Smart Construction 3D Machine Guidance will be fitted in the factoryKomatsu Smart Construction, the digital arm of the Japanese manufacturer, is changing the manufacturing process of its excavator range to offer ‘bespoke’ machines from the factory. Smart Construction 3D Machine Guidance, which was previously retrofitted locally or in the field, will now be fitted during the machine assembly at the factory for PC240 and PC228 crawler excavator models. Komatsu says that this makes it the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to develop its own guidance and control products installed at the factory before the equipment is delivered to customers. Factory workers will complete the installation of the additional hardware on the assembly line, removing pressure from distributors. Bart Vingerhoets, senior commercial manager at Komatsu Smart Construction, said: “With installation now taking place at the factory, Komatsu Smart Construction is proud to expand the capabilities of its technology-fitted excavators, set to support the digitalisation of the construction industry, both for today’s jobsites and those of the future.