Equipment World Digital Magazine
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EquipmentWorld.com | November 2017 69 technology | staff report Hilti's new DX 5, TE 60 smart tools connect to your phone H ilti has introduced three power tools equipped with Bluetooth and Near Field Communica- tion sensors, allowing users to quickly identify and find resources for each tool on smartphones and tablets. The new DX 5 powder-actuated tool and the TE 60-AVR and TE 60-ATC/AVR combihammers all fea- ture Hilti Connect Easy ID. The tools use the inte- grated sensors to connect to smartphones and tablets running the Hilti Connect app to provide all sorts of useful information, including tool use history, last synced location, manuals and how-to videos. The app also allows users to schedule main- tenance, request repairs and order fasteners and cartridges. "We believe this is only the start," says Hilti North America CEO Avi Kahn. "Tools that can do some of the work for you. Tools that report back." Hilti's smart tool offerings include tool tracking, which allows users to set geofences to keep track of when and where tools enter jobsites, tool identifica- tion and tool reporting, where tool data is extracted from the field to the office to generate insights and help improve process efficiency. – Wayne Grayson T he number of mining trucks driving themselves on Caterpillar's autonomous Command system will soon more than triple through the expansion of a deal with one of the world's largest iron ore producers. Australia's Fortescue Metals Group has ordered 100 mining trucks be retrofitted with the autonomous mine truck platform at its Chichester Hub along with an unspecified number of trucks at its Solomon Hub. Both operations are in Western Australia. Since 2013, Fortescue has put 56 autonomous Cat 793F trucks into operation at the Solomon Hub. The new deal with Cat will activate more 793Fs there, while Chichester will see the infusion of 793F and Komatsu 930E models operating on the platform. Cat says the autonomous trucks at Fortescue's Cat's fleet of autonomous mine trucks about to get bigger