Operator safety is paramount when waterjetting and hydroexcavating. With more municipal service companies wishing to remove their operators from possible harm from high-pressure sources and caustic chemicals, automated systems are becoming more common.The HydraX Xtream Pad Dragon, from Stutes Enterprise Systems, introduced to the water and wastewater industry at the 2015 Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show, is just such a product. The innovative robotic waterjetting and hydroexcavation system allows operators to manipulate the variable-speed rotating nozzles as an extension of their bodies.“What we essentially did with this product was took a compact excavator and added
