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cavityandvoidscanning
CALS(CavityAutoscanningLaserSystem)isauniquespecialistundergroundlasercavitymonitoring
systemthatenablesmappingofpreviouslyinaccessiblepartsofmines,safelyandquickly.
CALSgrantsaccesstoconcealedcavities
CALScavitymonitoringsystemcanbeusedinawiderangeofapplications,whereaninaccessiblevoid
existsandaccuratedataisrequiredtomonitorexcavations,assessriskordesignsolutions.
Oncedeployed,CALSgivesmoredetailed,accuratedatathanalternativetechnologies,suchasground
penetratingradar,andistheonlyboreholedeployablelasersolutiononthemarket.
Plannewprojects:Assessrisk,designsolutionsbasedonaccurateundergrounddata,addCALSdata
toyourexistingmapsanddevisenewprogrammesofwork.
Transformproductivity:Withaccuratemapsofvoids,youcandesignplans,whichallowforefficient
miningorconstructionprojects.
Improvesafety:Mapinaccessibleundergroundareastoensureoperationskeepemployeessafe.
CALSsupportssuccessfulprojects
CALSgivesyounewundergroundmappingcapabilities.Youcansafely,quicklyandreliablyscan
inaccessibleundergroundworkings.OurCavityProfilersoftwaregivesyoumodelling,manipulationand
exportcapabilities.Thesystemenablesyoutocollectthedatayouneedinorderto:
protectworkersafety
showcompliance
reporttoprojectstakeholdersingreaterdetail
costoutplannedworksaccurately
devisemoreefficientprogrammesofwork
progressnewprojects
designandengineersolutionsbasedonaccuratedata
minimisedisruption,drillinganddisturbanceinpopulatedareas
AdvantagesofCALSlaserscanning
Theunique50mmdiameterofCALSallowsaccesstovoidsvianarrowboreholes,whichminimises
scannerdeploymenttimeandcost.The360sphericalcoverageprovidesafullviewfromasinglescan,with
noblindspots.Inaddition,theCALSlaserscanneralsoenablesyouto:
useremotecontroloperationtosurveypotentiallydangerousundergroundvoidssafely
viewtheresultsofyourscaninminutes,notdays
worksafeintheknowledgethatanIP67ratinggivesyoutheconfidencethatCALSwilloperateinwet,
humidanddustyconditions.Itcanalsowithstandsubmersiontoadepthof1m,reducingtheriskof
damageifCALSisaccidentallydeployedintoafloodedcavity.
Howitworks
Withadiameterofjust50mm,CALScavitymonitoringsystemiseasilydeployeddownholeoruphole
throughboreholestosurveyinaccessiblespaces.
Asystemofhinged,lightweight1mrodsprovidesafixedazimuthcapability,andenablesCALSdeployment
downboreholesaslongas200m.CALScanalsobedeployedbyboomorbyremotecontrolledvehicle.
Anoseconecameragivesfullvisibilityoftheboreholeduringdeployment,sooperatorscanseeany
obstructions,andjudgewhenCALShasenteredthevoid.
TheCALSprobeincorporatespitchandrollsensorsandhastheoptionofaninternalcompass.The
sensorsensureCALScanbetrackeddowntheboreholeandthatthescanisautomaticallygeoreferenced
tofitintoexisting3Dminedata.
Onceinthevoid,asimpleclickfromtheoperatortellsthelaserscanningheadtorotateontwoaxes,
measuringthethreedimensionalshapeofthevoidwithfull360coverageandnoblindspots,andwitha
rangeupto150m.
Aloadbearingcableattachedtotheprobetransmitsallthemeasureddatabacktothesurfaceunitanda
ruggedisedcomputerloadedwithourCavityProfilersoftwareisusedtocontrolCALSfromasafelocation
andtoviewthedatainrealtime.
Renishaw'snewuserfriendlyCavityProfilersoftwareforCALSmakesitquickerandeasierforoperatorsto
usethesystem,byguidingthemthroughtheprocessofdeployingandscanning.