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Mählers MC3 – AI-assisted control system
Mählers’ proportional MC3 control system has been developed to provide smoother and safer operation, as well as greater precision when snow ploughing, grading, spreading salt or gravel, or controlling tipper bodies on trucks and trailers.
MC3 is a proportional control system, which means that all plough equipment can be controlled steplessly. The MC3 software is also designed to support the control of other functions, such as tipper bodies.
Choosing a variable (load-sensing) pump on the truck provides several benefits:
- Simple hydraulic installation
- More cost-effective installation due to fewer valves
- More economical operation with lower energy consumption
AI assistance around the clock
Mählers MC3 includes the AI-assisted Mählbot support service, enabling truck drivers to access technical support regardless of the time of day.
Mählbot has been supplied with information covering all relevant fault codes that can occur in MC3. Together with technicians and engineers, an extensive knowledge base has been developed. Troubleshooting begins when the truck driver asks Mählbot for assistance. Mählbot then guides the driver through a step-by-step troubleshooting process.
Once the correct diagnosis has been established, the driver receives instructions on how to resolve the problem and then confirms the action in the system. The diagnostic system is continuously updated.
If Mählbot is unable to resolve the issue, the next step is remote support. Using the mobile network, technical support can connect remotely to the control system and provide assistance regardless of where the truck is located.
Ergonomic joystick controls all plough equipment and tipper functions
The plough and other equipment are controlled using MIG2, an ergonomic, multifunctional joystick equipped with proportional rollers for maximum precision. The joystick and control palette also feature a number of on/off buttons for activating ploughs, grader blades, tipper functions and other equipment.
MC3 software support and updates can be carried out using the “Mählers Control System 3” app. The Mählers MC3 app can be downloaded from Google Play to an Android phone, which connects to the control system via Bluetooth. The customer then contacts Mählers support, allowing the support team to connect remotely to MC3.
The support team can make adjustments, install or modify software updates and check fault codes – regardless of where the truck is located.
This can eliminate many unnecessary trips to the workshop. MC3 also complies with the machinery safety standard EN ISO 13849, making it one of the safest control systems on the market for road maintenance equipment.
MC3 and Volvo Connect
Through the integration of Mählers MC3 with Volvo Connect, functions previously handled via a mobile phone are moved directly to the truck’s integrated display. This allows the driver to access MC3’s digital functions without having to use a separate mobile device.
The result is a simpler and more integrated driver environment, with important information and functions for road maintenance operations available directly through the truck’s existing system.
Now also available for trucks with fixed-displacement pumps
Mählers MC3 control system is now also available as MC3-Fixed, a version developed for trucks equipped with fixed-displacement pumps.
MC3-Fixed is an on/off system and, just like MC3, allows both plough and tipper functions to be controlled using the same joystick. It features built-in AI support and also enables remote assistance from Mählers’ support team via a mobile connection.
The ability to control both plough and tipper functions has been in high demand among customers whose trucks are equipped with fixed-displacement pumps. MC3-Fast can also be installed in trucks currently using the Mählers MC2 control system. For these installations, Mählers offers a dedicated conversion kit.
MC3-Fixed features the same safety functions as MC3, including hydraulic spool monitoring of width-extending functions for both ploughs and grader blades.
MC3 – User-friendliness
- Proportional control provides smooth operation
- Ergonomic joystick with a multifunction control palette mounted on a comfortable armrest provides convenient and precise control
- Simultaneous control of multiple functions improves operating efficiency
- Dual potentiometers for parallel adjustment of constant-pressure functions improve precision
- AI-assisted support with Mählbot
- Android application via mobile phone or Volvo Connect for remote support and control system updates simplifies technical support
- Dual potentiometers make constant-pressure functions easier to adjust
Functionality
- Tipper body control, with the possibility of adaptation for different bodybuilders
- Modular design that can easily be expanded with additional modules
- Option to connect MIO for control
- Advanced internal fault detection, operating information and status indication
Safety
- Complies with EN ISO 13849 and is third-party certified
- All controls meet PLd safety level requirements
- CANopen Safety compatible for safer control
- Monitoring of width-extending functions with hydraulic spool monitoring
- Safety valve in all hydraulic blocks