The creative yet practical thinking behind the Steyr Konzept, a striking study of the future of tractor development, has been recognized with a 2020 ‘Good Design‘ award, in the world’s most prestigious prize scheme for design excellence. In addition to the radical styling of the machine, the award also acknowledges its forward-thinking technology, including an innovative hybrid power system combining a conventional engine, a generator, and electric drives.

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“Whenever we develop a machine, customer needs, such as durability, productivity, profitability and low operating costs, are always at the forefront of our designs. By reaching the 1 million-hour mark on our 944K loaders, we are affirming that electrically driven machines offer proven durability and performance advantages for our customers,” said Grant Van Tine, solutions marketing manager, John Deere.

“We’re always looking for new ways to improve upon the equipment our customers need and can use our field-proven design to develop and perfect even more solutions in the future.”

First launching in 2015, the 944K Hybrid model provides customers with a reliable, efficient, cost-effective solution. The 944K Hybrid features a 536-horsepower, Final Tier 4 engine, which delivers impressive torque and responsiveness while maintaining good boom and bucket speed. At Cornejo & Sons (Summit Materials), the 944K replaced a size-class larger competitive wheel loader. “The 944K meets our production requirements as well as our previous piece of equipment, and at a lower cost,” said Adam Ware, site manager for Cornejo & Sons (Summit Materials), which owns a 944K Hybrid Wheel Loader. “The other machine burned about 24 gallons of fuel an hour, where the 944K burns around 9 gallons per hour while doing the same work.”

In addition to its fuel-saving capabilities, the 944K Hybrid also incorporates other features to deliver reliable, long-term performance, especially in quarry or large loadout applications. Most notable are the brushless AC generators and motors, water-cooled brake resistors and solid-state power electronics. The 944K’s electric drive system significantly reduces operating costs for customers compared to conventional drivetrains by eliminating torque converter and transmission rebuilds at mid-life.

Other key features include standard traction control, which automatically limits torque to any wheel when slippage occurs, increasing machine traction in poor underfoot conditions, and enhanced rimpull control to virtually eliminate tire spin and slicing. Coast control reduces service-brake wear and includes functions, like dynamic braking in a hydrostatic transmission, slowing the loader without touching a pedal and helping to reduce service-break component wear.

About John Deere

Deere & Company is a world leader in providing advanced products, technology, and services for customers whose work is revolutionizing agriculture and construction — those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world’s increasing need for food, fuel, shelter, and infrastructure.

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The Doosan DX17Z-5 Electric prototype mini excavator is being shown for the first time in North America during Conexpo-con/agg 2020, March 10-14. The DX17Z-5 zero tail swing, electric mini excavator could be available for customers in North America as early as 2022.

Doosan is developing the new electric mini excavator product because of requests from customers who work in certain applications where exhaust gases are prohibitive. An example of this need is interior demolition job sites. An electric machine gives excavator operators the ability to do their work with a machine they’re familiar with but without the inhibitions of diesel exhaust. The 1.7-metric ton size class was selected for this first model because of customer requests for a mini excavator that could work in confined spaces, requiring a machine with a narrow width to access the site.

Instead of having a traditional diesel engine, the DX17Z-5 mini excavator is powered by a battery, located where the machine’s engine and fuel tank would normally be placed. The battery supplies power to an electric motor that is used to operate the mini excavator’s hydraulic system.

Doosan continues to investigate innovative fully electric or hybrid (electric and diesel) solutions to best suit the needs of its customers throughout the world.

Source: Doosan

 

 

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The solution brings new benefits to life insurance policyholders by offering them policies that are more appropriate, have better coverage as well as protect retirement savings. The solution will also empower insurance providers to assess coverage needs and remedy under or over-insured policies in a timely and responsible manner. For life insurance providers, the solution will help them effectively capitalize on revenue potential – be it addressing and correcting underinsured policies to increase premium collection, leading better customer engagement, and reducing lapse rates thereby maximizing the number of profitable policies for the provider.

Gautam Bhasin, Global Head – Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Tech Mahindra, said, “Today insurance companies are keen to leverage the vast data across the insurance enterprise, to understand their customers better in terms of their needs and preferences to be able to offer personalized products and services, in addition to improving business process efficiency. Big data and analytics play a key role in achieving this objective. Tech Mahindra’s collaboration with Atidot will help deliver innovative, cutting edge solutions to the global insurance industry in big data & analytics, powered by insurance specific artificial intelligence and machine language capabilities.”

Atidot’s AI and ML-powered algorithms utilize anonymized data to generate nano-segments of actionable insurance risk behavior based on modeling the interaction between the customer and the policy. These insights enable providers to generate top-line revenue by identifying policies with potential for upsell or cross-sell, improve retention rates, reassign orphan policies, and to optimize their books of business by generating real-time visibility of their risk portfolio. Real-time visibility into risk portfolios enables executives to get a better understanding of current lapse rates and surrenders, empowers them to reconfigure pricing and product bundling, and to objectively and scientifically determine the accurate reserves and capital requirements for the company.

Dror Katzav, CEO and Co-Founder, Atidot, said, “Insurance companies are in the midst of a revolution, with the value of data surpassing that of gold and oil. Insurance companies that want to stay relevant must become digitally savvy and embrace data-driven solutions. But it is not an easy process. The first step to becoming data-driven is to start generating actionable insights, and only then to start reshaping business processes to efficiently monetize the insights in hand with the appropriate designed IT infrastructure, all while keeping in line with the stringent privacy and data security requirements in the insurance industry. Tech Mahindra is a leading provider for digital transformation and change management, and by combining Tech Mahindra’s positioning and capabilities with Atidot’s Artificial Intelligence will be pivotal for insurance providers and the industry”.

Tech Mahindra offers innovative solutions catering to every aspect of the life insurance value chain. Apart from offerings targeted towards legacy modernization, the solution portfolio covers areas like claims, policy servicing, new business and underwriting, closed book accounting among others. As part of its TechMNxt charter, Tech Mahindra is focused on leveraging cutting edge technologies to deliver enhanced customer experience.

Source: Mahindra Group

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The company has been recognized for outstanding harvesting, product and technology innovations

John Deere displayed at the 2019 Agritechnica exposition in Hannover, Germany, its award-winning product innovations and showcased its Future Technology Zone: an exhibit highlighting advanced machine technology concepts that could drive future innovations in agriculture. The exhibit included nine R&D prototypes focused on automation, electrification and artificial intelligence.

The automation display focused on ways machines could perform certain operations in the field with minimal human assistance. The electrification portion focused on replacing mechanical and hydraulic components to make machines more efficient and productive while supporting emission-free farming and a reduced CO₂ footprint. Artificial intelligence was the third and final concept displayed.

Prior to the exposition, John Deere was awarded one gold medal and three silver medals by the DLG (German Agricultural Society) jury for its latest machine technology innovations. The one and only Gold Medal was awarded for the new John Deere eAutoPower transmission, the first electro-mechanical power split transmission that makes tractor-implement electrification possible. Silver Medals were awarded to John Deere for innovations that:

• Provide a combine operator an unprecedented level of control over the machine’s feed rate.
• Improve the operation of a large square baler through intelligent control of the tractor’s transmission and a self-learning algorithm.
• Deliver an overall efficiency package for a large combine.

During the expo, John Deere showcased its newest 7R and 8 Family Tractors. In addition, John Deere has previewed an expansion to the top end of their model line-up with the all new X9 Combine and matching Draper.

The X9 combine achieves this performance increase in productivity and harvest efficiency through the widest body available, improved crop flow, an increase in active threshing and separation areas, and a larger cleaning shoe, all while maintaining a transport width below 11-1/2-feet (3.5 meters). All combined, these features allow for a very high throughput, very low losses, improved grain and straw quality, and address the needs of large farmers looking to maximize their productivity and profits.

The new Draper enables maximum throughput in small grains. A hinged frame offers unmatched ground following capabilities, with the widest wing range available, resulting in better ground following in contours and sloping terrain, delivering clean, even stubble height and straw distribution for better seed establishment and emergence for the following crop. Additionally, a deep belt with a specially designed grain saving surface puts more grain in the combine and reduce loss at the header. The new Draper is also compatible with S-Series Combines.

All models of the S-Series Combine family continue to be available, and keep providing leading solutions in automation, grain quality, capacity, productivity and a low cost of operation.

Source: John Deere

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Thanks to state-of-the-art mechatronic systems, the operator can let the machine take care of driving at the most important times, and focus on operating the attachments.
A number of integrated technological innovations guarantee improved operator comfort, optimised efficiency and the ability to control all tractor operations from a single in-cab display. The Advanced Driving System is available on REX4 Orchard and Vineyard versions.

Advantages of the Advanced Driving System (ADS)

The Advanced Driving System incorporates a set of tools for your tractor that allow you to optimise your work. The Landini assisted driving system gives you a number of advantages:

• you will work more efficiently as you are free to focus on row-crop operations. Let the control unit take care of driving the tractor during independent driving phases and headland manoeuvres. The hybrid steering system is connected to satellite guidance and is interfaced with the power steering control that is fully integrated into the vehicle.
• The ADS manages to eliminate external stresses by adjusting the driving style to terrain conditions. It also lets you store wheel positions for slope and in-furrow operation.
• Enjoy improved comfort: the ADS offers you an automotive-style experience with such features as automatic stiffening of the steering wheel as speed increases and automatic wheel return to central position after turns. Driving comfort is guaranteed by smart stiffness control for the front axle.
• The all-in-one joystick enables you to control all hydraulic loads (up to 7 control valves) and directly control the steering system when the specific feature is enabled.
• Check all tractor functions from a single monitor that automatically displays the functions used (e.g. hydraulic system, PTO, transport).
• You can let the on-board computer take care of a number of other tasks, such as measuring working hours and consumption.
• Keeping your tractor’s condition under control is easier thanks to the continuous self-diagnosis. Any abnormal conditions are detected automatically, also depending on operating conditions and set trajectory.
• The Advanced Driving System will help you keep your tractor in good working order, reducing mechanical and electronic stress typically associated with personal driving styles.
• If you have a fleet to manage, there are many benefits to you, too. A web platform allows you to monitor a lot of information from the comfort of your office: vehicle position, service status, diagnosis of any abnormal conditions. You can also automatically fill in the field register.

With the Landini Advanced Driving System, working in orchards and vineyards becomes easier: it increases operator comfort, operation efficiency and preserves tractor life, resulting in higher returns over time and longer service life.

Innovation is rewarded

The innovative Advanced Driving System introduced in the Landini REX4 range earned important awards at major international trade fairs rewarding agricultural mechanisation:

• Technical Innovation Award, Eima 2018, Bologna.
• Máquina innovadora, Agraria 2019, Valladolid.

Source: http://www.landini.it

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