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deliver higher productivity that leads to lower cost per cu.m and Uptime care:
hence the preferred choice in Mining as I mentioned earlier. Uptime care- an all exclusive portal that integrates different
services and functions and gives a combined report including
Detail us about the cutting edge technology in your machines trip summary, vehicle wise repair status, fleet uptime at your
in terms of telematics, smartness and IoT. What are the USP’s fingertips at one place.
of your machines.
Connected solutions are gaining higher acceptance in the Factors such as safety, operator comfort, ease of operations
market as customer’s today prefer to have all the data right are crucial in mining equipment. What are the steps
at their fingertips which will enable them to manage their undertaken by you for providing the same?
operations more effectively. Volvo Trucks introduced ‘Dynafleet’ The mining industry in known for its tough and risky working
solution way back in 2015 and constantly evolved over a period environment and at Volvo safety has been one of the core
of time in line with the customer requirements and now we offer values since inception. To this effect, our newly launched trucks
most advanced and smarter solution – Volvo Connect. are designed and built on pillars of safety, productivity and
With Volvo Connect, Customers can monitor various parameters driver comfort.
of the trucks viz. engine hours, fuel consumption, engine and Volvo Trucks have certain inherent safety features like crash
transmission health condition etc. This helps in fetching all kind tested cabin, electronic braking system, hill start assist, engine
of reports for analysis and to identify the problem areas and brake, rear view camera, energy absorbing steering wheel,
also in planning of the maintenance activities. Along with our high ground clearance etc. The newly designed cabins have
new trucks we also introduced three new service offerings to slimmer A-pillars which results in to 10% more direct visibility
ensure our trucks are always up and running. for the driver. Apart from these standard features we have
many other safety enhancements like fire suppression, driver
Fuel Efficiency Services: fatigue monitoring, pay-load monitoring etc. which we offer as
Through Fuel Efficiency services we monitor gamut of vital optional, based on customer’s needs.
parameters which influence the fuel efficiency and generate We also focused on enhancing driver confidence while
insightful reports for our customers. operating for longer hours in these tough mining environment
and in our new range of trucks, the entire design was done
Fleet Assist Services: keeping driver as our focus. Our new trucks are equipped with
This service connects all equipment’s in a mine digitally and climate controlled cabin, air suspended seats, ergonomically
offers optimized and real time route prediction. This helps in designed controls, I-shift automated transmission to ensure that
reducing idle time and thereby lower the operational expenses. customers can get the best out of their drivers.

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