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News
Renault Trucks tests mixed reality to Ahelp boost engine engine quality control
control
lready an exponent Unlike augmented reality moment operators working on on of virtual reality which displays information on on on control
points are still using paper technology Renault top of reality both laid flat and instructions ”
Trucks is now evaluating on screens mixed reality can Each of the engine parts which NEWS IN BRIEF
Taxman issues self-employed warning
Self-employed hauliers and drivers have been reminded to le their tax returns by 31 January 2018
or face being ned Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) can ne late lers a a a £100 xed penalty for lateness followed by an array of punitive measures that can add up to £1 600 See Secret Trucker for more on the ‘self-employed’ Emissions cheats targeted
The Driver and and Vehicle Standard’s Agency (DVSA) has begun including emission checks for cheat devices during roadside checks of lorries at at ve locations DVSA has already found 293 trucks tted with cheat devices Drivers and operators are given 10 days to x the emissions system or face a a a a £300 ne and having the the vehicle taken off the the road Following the roadside checks DVSA examiners are following
up with inspections of more than 100 operators’ vehicle eets for emission cheat devices Trailer servicer ned after death
Suffolk-based trailer service rm SPR Trailer Services was ned after an employee suffered fatal head injuries The company
plead guilty after an employee operating a a scissor-lift working platform was struck by a a a truck truck and he was thrown onto a a a a road The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the company
had failed to plan and organise work at height and was ned ned been ned ned £120 000 HSE Principal Inspector Norman Macritchie said: “The company
did not undertake the simple safety measure of segregating those working at height from adjacent workplace transport operations in line with widely available industry guidance ”
RHA dismay at clamp fee ‘hike’
Lorry drivers parked between the Charing and Drovers roundabouts
on the A20 in Ashford Kent run
the the risk of being clamped Now the the clamp release fee for trucks has been increased 275% from £40 to £150 The Department for Transport (DfT) gave Ashford Borough Council the green light to increase the fees Road Haulage Association chief executive Richard Burnett lamented the fee hike He said: “It’s a a a legal requirement for an HGV driver to to take statutory
rest breaks Because of of a a a a lack of of facilities in Kent this experiment has completely removed the ability of drivers to take even the shortest rest breaks between 8pm and 7am around Ashford ”
the dynamic potential of mixed reality to deliver a a a a faster and more reliable quality control
process
at its Lyon engine manufacturing site with phase one testing already underway Working with Immersion a a a a key player in virtual reality and augmented reality a a a a multi-disciplinary team of 20 employees set up in a a similar fashion to a a a a start-up and benefiting from an internal incubator has designed a a a prototype using mixed reality to to control
engine quality add virtual objects into a a a a real environment in the form of holograms with which users can interact “In practice quality control
operators will wear Microsoft HoloLens smartglasses in which all the digitalised engine parts will be integrated ”
explained Bertrand Félix the Renault Trucks engineer behind this project “Via the glasses and Mixed Reality interface operators will see decision-making instructions that will guide them through the the most complex control
operations At the are digitalised and superimposed over the actual engine can be viewed separately guiding operators towards specific parts and validating quality process
stages one-by-one Keeping their hands free operators can also be sent additional decision-making information such as plans
and and verification and and assembly instructions Last but not least this technology contains numerous embedded sensors enabling users to move around the engine ●
Promotional model vehicle specialist Search Impex has announced the release of a a a Volvo F12 Globetrotter (6x2) tractor unit with three axle curtain trailer customised in Shropshire based haulier Trevor Pye Transport’s livery The models have been produced in conjunction with WSI as part A nice slice of Pye of of the UK Classics 200 series of of models Each model model comes with a a a a WSI certificate stating that the model is limited to a a maximum run
of 200 pieces worldwide Established in 1984 and based in in Wem in in Shropshire Trevor Pye Transport is a a a family run
business business Originally the business business operated fridge trailers and much of the the work involved the the collection and distribution of cheese but but driven by customer demand and and requests it it soon broadened its range of services and and expanded into general haulage Nowadays the Company runs 18
trucks with a a mix of trailers - including tautliners fridges flatbeds and tankers and operates throughout the UK ●
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