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MDL’s VS150 is currently in the process of being developed for full production.

The VS150 is a development of the Cavity Auto Laser Scanning (C-ALS) System but omitting items such as the camera and navigation system.

VS150 is designed to operate in demanding underground mining environments and may be used to measure voids, stopes and rock faces where access is limited and difficult.

The VS150 may be deployed conventionally using survey tripods or by remote control when deployed on rods, booms, masts, lifts and cranes. Typical use will be before and after excavations, before or after drilling and blasting and for end-of-shift volumetric measurements to gain a quick, easy, accurate record of productivity. It is easy to use – you do not require technological expertise - and, as such, is a vital new piece of equipment for the modern mining engineer.

VS150 is a small (overall width 130mm and length 490mm), lightweight (3.5kgs) for easy transportation and extremely rugged.

Simple to use the Two-Axis-Motorised instrument scans 250 points per second and stores the data on rugged PDA’s or PC laptop computers.

VS150 comes complete with MDL’s ModelAce® software to display (in real time) laser point clouds in 3D.

Data may be exported to most CAD mine survey software packages.

Features

  • Pulse time of flight laser distance meter
  • Visible red laser pointer for alignment
  • Built in digital pitch and roll meter
  • Direct reading optical encoders (horizontal and vertical angles)
  • RS485 data interface (Ethernet data and control interface via surface unit)
  • 24 Volt DC operation (10V DC to 15V DC via surface unit)

Benefits

  • Survey dangerous areas by remote control
  • Fast accurate ‘onsite’ results
  • 3D solution
  • Easy to use
  • Highly portable

Technical Specifications

  • Class 1 eye safe laser (FDA/ IEC)
  • 150m range (passive target)
  • Accuracy typical 5cm
  • Range resolution 1cm
  • Scan rate 250 points per second
  • Horizontal scan 360°
  • Vertical scan 270°

 

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