Excavator Machine Control

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What is 3D Machine
control
for Excavators?

Unicontrol3D is a flexible, reliable, and simple 3D machine control system. With user-friendly technology, the workday becomes much easier for the operator, and the quality assurance is both faster and more accurate.

Faultless earthmoving with instant feedback sensors

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Less downtime with multi-constellation GNSS antennas

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Improve productivity quickly with intuitive machine control interface IMU sensor

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Key Benefits of Machine control For Excavators

Intuitive System

Simplicity is the core of our machine control system. Our experience shows that it takes approx. 30 minutes for the Operator to start applying the system.

Less Rework

The essential benefit of investing in machine control is doing the job right the first time. You know exactly how much material to take out, which height to put it in, and confirm that you are in the correct location. ​

Customisable Interface

We ensured customization to individual needs, local processes and preferences to maximize utilization and minimize introduction time​.

GNSS Performance

Robust dual positioning performance in the most challenging environments with all satellite constellations as standard - GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Gallileo. No hidden upgrade fees.

Smart engineered mounting solutions by RaptorTech allow machines of all sizes from 1 to 100+ tonne to be accommodated.

Samsung Touch 3D Tablet

The Unicontrol industrial ruggedised Samsung tablet touch interface is designed to empower operators to work efficiently with minimal training.

Quickly modify your view in full 3D, load new designs, add offsets and customise much more with the ease of using a smart phone.

Swingboom | Knuckleboom

Previously operators have had to mark the calibrated angle and only dig at one swing point due to lack of Swingboom support.

Now with Unicontrol's unique fully integrated support for Swingbooms and Knucklebooms you can dig at any swing angle and still get accurate bucket tip positioning.

Variable Angle Boom

In an industry first Variable angle booms that pivot left to right halfway along the length of the boom are supported. Use all the capabilities your machine with your Unicontrol 3D GPS system. 

Note: dual pivoting offset booms are currently being developed. 

High Fidelity Tilt Sensors

Our fast-tracking sensors continuously keep you updated and accurately informed about your digging progress. The sensors cover everything from pitch/roll, boom, stick, tilt through to bucket. Slopes and depth are updated continuously, resulting in fast and precise cycle times.

Tilt Hitch | Tilt Rotator

Full support for all Tilt Hitches, Tilt Buckets and Tilt Rotators on the market. Dig at any angle with confidence. 

Note: Tilt Rotators from Engcon, Steelwrist, Doherty and others will need factory enabled rotation output sensors.

Self Service Buckets

Quickly toggle between your buckets with the click of a button. Follow the intuitive calibration wizard to add new buckets on your own with no delay, just keep your tape measure and plum bob handy in the cab.

GNSS Performance

Robust dual positioning performance in the most challenging environments with all satellite constellations as standard - GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Gallileo. No hidden upgrade fees.

Smart engineered mounting solutions by RaptorTech allow machines of all sizes from 1 to 100+ tonne to be accommodated.

Samsung Touch 3D Tablet

The Unicontrol industrial ruggedised Samsung tablet touch interface is designed to empower operators to work efficiently with minimal training.

Quickly modify your view in full 3D, load new designs, add offsets and customise much more with the ease of using a smart phone.

Swingboom | Knuckleboom

Previously operators have had to mark the calibrated angle and only dig at one swing point due to lack of Swingboom support.

Now with Unicontrol's unique fully integrated support for Swingbooms and Knucklebooms you can dig at any swing angle and still get accurate bucket tip positioning.

Variable Angle Boom

In an industry first Variable angle booms that pivot left to right halfway along the length of the boom are supported. Use all the capabilities your machine with your Unicontrol 3D GPS system. 

Note: dual pivoting offset booms are currently being developed. 

High Fidelity Tilt Sensors

Our fast-tracking sensors continuously keep you updated and accurately informed about your digging progress. The sensors cover everything from pitch/roll, boom, stick, tilt through to bucket. Slopes and depth are updated continuously, resulting in fast and precise cycle times.

Tilt Hitch | Tilt Rotator

Full support for all Tilt Hitches, Tilt Buckets and Tilt Rotators on the market. Dig at any angle with confidence. 

Note: Tilt Rotators from Engcon, Steelwrist, Doherty and others will need factory enabled rotation output sensors.

Self Service Buckets

Quickly toggle between your buckets with the click of a button. Follow the intuitive calibration wizard to add new buckets on your own with no delay, just keep your tape measure and plum bob handy in the cab.

Compatible with all excavators

Swing boom

Unicontrol3D support the swing boom with a dedicated sensor to follow the movements of the swing boom.

Dual boom

Unicontrol3D supports Dual boom/City boom for machines who need te added flexibility or added reach.

Tilt rotator

Unicontrol 3D supports tilt rotators and tilt hinges - and integrates directly with the built-in tilt sensor.

Offset boom

Unicontrol3D supports like single offset boom and articulated offset boom for increased flexibility.

Wheeled

Unicontrol machine control supports both wheeled and excavators on tracks.

Dual Swing Boom

Unicontrol3D supports like single offset boom and articulated offset boom for increased flexibility.

Excavator Machine Control FAQs

Unicontrol is compatible with all the industry standard design files and correction formats.

Base station RTK corrections:

UHF  – Most construction sites run RTCMv3.2 – a universal correction format that all hardware vendors support. While a small number of sites will run a proprietary correction format (e.g. CMR X) we will always work with site surveyors to enable the additional format if required.

NPTRIP  – We are fully compatible with any NTRIP (internet) correction stream

File formats:

Unicontrol accepts DXF design / linework files as well as land XML files. These are industry standard and can be exported from any of the design packages that surveyors use.

In rare cases where surveyors are only able to provide a proprietary file type, our support engineers will do the format conversion for you and upload the new design directly to your machine through the Unicloud.

Unicontrol has redesigned this product from the ground up with the latest technology. This means you’re not paying for the last 20 years of development mistakes. Each component was carefully selected to build a cost effective solution without compromising on quality.

Our hardware is world class – USA manufactured with 2 years warranty – and the Samsung rugged display beats anything else on the market for readability and touch sensitivity.

Oh – and we just make a bit less margin that our competitors. We believe everyone in the industry should be able to access this technology, not just those with fat wallets! 

Short answer – No. While an internet connection does give you some really useful features (like remote file upload and support) you can work completely offline while receiving RTK corrections over UHF.  All files can be uploaded via USB directly onto the tablet. 

A cool feature with our wireless tablet is that you can take it somewhere with Wi-Fi over lunch and the screen will automatically download files as soon as it has an internet connection. Several of our mining customers working on remote sites use this feature to avoid the hassle of surveyors going to each machine

Important point to remember – to get NTRIP corrections, you will need a internet connection. All it takes is a sim card with a data plan.

RaptorTech is an authorised reseller for the HxGN Smartnet NTRIP service. There are base stations located across the country and chances are there is one near you – so if you don’t want to buy a base station but still need high-precision GPS, let us know and we can get you a quote!

We can also help you setup your own UHF or NTRIP base station networks if you are running multiple machines which can save you in the long term.

No- RaptorTech can supply the hardware and support you in setting up a base station that works over UHF, Internet (NTRIP) or both which is a particularly powerful option. Several of our customers have increased their value proposition by not only supplying a machine to a job but also providing the base station for the site for all the machines operating there.

 

RaptorTech also offers innovative solar enclosures to allow you to setup your base in a remote location and never worry about charging a battery every night.

Yes – we support Tilt Rotators from all manufacturers we have worked with, if we haven’t previously worked with a manufacturer we will work with them to support their tilt rotators.

To support the tilt rotator we install one of our own sensors to the hitch which gives us cross-tilt angle. We also hook into the manufacturers built in rotart encoder to give us the rotational angle, depending on the manufacturer you may need to purchase additional

We have confirmed compatibility with the following brands:

Engcon EPS sensor required for rotation, only offered on EC209 and above. Engcon releasing the EC206B which will support EPS. Click here to visit the Engcon site.

Rototilt – May require unlock licence code depending on model. Click here to visit Rototilt site. 

Steelwrist – Click here to visit Steelwrist site.

Compact Tilt – Click here to visit Compact Tilt site.

Kinshofer Nox – Requires unlock code. Click here for Kinshofer site. 

HKS – Click here for HKS site. 

RaptorTech only sells into regions where we have a strong local support base. We have physical branches based in Perth (WA) and Newcastle (NSW) and support technicians available to travel state-wide in short notice.

 

However – due to our market leading cloud software, almost 95% of our support calls are resolved remotely. We can access, troubleshoot and repair most system issues without you ever leaving the cab. This lets you keep working while we remotely access your machine to check on things and make changes to get you back to 100% 

Yes! Assuming you’re a contractor or rent out your machine, feedback from our existing customers indicate that daily rates increase by $150 -$200 per day when you have a GNSS capable machine.

Construction companies are happy to pay this because it reduces rework and errors, increases productivity and allows them to engage multiple subcontractors working across a single design reference.

Industry research shows around 20% increases in productivity by giving operators real time guidance on design compliance. This is a combination of reducing rework due to over/ under-digging or incorrect slopes, but also just faster operation due to confidence in where you are on the design.

Many construction sites now have a mandatory requirement for machine control – so if you want to win more jobs or expand your fleet, chances are that this is going to be a necessity. Our Unicontrol solution lets you access this market at a much lower entry cost – giving faster payback and increased profits from your equipment investment!

No- The Unicontrol Supervisor Rover system is especially designed to provide simple, usable functions – allowing supervisors to complete quality checks on the fly (ask about our vehicle mounted option) – or operators to pick up survey points and create their own 3D designs on the fly.

You can create simple designs such as flat pads, ramps, v-drains etc directly from the machine software as an operator. If you pair with our companion supervisor rover system you can markout and create more complex designs in the field which sync automatically with other machines running the same project.  

 

For more complex designs you will need to engage with a specialist surveyor or engineer. You can also export any design info created on the machine or rover to take into a specialist design software package.

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