Vactor Manufacturing has introduced a wireless emergency shut-off wrist strap as an added safety feature for all new Vactor HXX vacuum excavators the full- and mid-sized HXX HydroExcavator, HXX Prodigy and HXX Paradigm trucks.
Worn on the operator’s wrist, the emergency-stop device communicates directly with the wireless remote control on the Vactor HXX truck via Bluetooth technology. A locking ring on the wrist strap connects the emergency-stop device to the digging lance. The wrist strap also features a magnetic connection tethered to the ring. When the digging lance is dropped, the magnetic connection is broken.
The new industry-exclusive Vactor emergency-stop wrist strap provides an extra level of safety for both the vacuum excavator operator and the work area, triggering an emergency-stop condition that brings the truck to a safe condition when the magnetic connection on the wrist strap is broken.
