The ‘Komatsu Hybrid System’ has been developed to help cut emissions on jobsites worldwide, being operational since 1999. The company states that in these times of growing environmental awareness, the benefits provided by Komatsu hybrid excavators continue to help reduce the construction industry’s impact on the environment.

Several Komatsu ‘Intelligent Machine Control’ (iMC) machines were exhibited at SaMoTer. The ‘intelligent’ in the name referring to ‘data connected’; a connection developed to help operators and contractors by providing productivity enhancing automation and cutting edge job site design features.

A D71EXi-24 dozer and a PC210LCi-11 excavator were shown operating in the digital worksite, and a PC290NLCi-11 and a GD675-7 with ‘3D Topcon’ were showcased indoors.

At the SaMoTer Lab, Komatsu introduced its ‘Smart Construction’ set of services, a set of IoT tools, software technologies and data analytics to improve jobsite efficiency throughout the whole construction cycle. Their benefits were explained, along with how they will make a business more profitable. A PC138US-11 was presented with a Smart Construction retrofit kit, a new fast and cost efficient tool introduced by Komatsu to enable conventional machines to collect payload information.

The importance of ‘Komtrax’ and ‘Komtrax Plus’ were also highlighted. Komtrax is Komatsu's remote monitoring system, which was launched in 2006, delivering fast track access to Industry 4.0 to all customers. The Komtrax ISO API (Application Programming Interface) is an ISO 15143-3 compliant server to server data transfer solution that lets the customer’s system access Komtrax data directly. The operator can import machine data, consolidate a fleet in a single platform and combine key Komtrax data with existing data.