Spillard News

Spillard Safety Systems of Gailey in Staffordshire has recently equipped a Komatsu PC3000 excavator with devices from its All Round Vision range to ensure it operates in complete safety on Kier Mining’s Greenburn opencast mining site in Ayrshire.
            Two separate Optronics closed circuit camera systems, manufactured by Spillards, are coupled to a pair of cab-mounted 5.6” colour flat screen LCD monitors to enable the operator to see to the rear and right hand side of the massive 253 tonne machine. Both cameras are also fitted with night sights which allow a low light viewing distance of up to 10 m – one of the most powerful currently available. In addition, a well positioned convex mirror takes care of vision to the left hand side of the excavator.
            The company has also fitted the PC3000 with one of its high quality rollover harness restraint systems and a movement alarm.
            In fact, all 25 major items of mobile machinery on this large Kier site have been subject to the Spillard treatment in order to provide a total package of blind spot elimination in order to meet Kier Mining’s high safety standards.