Dredging contractors apply cutter dredgers in several dredging and reclamation projects where project goal, soil properties and natural restrictions require the utilisation of this specific equipment. Cutter dredgers, the universal workhorses in the field of dredging so to say, have their own specific conditions to be fulfilled for optimal performance. As IHC Systems considers it their mission to be dedicated to Efficient Dredging, they regard as an honour to provide our customers with genuine means for optimising the anchoring and dredging process, dredging time, fuel costs and environmental load, workload, crew stress, accident prevention – operational costs in economic, ecological and social categories, in short.

These continuous and persistent pursuits have resulted in the development, design, production, commission and servicing of products and systems aimed on life-cycle supporting our customers in:

• Optimising and visualisation of the dredger’s movement and cutting process
• Optimising the suction and discharge process
• Exactly and accurately knowing where to dredge and to discharge
• Preventing over-dredging and time losses
• Enhancing crew’s awareness of the dredging process, and pleasure in their job
• Enhancing safety of operation

So, a complete range of cutter dredger oriented products and systems is available, ranging from any kind of sensors and transmitters, over a series of stand-alone monitoring and control systems unto completely integrated and efficient solutions, including among others Dredge Track Presentation and fully integrated cutter dredger automation. A special place is secured for IHC Beaver cutter dredger optimisation at basic, advanced or excellent level.

For assisting cutter dredger’s crew in developing a growing awareness of the dredging process, enhancement of their ‘natural’ skills, for training operational scenarios, for safety and job satisfaction, a lifelike training simulator for cutter suction dredgers allows contractor employees to do so cost-effectively.

IHC Systems gladly invites any user of cutter dredgers to consult and co-operate with us in inventing innovative solutions for the practical and theoretical problems they may be confronted with.

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