the possibility to detect points which might be affected by thermal segregation. With this information the construction company can react immediately.


Adrenaline and action: an exciting racetrack

About one third of the track was newly built, while the rest of the route is on public streets that have already been present. But of course they also had to be completely paved as they had not been constructed for Formula 1 races. In February 2020 the whole track was completed.

 
With 1.5 kilometers length, the racetrack includes one of the longest straights of Formula 1 racetracks. Here the drivers can go on full speed, that means up to 335km/h and here are also the stands for the 35.000 spectators.

It also features 23 bends that shall grant spectacular races. The Hanoi Street Circuit was designed by racetrack architect Hermann Tilke. Originally it should have taken place April 5th 2020, but as it was postponed because of Corona pandemic, let’s hope that soon the bolides speed through Hanoi.

MCE LASERS control panel with MOBA LS3000 receivers

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MCE LASERS control panel with MOBA LS3000 receivers

MOBA Australia has integrated its popular Single and Dual control panels CB.D2.CAN and CB.DUO2.CAN to work with a range of MOBA sensors including LS3000, MOBA Sonic, MOBA 3D Matic and more. The system architecture allows for various setup methods to suit different machinery types As you can see in the below images the system was recently installed on a Fontana Geo blade.
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Key points

  • The junction boxes allow for easy dismount of the blade and control system
  • Each function from the left channel can be locked to the right channel eg: to lock the ref key, to lock the Auto/manual button
  • The system can control all common hydraulic types Bang Bang, Proportional current IO, Proportional Voltage VO
  • Proportional joystick to control each hydraulic channel,
  • Additional AUX hydraulic keys to be able to drive additional valves (this was useful to control the valve that lifts and lowers the front wheel)

This customer also plans to use Ultrasonic on the machine for Curb referencing

Big Sonic Ski Installation in Uruguay (Latin America)

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Big Sonic Ski Installation in Uruguay (Latin America)

BSS Installation in Uruguay with our dealer KPN (Kapern Group), supported and trained by another dealer of Moba, our Argentine dealer, CAYSI SA.

"Many hands make light work" and "There’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’" or "United we stand, divided we fall" or "Union is strength"

It is my “thinking” on the business strategy that I am implementing in our distributor network in the Latin American region. Explaining it better, I am training good distributors, who in turn train others less experienced, creating healthy alliances, taking advantage of the same language (Spanish) and with minimal time zone differences, thus allowing response times to the customer to be reduced.

From Argentine to Cuba or Uruguay, from Colombia to Peru or to Guatemala, or from Mexico to Honduras, or from MOBA do Brazil to Colombia, …our dealers are creating friendships either by personally helping each other with this strategy or with the help of Facebook.. So we all win, we all feel like children of the same family (MOBA), offering the best quality of products, with the best support, at a lower cost and time to the end users.

KPN made the first installation of Big Sonic Ski in Uruguay (see pictures below), the jobsite was located in road Ruta 14 TRINIDAD city, the work was performed with the support of Mr. Julian Schvindt, a technical engineer of CAYSI. He made the installation and training of the BSS to KPN and to the operator of INCOCI. Was the first time that the crew of INCOCI worked with this kind of sophisticated technology on the paving machines. The feedback was very, very good.

It is easy make installations on machines that are already ready to connect our systems, but when it comes to machines that are not ready yet, we cannot tell the customer that their machine is unlike any others and we cannot install it!… Then we lose this customer and consequently others will lose without this feedback!… In this case, this Vogele SUPER 1303-2 paver, had no connectors so we couldn’t plug in our power cables.

But thanks to engineer Julian’s high technical knowledge, the solution was found, as you can see in the pictures above and he then plugged our cables directly into the machine’s electronic board, thus converting an unprepared machine into a machine like so many others with quick connections.

Happy customer, Loyal customer !!

After my visit and meeting some months ago with Mr. Antonio Villaluenga (Manager of KPN), the contractor INCOCI decided to try and reach the desired smoothness in this project, with the MOBA Big Sonic Ski with 4 sonics and 3 sonics.

We made many visits and meetings in the last years in construction companies, explaining and showing the benefits of our solutions. Now, they already understood that the smoothness is one of the most focus in road construction in other countries and the Big Sonic Ski is the answer for this specific request.

A good results in costs savings and time, higher quality and of course longer duration of the road, are the goal of the owners of the roads, and this it is possible only with investments in technology.

I hope INCOCI will install many other MOBA solutions in the other machines that they have in their machinery park.

Thank you CAYSI, KPN and INCOCI for your trust and positive feedback of our MOBA products!

The Structure of Telematics Systems

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The Structure of Telematics Systems

The experts are at one: with telematics and GPS, an effective fleet management and a higher security level on construction sites is possible.

The term telematics means to transmit measured values to a physical distance to a recipient.

The technology behind telematics solutions consists of these main elements: A telematics control unit, mobile data communications, a server and a front-end web app.
There exist Server-Client based or internet based architectures. The first one, the server infrastructure is located at the clients. The advantage is that sensitive data is directly stored at the clients. But it means that a very costly IT infrastructure is necessary and needs to be maintained. The second solution, the server is maintained by a service supplier. The data that is stored in a cloud can be recalled via web browser or app and a personalized login. This is the most common solution as it is also affordable for smaller clients.
The Control Unit is the central hardware part of the telematics device. It communicates via interfaces with the machine’s CAN Bus and collects and transmits all important machine data like position, speed or diagnostics via wireless network like GPRS/GMS or LTE to the cloud server in form of data packets (MQTT messages). When the data reaches the server, it gets unpacked and stored in a database. A cloud based telematics server consists of a web server, an application server, and a database. The two servers are necessary for a smooth data exchange between database and front-end application. The user can at any time access the data stored in the database via a desktop or mobile app on a computer or a mobile device.
The data that is stored can be used for various different tasks, for example fleet management. The vehicle data delivers the necessary information for real-time tracking, driver monitoring, fuel optimization or tour planning. Also, services like maintenance can be improved with those data or to track stolen vehicles is possible.
But not only for industry telematics gets more and more important, also in the private use, telematics play a role, for example vehicle insurance companies offer telematics tariffs, that offer insurances that charge the customers according to the vehicle usage pattern.

MRW Load Cell: Features and Benefits

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MRW Load Cell: Features and Benefits

Rain or shine, the work of essential services continues, and I’m always thankful for that. When that work involves lifters and cranes, safety is always a top concern. When essential workers are using aerial lifts and MEWPs, one of the most important safety features provided is an accurate and precise measurement of the load in the cage. This is where MOBA continues to add value to its customers with the MRW load cell and its unique benefits and features.

One of these features is the easy integration of the loadcell between the boom and the cage. Two different load cell dimensions are also available for different cage weight requirements and each can compensate for the lever-arm effect. This simply means that the actual weight inside the cage will be measured independent from the position of the load inside the working platform. This feature is even available for MEWPs with no PLC system. By using the TUV approved MRW Limit and MOBA components, it is also possible to achieve performance level ‘D’. This increases performance and safety for the end user.

Another unique feature is that each load cell is temperature compensated. The drift caused by temperature in the load cell is compensated by using a climate cabinet during production. Each type of MRW is subjected to extreme high and low temperatures so the temperature effect can be determined and saved. This compensation for temperature is standard in all three types of the MRW, the MRW Limit for machines without a PLC system, 4-20 mA version and CAN version. These saved values provide temperature compensation and increased performance.

Along with the features and benefits demonstrated, the MRW also features easy service and calibration, prevention of end user manipulation, and redundancy for increased safety. With these features, benefits, and great performance, it is no wonder that MOBA is selling thousands of MRWs every year and many companies with large market shares have trusted MOBA to provide great value and performance for themselves and their end users. I’d love to talk more about our systems and you can always learn more here: https://moba-automation.com/crane-lifter or on our MOBA community site: https://mobacommunity.com/blogs/tag/Crane%20and%20Lifters

XSite 3D Service and Support Success Story

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XSite 3D Service and Support Success Story

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A MOBA Australia Customer trialed an XSITE 3D system back in February 2020.
After working with our competition for many years, The customer decided to try something new.
Just a few months later, our customer went on to purchase 3 systems. Due to unmatched support and system performance - this month they purchased another 2 systems.
Plant manager Tim managed to install both systems himself without MOBA visiting the job site.
The customer has 15 plus systems of our competition and says the performance, ease of use, and support from MOBA makes the Xsite Pro system an easy choice moving forward.
Our Success strategy - Deliver the best Service and Support possible for every one of our customers!

MOBA XSITE 3D – the customer-oriented Earthmoving solution