Assistance Systems on Hydraulic Excavators and CO ₂ Reduction - Is There Any Correlation?

Concerning the limitation of greenhouse gases, the Kyoto protocol in 1997defined the first hard facts. A steady increase in the number of participating states as well as a rigorous focus on emission limits - even if some important countries did not sign or withdraw from the protocol - led to high pressure on existing technologies.

The presentation therefore will start by discussing the four pillars of possible CO₂ reduction options and will lead to the question why there is a correlation to assistance systems on hydraulic excavators.

Finally innovative excavator assistance systems and their support to the objectives on CO₂ reduction will be presented.