@inproceedings{6a6f356716e04d4fbad98b1d8f5518b7,
title = "Smart quick coupling system for safe equipment attachment selection and operation",
abstract = "This article introduces a new approach of an intelligent equipment attachment identification system based on passive radio frequency sensing technology that provides operators with the assurance the correct attachment is used while all hydraulic functions, which are so far set manually, are maintained. The article first provides an introduction to the technology of quick coupling devices and its advantages and current limitations. Concluding from corresponding safety statistics that fatal accidents involving quick couplers are on the rise, the developed identification and control system as well as the experimental test environment and measurement procedure are introduced. Results show that an intelligent quick coupling system for equipment attachment selection and operation can provide equipment operators with additional, safe and productive alternatives to existing malfunctioning systems or practices.",
keywords = "Equipment attachment selection, Human factors, Operator visibility, Quick couplers, Radio frequency identification, Safety and health",
author = "S. Rinneberg and J. Teizer and S. Kessler and G{\"u}nthner, {W. A.}",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.22260/isarc2015/0087",
language = "English",
series = "32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, Proceedings",
publisher = "International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction I.A.A.R.C)",
booktitle = "32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining",
note = "32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, ISARC 2015 ; Conference date: 15-06-2015 Through 18-06-2015",
}
