Wednesday, June 01, 2011

We added the Apache Machine Control Product Line

We added the Apache Machine Control Product Line to our selection of machine control products. If you dont know anything about machine control, in a nutshell it's controlling a machine! Funny right? It's used by heavy construction firms that operate heavy equipment such as bull dozers and trackhoes for site prep. Site preparation professionals use our machine control laser detectors to grade construction sites prior to construction. Rotary Laser levels are set up to beam across a construction site, while machine control detectors are mounted to the blades of dozers, and arms of trackhoes. The grading contractor can read the blueprints (aka construction documents) to see if there is cut or fill needed at any location of the construction site. With machine control detectors the dozer operator will know if s/he is above or below grade. Hence the term "Machine Control". While we only sell the 2D machine control products, there is a more advanced subject and system and that is of 3D where the sensors detect X Y , and Z coordinates for elevation. 3D systems are expensive and not normally needed except for specialized applications. 2D systems that we represent are commonly used on many construction sites all over the world.