DEVELON has announced it received a ‘very positive reaction’ from customers and dealers alike, who attended the brand’s first Global Develon Day in South Korea recently.
Held eight months after the Develon brand was first announced by parent company, HD Hyundai Infracore, the event attracted a global audience, with a strong presence from the USA, Europe, South America and the Middle East.
The three-day gathering began with the Develon Day at the company’s Proving Ground facility at Boryeong to the south of the capital, Seoul. The events on the second and third day included a tour of the manufacturing facilities in Incheon, a visit to the Demilitarised Zone and more cultural highlights, with visits to some of the most famous heritage sites in Korea.
At Boryeong, customers and dealers were welcomed by Seung Hyun Oh and Young-cheul Cho, the joint CEOs of HD Hyundai Infracore. Their presentations highlighted the company’s history and the vision behind the Develon brand.
There was a display of the latest construction equipment and demonstrations of technology including the latest generation Concept-X2 autonomous solutions and the Transparent Bucket safety system for wheel loaders.
Specialists discussed the evolution and current status of autonomous construction equipment at Develon.
Developed in-house, Concept-X2 is the latest version of Develon’s Concept-X, described as the world’s first automated construction solution, unveiled in 2019. In the finale to the day at Boryeong, Develon gave a demonstration of the latest Concept-X2 autonomous construction equipment, including the DD100-CX dozer and DX225-CX crawler excavator. Both machines feature a new cabinless design and a linear core design language.
Visitors were divided into groups to take part in the Experience Develon tour, with exhibition booths, displays and demonstrations in different parts of the campus, showing the company’s new product line-up, technology and other participatory activities.
One section of the tour was dedicated to smart construction equipment, including the new DX225LC-7X – the company’s first ‘Smart’ crawler excavator. Visitors were able to see a close-up of how the DX225LC-7X works via a video screen showing the various machine functions in action, including Full Electric Hydraulic (FEH) technology; integrated 2D Machine Guidance and Semi-Automatic 2D Machine Control as standard.
Develon also demonstrated the company’s Transparent Bucket 2.0 safety system, the first in the world, mounted on a DL320-7 wheel loader. The transparent bucket is a system that allows the wheel loader driver to see blind spots in front of the bucket on the machine, using the monitor in the cab. Again the screen output from inside the cab was broadcast to a video screen so the audience could see the operator viewing object detection when operating the machine.
Another new product on display, that is being rolled out globally, was the new DD130 dozer model. Develon also provided a preview of its new DTL35 compact track loader.
The DX20ZE-7, the first mass-produced electric-powered excavator manufactured by Develon, was also included in the product display. The mini-excavator is powered by an in-house-developed 20.4 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.The battery pack featured in a display called Technologies & Solutions that contribute to create Green Life at Boryeong, that also included a newly developed mild-hybrid powertrain.
Complementing the Concept-X2 demonstration, Develon presented a range of smart technology solutions, including the first view of the new Quarry-X solution, designed to integrate all the operation processes involved in running a quarry, from order taking to sales using ICT technology to manage the site and increase productivity with ‘minimal cost and time’.
