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Manufacturers sign up for Leica tech

by Kyle Molyneux  |  Fri 13 Mar 2020

Manufacturers sign up for Leica tech

Liebherr, John Deere, JCB and Hidromek have announced partnerships with Leica Geosystems to offer machine control technology on a raft of machines.

For Liebherr, the relationship begins with supporting the Liebherr Wheeled and Crawler Excavators Generations 6 and 8 with the Leica iXE2 2D and iXE3 3D machine control solutions for excavator guidance. Mono boom and two-piece booms versions are supported in this integration as well as hydraulic tilt-buckets and tilt-rotators. The firm's latest PR736 Generation 8 dozer can also run Leica iCON iGD4SP, iGD2 and iGD3 machine control solutions for bulldozer grading. Meanwhile, John Deere announced its Crawler Dozer Series 700-750-850 L Series will now be supported with a new cable kit for the Leica iCON iGD4SP, iGD2 and iGD3 systems. The kit consists of all parts for a seamless installation of machine control, resulting in more accurate and efficient operations.

The JCB generation X Excavator 131X, 140X, 150X and 220X will now also be supported with a new cable kit for the Leica iCON iXE1D, iXE2D and iXE3D machine control solutions for excavator guidance. The kit for these models has been designed for simple and clean factory installation with cables developed between JCB and Leica Geosystems. Hidromek too is also offering Leica systems on its Grader HMK600MG, which is compatible with Leica'a iCON iGG2, iGG3 and iGG4 machine control solutions for motor grader guidance. The new integration, with no hydraulic kit needed, improves the working efficiency and productivity of grader operators.

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