Experience issue 2023

Experience
NOVELTY
RUTHMANN STEIGER ® -
STEP DEPLOYMENT PLANNER -
PRECISE PLANNING WITHOUT
SITE VISIT
The new RUTHMANN online tool STEP (STEIGER ® Application Planner) is
unique in the world and for the first time allows working platforms to
be planned virtually with precise height information without a site visit.
The correct selection of the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® via STEP prevents the
selection of machines that are too large or too small in the daily rental
business. This optimises fleet utilisation and saves costs.
Based on a precise height map and
the database with all the performance
data of the RUTHMANN STEIGER ® ,
assignments can initially be planned
online. After determining the required
working heights on site, the appropriate
STEIGER ® is selected from the database
and placed on the map. Here,
all support variants of the machines,
the cage load as well as the working
height can be taken into account and
visually checked. The working diagram
shows the building contour and
whether the operation is feasible with
the selected STEIGER ® .
THE NEXT STEP IN OPERATION
PLANNING
STEP provides our customers with a
powerful online tool for deployment
planning. The employee trained on
it has the possibility to carry out this
planning online. Once he knows the
address of the site, he can use various
maps (OpenStreet-Map, Bing, Google
and numerous aerial photos) to view
the conditions and compare them
with the rental customer’s ideas.
Precise height maps allow the required
working height to be determined to
the nearest centimetre, much more
precisely and comprehensively than is
possible on site from the ground.
The worker can thus determine the
heights of buildings, superstructures
or towers precisely and without
the usual deviations. The difference
between the STEIGER ® and the height
of the planned location is then used
to determine the required working
height for the operation.
DETERMINING THE REACH TAKING
ALL PARAMETERS INTO ACCOUNT
The user can easily read off the required
reach from the radii around the
working point he has set. The radii are
labelled with metres for this purpose.
After entering the working height and
the desired basket load in STEP, the
user accesses the available STEIGER ®
in the database.
After the selection, the chosen
STEIGER ® appears visually on the map
and can be positioned there freely.
The working diagram adapts dynamically
based on the selected working
height and basket load and immediately
displays the possible reach of the
STEIGER ® . The various support variants
of the STEIGER ® can also be selected,
which is reflected in real-time ranges.
With STEP’s height map, the height at the measuring point can be read precisely in the grid
information on the right. Unlike other tools, this height determination is free of distortion and
thus protects against surprises during use.
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