The kits can be ordered direct from the company’s factory through Doosan Smart Solutions for use with Leica,
The company adds that its collaboration with the three machine guidance system manufacturers means that customers in Europe are can now order excavators pre-installed with Leica, Trimble and Xsite ready kits.
The kits include all the components required to make sure a machine is ready for the installation of a guidance system at a later date, and Doosan says they require very little or no welding, re-painting, drilling or disassembly.
The kits are fitted on customer machines in the Doosan Customisation Centre in the Netherlands.
"The ready kit option gives a customer flexibility as they are not obliged to install the complete 2D/3D system immediately," Doosan states. "The customer’s excavator will have the main brackets, wires and sensors installed in readiness for the rest of the 2D/3D system to be added at a later date."
The machine guidance systems give operators access to design surfaces, grades and alignments on a display inside the excavator cab. The systems use GNSS, GPS, laser, sonic or total station technology to accurately position the blade or bucket in real time, which is designed to significantly reduce material overages and improve the contractor's productivity and efficiency.
Depending on the system in place, the site plan and grade information can be displayed in the cab, so operators can finish jobs faster with minimal supervision, obtaining higher precision finishing with a reduced number of passes.
