Hitachi on mission to predict exactly when machines will break down - Global Construction Review

Hitachi Construction Machinery and TU Delft join forces

The Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) have agreed to collaborate for a vital research project on the maintenance of mining equipment.

Hitachi on mission to predict exactly when machines will break down - Global Construction Review

The European arm of Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery (HCME) has partnered with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands on a two-year project to predict the remaining life of machine components so owners can plan maintenance better and cut downtime and costs. TU Delft researchers will build a model to analyse Hitachi’s data gathered from sensors monitoring the performance of pumps, cylinders and brakes in dump trucks w…