Service product 'impact performance'-hydraulic hammer with integrated electronic evaluation unit for remote transmission of performance data

摘要

Heavy-duty hydraulic hammers are being used increasingly to mine rock without blasting. In applications of this kind, operating costs depend on a number of factors and are difficult to quantify. Customers are therefore requesting to pay for performance rather than buying the equipment. To date there has been no suitable billing system for this kind of business.A newly developed impact counter provides operating data allowing information to be derived e. g. on duty hours, number of impacts, type of application and the way the operator uses the hammer. The data are communicated via an infrared interface and provide the basis for a completely new product idea in this market, the selling of "impact performance" under a full-service package.