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Topcon at Work
The latest stories from real users and what they have achieved.
FRH Group, Gold Coast Airport extensions, Coolangatta, Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems: Millimetre GPS fitted to JD 670 grader
Application: final trim
A grader operator working on the extension of the Gold Coast Airport at Coolangatta, Queensland, is finding the use of Topcon's Millimetre GPSTM system on his John Deere 670 grader is making him
up to five times more productive.
Bachmann Plant Hire, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems : mmGPS with System 5+ on Cat 140H grader
Applications : Plant hire, including final trim and paving grading
Queensland Plant Hire company, Bachmann Plant Hire has recently installed Australia's first Topcon mmGPS machine control system, on a Cat 140H grader, and is seeing significant benefits in final trim subgrade and placement of pavement gravels.
According to Managing Director Greg Bachmann, the mmGPS system has been achieving everything expected of it - "and possibly even more".
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JD Earthmoving, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems : 3D-Xi excavator indicate system on Cat 33B; System 5+ on Cat 140H grader, HiperLite(?) rover system
Applications : Bulk excavation, site works, commercial building site earthworks, general civil construction.
Mark Targett, a site foreman with Queensland-based JD Earthmoving finds that the use of Topcon's GPSbased machine guidance systems and survey equipment helps him complete projects faster and more efficiently.
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Ken Dansie Grader Hire, Central Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems : Cat 140H grader fitted with System 5+ machine control.
Applications : General plant hire on civil construction projects
One of the first grader owner-operators to get into machine control in Australia has stuck with Topcon because of its ease of use, reduced level of dropouts and ability to work with other systems.
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South East Excavations, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems : System 5+ on two Cat 140H graders, Cat 12G
Applications : General civil construction.
The use of Topcon's System 5+ on graders owned by Brisbane-based South East Excavations has allowed the company to carry out a major greenfields shopping centre development within very tight time schedules, according to director Steve Turner.
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Thiess Pty Ltd, Central Queensland, Australia
Topcon systems : System 5+ machine control Cat 140H graders, Cat 16G, D10R dozer, Hiper+ rover systems.
Applications : Mine infrastructure upgrade
The use of Topcon GPS-based surveying and machine control equipment has helped Thiess Pty Ltd carry out a major mine infrastructure upgrade faster, more efficiently and more safely than using traditional methods.
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Ford Civil Contracting, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Topcon systems : 3D-Xi excavator indicate system on Komatsu PC300-7
Applications : Construction of seawall and associated works
Australia's first Topcon 3D-Xi "indicator" 3D GPS+-based control system for excavators has increased productivity and efficiency by up to 50% on a riverside project for Sydney-based contractor Ford Civil Contracting Pty Ltd.
"We are getting productivity increases of about 50% on the seawall construction, and between 20 and 30% on the other boxing out and shaping activities," said Ford Civil's managing director Stuart Ford. "Those are very real efficiency and productivity gains we are achieving.
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Rokon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Topcon systems: HiperLite rover system
Applications: Site surveying, setout, checking work
Melbourne-based civil contractor Rokon Pty Ltd is set to double its annual turnover after introducing a Topcon HiperLite rover system to its operations, eliminating the need to bring in a survey team and greatly speeding up operations.
"The main advantage in using the GPS is just how efficient our business has become," said Jim.