All-new PME range from Prolec
Company to unveil its new modular platform machine safety concept at Donnington Park Raceway in May
SAFETY systems and machine productivity specialists Prolec have announced the biggest and most significant product launch in the company’s history. The first product models from an entirely new modular range focused on machine safety will be unveiled at Donnington Park Raceway on Wednesday 9 May 2012.
At the heart of the new system is an innovative, patented new platform concept called the Prolec Machine Engine (PME). This technology can control a vast range of equipment types by deploying sophisticated modelling strategies to precisely determine machine positioning.
Within the PME platform, which sits at the heart of the new Prolec Safety Controller, core software processes sensor data to model exact positional references. This real-time machine position allows safer operation across an array of equipment functions including lifting safety, height and slew control, overturning protection, reach control and cab protection.
The Prolec Safety Controller, complete with its innovative PME core, can be installed on virtually any piece of construction plant to instantly deliver access to a range of safety solutions. When combined with Prolec’s all-new, intelligent, touch-screen operator interface, the systems that can be deployed are said to be almost unlimited.
At the product launch in May, Prolec will focus on the safety field, in particular offering replacement solutions to their Liftwatch series of rated capacity indicators, although the PME roadmap shows deployment across the full suite of Prolec safety solutions throughout the rest of 2012. All incarnations of the PME product are being developed with OEM fitment in mind, as well as simple after-market installation options.
Gary Tuffy, Prolec’s sales & marketing director, said: ‘PME and its safety controller are generic in application. It’s a first for Prolec as we have traditionally been strong in control and safety for excavators. Now we can target a much wider range of applications for customers using construction plant such as cranes, forklifts and telehandlers; excavators and backhoes; ADT and wheel loader weighing; and scrap handlers. In fact, pretty much any construction equipment that moves, lifts or shifts.
‘Users of the new PME-based product range will enjoy a richer experience with enhanced interfaces, faster processors, clearer graphical displays plus simpler installation, faster turnaround and even better reliability than our highly-regarded and robust existing solutions.’
