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Fleet management at Dawson Mine +++ Moving the earth: Hambach brown coal open pit mine +++ Volcano watching with GPS +++ IBEREF links up Spain +++ High-precision excavation of tunnel profiles +++ No strings attached +++ Small size, big marvel: Leica DISTO™
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Highlights of current issue are:
- Fleet management at Dawson Mine
Dawson Mine in Queensland Australia is a shining example of how a real-time machine production monitoring and integrated fleet management solution can be implemented successfully across a 48 kilometer mine site, assisting decision making and productivity.
- Moving the earth…
I must have looked fairly impressed standing there – in this enormous hole that had been dug into the earth. In front of me a 350-meter-high pit wall, behind me gigantic bucket wheel excavators, and underneath my feet billions of tons of brown coal. My guide smiled to indicate he understood me and said this view still awed him, too.
- Volcano watching with GPS
The Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) is the Italian institute for monitoring volcanic activity. The Italian region is one of the most volcanically active on earth and the INGV is at the forefront of Volcanic Research. Over the past 10 years, volcanologists have realized the benefits of using GPS for gathering continuous, real-time and highly accurate information about the movements before an eruption. In February 2003, the INGV installed Leica Geosystems’ GPS equipment on the highly active volcano of Stromboli.
- IBEREF links up Spain
On the first of July 2003, IBEREF, the independent permanent reference stations network in Spain began its operation. It is designed and operated by the Spanish Engineering and Systems team of Leica Geosystems and many Surveying and Mapping firms and public organizations.
- High-precision excavation of tunnel profiles
“Guided by VMT” – This quality hallmark now distinguishes 400 tunnel construction projects the world over. VMT GmbH Gesellschaft für Vermessungstechnik, a company headquartered in the Southern German town of Bruchsal, has been developing highly successful navigation systems for tunnel drilling machines since 1994. Total stations from Leica Geosystems supply the exact measurement values for this purpose – under the most exacting of conditions, as general manager Manfred Messing explains.
- “No strings attached”
Leica Geosystems Machine Automation improves pavement construction all around the world. The Australian Civil Contractor Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd, is contracted by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) to upgrade of the Pacific Highway at Nabiac on Australia’s east coast.
- Small size, big marvel
“The new generation Leica DISTO™ is so small, it even fits into my breast pocket. Customers love it!” Klaus Brammertz, head of the Measuring Tools Division of Leica Geosystems, is enthusiastic about the success of his new laser distance measurement instruments. And indeed: The models Leica DISTO™ A3 and A5 clearly set new standards in terms of handiness and ease of use. |
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