OPTIMIZE RECYCLING OPERATIONS WITH TELEMATICS

How Machine Monitoring Systems Can Help You Better Manage Your Material Handler

BY ALLISON GRETTENBERG

Material handlers, along with other pieces of recycling equipment, spend their days lifting, carrying, and moving a variety of materials in waste and scrap handling applications. They work long hours and spend most of their life on the same site.

To help keep machines functioning at their best, recycling operations can use technological advancements such as telematics machine monitoring services. Telematics goes beyond basic fleet location tracking and delivers a stream of real-time data to a computer or smartphone to help you make smarter equipment decisions. Telematics services can enhance safety and help your material-handling business run more efficiently.

Stojan Arezina, telematics manager at DEVELON, explains how telematics works and how it can help you better manage your material handler.

Understanding How Telematics Work

Many of today’s material handlers come standard with telematics to collect data. The system can help you understand how, when, and where recycling equipment is working. The location is provided in longitude and latitude, and the mapping software automatically changes to the closest address.

“Many fleet tracking technologies use a terminal that is installed on equipment to gather and communicate data wirelessly via cellular or satellite service,” says Arezina. “The data is sent to a website where the machine’s performance, operating hours, fuel usage, engine idle time, and work time can be monitored. Engine and hydraulic oil temperature and fault and warning codes can be viewed via a computer or cellular device.”