German Quarrying w/ Remote Control Machines!

[@IronDan93]

I been operating heavy equipment for the last 12 years. Me and my family migrated from Germany to Canada 19 years ago. I been operating heavy equipment all over western Canada from small to oversized open pit mines. For the last 12 years. This is my first time seeing an operation from my home land. All I gotta say is. Ohne euch würden wir hir an dem anderen uffer kein plan von gar nichts . Macht weiter so jungs/ Männer, wir lernen von euch durch die corporations 💪🏼

[@const2499]

Viele Grüße von Deutschland :)

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

Das Deutsch ist aber ganz schön am schwächeln. Wohl nicht sehr lange in Deutschland gewesen bzw früh nach Kanada ausgewandert, wie? 😀 Grüße an die andere Seite des Teiches 🙂

[@Machines.In.Action]

Using a 992 loader and one truck for efficiency is such a simple yet effective strategy. Great insights! 💪

[@AaronWitt]

can't argue with the germans!

[@MichelvanRooijen]

A lot of nose picking🤦‍♂️

[@TwinkleToes3116]

But then they use another loader to feed the crusher? Just make a truck dump hopper and get rid of the other loader to save on that expensive fuel.

[@Xerdoz]

@@TwinkleToes3116 You need to have a second, smaller loader for all kinds of stuff. There's going to be rocks falling on the ground etc. which need to be cleared etc.

[@IronWarrior95]

​@@mmm365 they just haul as much material as they can feed into the crusher. When 1 loader and one truck gives them enough material that they can use constantly, then 2 trucks would bring them more material than they can handle at the crusher. The crusher can't take more than that and they don't want to store the extra material or to shorten the working hours of the large loader and the truck operators.

[@markfryer9880]

The remote equipment was good to see in operation, and its application is justified, given the danger of rockfalls from the quarry face. We have a new Hyundai van at work, and when manuvering at slow speeds, the extra cameras come on to show you any potential hazards around the van. It definitely takes time to get used to working through camera vision as opposed to line of sight and mirrors. The system even shows which way the front wheels are pointing. The GPS system also tells you the correct speed limit for the section of road that you are on. 😮 Remote control technologies are useful, but they have a learning curve to get used to them. Mark from Melbourne Australia

[@AaronWitt]

thank you Mark!!

[@jkr9594]

Note on the history: Zeppelin didn't get famous during WW2. Airships were, in fact, basically irrelevant during that war. There were a few airships used in WW1, but the real golden age of the Zeppelins was the Inter-war era.

[@THANHTHANHTUNGSTONE-m9h]

Impressive! Using remote control machines for quarrying is a game changer. Amazing technology in action!

[@PhasenReise]

Handle the machine from the homeoffice :)

[@humungusfungus6861]

Bei so einem Bericht kann man schon Stolz auf sein Land sein...was auch immer zur Zeit hier abgeht.

[@CuthbertNibbles]

Es hat mich etwas entesucht CAT Maschinen zu sehen, statt eine europäische (oder sogar deutsche) Firma. Aber das diese Technologie richtig implementiert wird ist schon wirklich toll.

[@KptnAutismus]

unsere Ingenieurskunst ist hoffentlich unsterblich.

[@billcipher1212]

one day this man will have visited every big mine and quarry

[@AaronWitt]

I’m trying

[@thePretendgineer]

The high wall collapsed at the Homestake Gold Mine in the mid 90s on a shovel and a haul truck. I don't know the exact height of the wall, but the mine was 900 feet deep at the time. I believe it was the full height of the mine. (or damn close to it) I worked with the haul truck operator for several years, the story of that collapse is one of the most chilling things I've ever heard. He talked about hearing the pinging of rock hitting the cab moments before the side of the truck was crushed. The shovel was completely crushed killing the operator. Remote shovels and haul trucks isn't the worst idea in the world near that kind of stuff.

[@diamanteduul8084]

Thank you for all the hard work you do to bring us this content. I hope you get time for leisure when visiting all these places!

[@glennback3105]

Sweet drone shots of the blast bro cool af 😎

[@AaronWitt]

thank you!

[@internetexpert8153]

the lag from that video to the remote operator was painful to watch

[@EinfachFredhaftGaming]

Also that room is pretty dark

[@Max24871]

Yeah, considering what the FPV camera drone guys can do looks downright bad.

[@noobstertontropolisburgpoi8096]

I guess when a dynamite stick reaches a certain size it's called a sausage. I definitely enjoyed the American pronunciation of German names.

[@dezmondw7927]

Thx for the great content Aaron and crew!

[@AaronWitt]

thanks for watching!!

[@basilholinger9174]

Swiss army is developing remote controlled excevators for some years on a cat 323 i think. They startet developing it because they needed a remote system on a excevator for digging out ammonition and i think at that time, there was simply no system for them on the market. Meaby check it out the next time you‘r in switzerland.

[@basilholinger9174]

They also applied the same remote system to a menzi muck.

[@NicolasZanotti]

The company providing the tech is Gravis Robotics. Correct, it’s for multiple machines such as the Cat 323 and Menzi Muck.

[@dey0rc]

12:51 Highspeed Internet connection in Germany sounds kind of weird - lol

[@MichelvanRooijen]

Da geht bestimmt ein datenkabel hin. 😂😂😂

[@Orbis92]

I think this is just translation error. I can't imagine they actually send the signal through the (unpredictable and possible unstable) web when the remote control container is in viewing distance. Its just a high speed connection between the remote controller and the excavator, not a high speed internet connection... and you probably don't want a remote controllable vehicle on the world wide web

[@dey0rc]

@@Orbis92 i think u missed the joke

[@KarlArschGmbH]

@@Orbis92, oh sorry, da hatte ich sie wohl falsch verstanden.

[@Orbis92]

@@dey0rc This is no topic I can laugh about. Not even if "I go down to the basement" ;)

[@OfficialSamuelC]

Longer videos rock!!!

[@AaronWitt]

we're getting better at it!!

[@timhoster9506]

You have to visit the RWE open coal mines Tagebau Hambach or Garzweiler with the biggest excavators world wide.

[@bryel6383]

This project is amazing can't wait to see more

[@keypartscompany]

Really like the bucket that was on the 992.

[@mannelantz5939]

You should come to Sweden somtime!!

[@AaronWitt]

hopefully next year!!

[@johannessamuelsson6578]

​@@AaronWitt You might want to check out the Aitik copper mine operated by Boliden, as well as Skanska or NCC for quarrying and construction, Actually, NCC just concluded a decent-sized cleenup operation moving contaminated soil from an island in northern Sweden. They ran mostly Volvo excavators and articulated trucks, but also used a Cat long-reach for dredging.

[@beardy4831]

That first quarry the driller/blaster was super close to the blast. Never seen someone stay that close.

[@milosz0sth]

Nice material😎👍 interesting system of a remotely controlled excavator .Greetings from 🇵🇱

[@IronWarrior95]

Cool, I didn't know you were in Germany! I know this quarry from a German construction KZbin channel. But you make the best videos of mining and machinery on KZbin!

[@matheusmansur4210]

Good to see you back!

[@ernierundall1336]

You guys have a great job

[@AaronWitt]

it ain't bad!!!

[@andreasu.3546]

"So you want to work in our quarry. Do you have any job experience?" "Sure, I've been in the RC hobby for 30 years"

[@N1mbleOne]

115k views, only 3k likes? (2.6%) that doesn't make any sense, great video well produced! Never seen a remote excavator before, super cool!

[@frankangermann4837]

6:20 Der Sprengmeister wollte es aber wirklich wissen......😂🤣... the blast-master really wanted to know ...

[@AlexKall]

14:02 that is one choppy feed, must make it extra challenging to use that machine remotely.

[@mfrsr]

its good to see that this level of remote operating tech is becoming feasible finally. as in wireless vs. umbilical or radio remote at an individual site level. as you say its different to see a genuine use case for it rather just on a demo area. and in something other than an "aussie mining" level of investment 😂 if CAT's system is as well developed then im assuming other manufacturers have their own proprietary systems too, but i wonder are there any notable aftermarket systems available in the industry yet? that could be retrofitted to any (or older) machines and not be part of a dealer relationship etc? Given the increasing focus on health & safety, demand for such a system in so many machinery roles can only increase in the future, if only the cost & complexity could be reduced to be a practical solution for smaller/private firms, owner operators etc.

[@AaronWitt]

there are definitely aftermarket systems making their way into the market

[@Porty1119]

We've tossed around the idea of retrofitting older LHDs with remote control systems. Really anything that has or can be retrofitted with electrohydraulic servo valves should be convertible; from there you need a controls interface and to ensure adequate radio range and bandwidth. Introducing live video complicates the last part.

[@StevenStyczinski-sy8cj]

That was very cool. Remote control excavators. I am curious about what is the latency of the remote controls, the time delay between when you move the controls at the remote location until when the machine actually responds. As an old operator when Cat changed their controls from hydraulic - hydraulic controls to electro - hydraulic control I definitely noticed an increased time lag. And for precision control even a fraction of a second delay was very unnerving.

[@Porty1119]

You really can't beat direct-acting hydraulics for precision and response.

[@CGT80]

The newer machines seem quite responsive. I haven't run old machines, so I can't compare them. I suspect it would only get better with time. It is a great question. KZbin slows down on my firefox browser, to where there is lag as I am typing this. It is crazy annoying. When I was using a 349 cat excavator (120k pounds and a 78" bucket) to load super 10 dump trucks that seem small in comparison, the lag could have meant damaging or flipping a truck. The swing on that machine did not slow down as fast as the smaller machines I had used, but the other functions were as fast as expected.

[@peterrosel8493]

I'd love to see you visiting a coal mine in Germany. They have huge bucket wheel excavators, that can shovel 240.000 m³ per day, equals 314.000 kubicyards per day. This thing is nearly 93m or 305ft tall and 226m or 740ft long. You can see them in the mine in Garzweiler in Germany in action. It is very common in Germany to have huge bucket wheel excavators for coal mining. Be quick. Germany is shutting down the coal mines to transform to green power generation. So the machines will soon no longer operate.

[@thiru2605]

At 9:19 only here I understand it's a cement factory not a marble one😅

[@eltontv6002]

its not cement. They produce gravel in different sizes and bigger stones for building purposes.

[@sachadevries8519]

2 questions on the remotely operated excavator, 1-how responsive are the controls for the operator? 2-can an operator jump into the machine and run it like a standard machine if it is not in a dangerous spot?

[@CGT80]

Yes, other videos he did of remote machines, were able to be run by an operator in person. He has a video on 5 bull dozers that are run by 2 to 3 operators who are all in the same room. They push long runs of material for strip mining, so an operator will setup one machine on a push, and then control the next one. They are remote and semi automated, from what I could tell. They still need to be able to service them and use them in other locations in a pinch, so it only makes sense. The newer machines seem to be electronically controlled anyway, like when setting the pattern they use, so that just makes it easier to do it remotely.

[@justinmccutcheon7152]

“We just filled our self with German Sausage”

[@blarfroer8066]

Both sides lead to the same organ.

[@MavMcLeod]

Summary - safe 18 minutes of your life: The video is about the author's trip to Germany to visit two quarries. The first quarry uses a Caterpillar 992 loader to load trucks with rock. The second quarry uses a Caterpillar 395 excavator to load trucks with rock. The 395 excavator is remotely controlled by an operator in a command center. The author also visits a Zeppelin Caterpillar dealership and learns about their latest products.

[@Tomas-qk5fy]

Bots are using compliments in the comments section, uh their mostly corn bots so y'all should really delete the comments

[@AaronWitt]

they're my friends

[@Tomas-qk5fy]

@AaronWitt have you checked the accounts tho, because their links lead to adult content :}

[@mfrsr]

engagement is engagement 😂

[@Tomas-qk5fy]

@mfrsr i mean your not wrong

[@tristenklein5940]

You should also be aware and concerned with big tech censorship especially political speech and facts pertaining to the GE CC political movement which is all designed to destroy Capitalism and force Collective Marxism onto the masses!

[@roberthumberston8803]

cool Stuttgart, been there many years ago like 72.as a young army man working asphalt.

[@kagisomabuza8669]

9:48 no Diddy ⏸️

[@aussiedirtmover]

❤❤❤🇦🇺Good job great coverage Australia watching 🇦🇺👍🇦🇺👍🇦🇺👍🇦🇺

[@Max24871]

0:16 That's a subway in Vienna, not Zürich. It's not even somewhere along the way there.

[@UncleManuel]

One irreplaceable rule of everything: don't even try to pronounce German words. It's notoriously difficult for non-German (+ Austrian + Swiss) speakers. It's always compared to learning vastly different languages like f.e. Russian or Japanese or the norsemen (Norway, Sweden, Finland). ✌️ Greetings from the land with the fun grammar where you can daisychain random nouns together and the result is still a valid word. Like Dampfschiffahrtführungstauglichkeitsbescheinigungsurkunde. 😁😁😁

[@Cancun771]

Hm so does that mean there are lots of "stepped" old quarries and even mines out there that were given up before there was remote technology, and that could now be re-opened and the "steps" mined away remotely? Because the remote tech makes it accessible only now?

[@Olliinn]

Cool, but also a bit scary how one good AI that can load a truck would remove many jobs, luckily I believe that's more difficult than you would think since every job is different, self driving cars will be widespread before that happen I'm sure. Awesome video overall! That operator room would give me the feeling of playing farming simulator except it's quarrying simulator, with much cooler graphics.

[@american7169]

Imagine if the killdozer was remote operated😂

[@Dk.BANASCO]

I love it 👷🏾❤️🚜

[@GIANTDIGGER]

Best machine

[@NicoSuaveee]

I suppose you park it in a safe space at the end of shift to do post trips and pre trips. But what do you do if the machine becomes inoperable whilst in the hazardous areas?

[@jakobprendinger]

why do you show the wiener u-bahn 0:15 instead of München/Zürich metro stock videos

[@zapfanzapfan]

That 100 meter wall sounds like a future problem, are they going to put fill/debris up in front of it before ending operating the site?

[@OperatorEkta2]

Thanks for 1000 subscribe 🎉🎉 ❤❤

[@davidanalyst671]

someone tell Aaron about the translator apps so you can talk to everyone

[@CGT80]

I thought about that, but he also said they shot the video a few years ago. I'm not sure if they were a good option a few years ago.

[@Jab7581]

Still seems really counter productive to leave the face walls so tall and then dig it at the bottom. That's just asking for a high wall collapse and to end up righting off a CAT 390 that probably costs 2 to 3 million pounds.

[@MrSaemichlaus]

I'm not knowledgeable on the material but he said they can do it because the material is stable enough. But its dangerous for humans to stand right below the wall because smaller rocks could fall down sporadically. You just can't control that.

[@idontknow31212]

In Germany, basically everything remotely dangerous is highly regulated. Getting a permit for this probably involved more people than the digging. Also this Rock is really tough, but sure, if there were no risk at all they would not run the machine remote

[@whitecanegamer]

I'm assuming the value gained from extracting the extra material, more than makes up for the potential danger to machinery. There'll be a very well paid geologist somewhere determining how tall they will let those high walls get.

[@thumperjdm]

Great video. How on earth do they carve that 100' vertical face?

[@AaronWitt]

start at the top and work your way down... it's 300' and 100m - tallest I've seen!

[@atnfn]

Guess that's pretty nice if there is risk of the excavator falling down a pit or something collapsing on top of it. Would be nice if you could sit at home while working, but I guess there needs to be someone "checking the oil" etc before starting the machine. Also if the internet connection cut out you might drive the excavator off a cliff, that would be kinda expensive.

[@AlexKall]

If connection was lost it would just stop.

[@ΛάζαροςΣτεφανίδης-ψ2β]

And the end were is the woooow ????how many people loose the job for all this remote control and no operating???can you explain this please??

[@techfiti]

what can happen if dust accumulates on the cameras limiting visibility

[@CGT80]

It gets cleaned, just like any camera. The machines are moved away from the wall to be serviced. Since they have cameras from the trailer, they could just walk the excavator out while using a 3rd person view........like running a remote controlled toy. For digging and loading, it is best to have a 1st person view. Some sensors have wipers or air nozzles to clean them, when in environments like that.

[@IronWarrior95]

I didn't know fuel was that cheap in the US. But $1,65 for Germany is almost cheap compared to the last years. I think in the beginning of Corona it it dropped drastically to under $1.00 a litre, but after the beginning of the "problems" with Russia in 2022, the price for diesel went up to $2,70 a litre for a longer time. In the end around 70% of the fuel price here are just taxes, taxes and taxes of taxes. Profit taxes (VAT), mineral oil taxes, CO2 taxes and infrastructure taxes, to be specific.

[@Porty1119]

Compared to Germany fuel prices here are low, but the number in the video hasn't been accurate for years. In my corner of the southwestern US we're paying $3.65/gallon (about $0.96/L) for highway fuel and about $3.39/gallon ($0.89/L) for off-highway fuel.

[@eltontv6002]

the Diesel price never went anywhere near 2,55€/l here in germany, not even for private consumers so no big operation where fuel gets delievered mostly directly from the reffinery pays that price as it is even cheaper than gas station fuel. where do you get these prices?

[@IronWarrior95]

@@eltontv6002 we had Diesel and petrol prices of 2,35€ to 2,45€ or more for some time a few years ago and Diesel was even more expensive than patrol for some time, that's while there was a financial support from the government to lower the fuel prices. I don't know where you live when you can't remember that.

[@eltontv6002]

@IronWarrior95 southern germany. The highest price ive seen Was about 2,05€/L and that was an already expensive gas Station. At my workplace we had a record price of 1,93€/L for 25.000 Liters.

[@IronWarrior95]

@@eltontv6002 I live in northern Germany. The fuel prices in Germany where the highest in Europe, as I remember. Even after the 35ct / litre support from the government it was around 2€, because the greedy oil concerns pushed the prices even higher then.

[@HenryLoenwind]

I wonder why they don't use a camera pair and simple shutter glasses to provide a stereoscopic view. IR-controlled shutter glasses are cheap as dirt and readily available from the 3D-movie (3D-home theatre) craze a couple of years back and monitors with 140+Hz refresh rate (to time-interlace two video streams at full framerate) are common, too. There also is no bandwidth problem, like with over-the-internet remote control.

[@Excavator2006malayalam]

My favourite excavator caterpillar 395 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BN22955]

So how does the high wall become a high wall? Is it blasted or something? As the machine couldn’t reach that high? Or does it just fall down? May sound silly but I don’t know lol 👌

[@joeppppppppp]

6:01 forklift guys will understand

[@OpenThisGate87]

I think German airships fought in WW1, not WW2.

[@AaronWitt]

whoops

[@royreynolds108]

They were. The Hindenberg crashed and burned on May 6, 1937, basically stopping those airships for passenger travel.

[@EinfachFredhaftGaming]

We have 4-5 mandatory years of English classes in school here in Germany, it's beyond me how still so many are unable to hold a basic conversation in English

[@iare19]

Dude, even the brits and americants can't speak proper English.

[@wunderprächtig]

ich könnte jetzt sagen "Heul doch", aber ich lasse es lieber ....

[@felixhofmann4227]

in Vienna, Austria ? 0:16

[@StoryExcavators]

💪💪🔥🔥

[@timyee22]

This hardhat is not allowed over here.

[@timyee22]

(As a hardhat)

[@dschinnken]

from zürich to munik through vienna ? why?

[@rjjamal3830]

please make more longer video like 30/45 minute

[@complexgrafix]

Wait! Show the new battery install

[@everettvitols5690]

Fuel is not that cheap in the US! Even Texan fuel is more like 70 cents/L. California is ~$1.10/L

[@whitecanegamer]

I know the content of this video was German centric but in the UK, as of today, diesel is approx £1.41 per leater / $1.77, give or take a bit. Until 2022 UK quarry operations could use Red diesel, which isn't taxed as much and is less than half the price . Red diesel is around 68p / $0.85 per leater. I can't imagine how much diesel those machines can get through per day,, or how much it costs. Just glad I don't have to pay for it!

[@charlesgentry3758]

So we are now breeding our children's to be remote controllers? Lol 😆

[@toxicbavariankitten]

Why would you breed your children? It sounds like Alabama/Saarland stuff... Dont breed your kids!

[@brazenh2836]

Wonder why they don't just use a fov drone setup. Slap the camera onto the cab front and use the goggles as normal. The video feed is self contained too so no internet needed (probably less lag also). Also the full body view could just be a 360 cam on a long pole on the back of the vehicle...

[@TomAmoT.]

wow silent ride.. awkward 😂😂

[@davidquirk8097]

Schotterwerke = gravel factory.

[@graemeguthrie8758]

these videos are the reason i chanegd my mind about being an operator, why would i do something when a can robot do it better. im starting my apprenticeship for hd technician instead, more money and whose gonna fix or repair these autonomous machines? the ghost busters? no bloody technicians! haha

[@AaronWitt]

we need them both mate - being a tech is a great career

[@eltontv6002]

but theres still an operator running the excavator. no job was lost here, in fact theres propably more jobs required to run these remote controled machines than it is to run an normal one.

[@Tangaroa775]

That 992 wouldn’t be big enough for the height of that face in Australia

[@smplyizzy]

Soon they will outsource those operators with remote workers from India and China, etc! I promise that is their goal. Long term they are working on replacing the operator with AI! Although cool the days for operator in large scale operations are numbered.

[@notstandingwithukraine9478]

AI is replacing a lot of professions soon...

[@thepubliceye]

The only drawback I can see is the lack of depth perception when looking at a flat screen, why doesn't the operator wear 3-D goggles?

[@VuzixCorporation]

Great video content!

[@yoshtg]

if you wanna have fun you go mining but if you wanna make money you go quarrying

[@davidanalyst671]

Only the real ones see how Aaron went down to talk to the remote control scater, in the area thats too dangerous for humans!!!!

[@x...CrankyOldMan...x]

5:25 hey guys, please dont start using music while the machine is working, even low levels. thank you.

[@Omar-b5t8v]

Hey dear im industrial engineer with 17 years in mining job and phosphorus acide production i want to work thwre could you help me

[@BRCH78]

Bauma China this week. Im curious what would be your thoughts if you go see a lot of Chinese machines, some unusual

[@jazzy1871]

seems wrong for a guy to be soo close to the blast without a hard hat

[@jackstand7028]

I was thinking Led Zeppelin.

[@LB7Amoney]

Google translate works good lol

[@Holmberg358]

Too bad you completely blocked the view of that Cat 1990 working just in front of you 7:56. Would have much appreciated a closer look at the rear of that loader. Otherwise great video

[@sebastiangreger1450]

Ist das Kalkstein

[@KapitanWoods]

"Corey" is not how you should be saying 'Quarry' 😉

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

i wouldnt put it past people to swap blood out,ive heard humans can swap blood with animals..

[@mrmjohnson1980]

Big Di*king, leaving the equipment right next to the blast? Holy hell you could see the ground ripple underneath them

[@jerrylewis7702]

Kiddo, Zeppelin was WW1, get your facts right!

[@karstenramcke498]

Sunglasses in Germany😀normaly Not needed

[@AaronWitt]

absolutely not haha

[@karstenramcke498]

@@AaronWitt 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

[@karstenramcke498]

@ your Videos are phantastic

[@michaelroduner7724]

*shaded safety glasses 😅😎

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

sharon your gonna have to do 1 bare knuckle fight. shit u just tell me who

[@Maikel1500]

No operator huh but remote operation . . . . Sigh. Click bait or original titles, you would think its still 2012. . .

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

youll never have to do work another day in your life.... ill talk this over with my accountant first,,

[@jeebusk]

i need a bot to reply to bot comments

[@paulthesoundguy1]

HEY MY FRIEND…. German language is easy….you should at a minimum…learn the names of these companies as they are pronounced in German….you will look and be more KNOWLEDGEABLE on your videos.