Aptella is to offer Carlson’s machine guidance and fleet management solutions for mining, quarrying, dredging and landfill operations throughout Australia. Aptella will both sell and support the wide variety of software products.

“We are thrilled to be introducing our solutions through Aptella, Australia’s leading provider of machine guidance and positioning solutions,” said Randy Noland, vice president of Carlson’s Machine Control division. “Carlson and Aptella have worked together for many years to supply the land surveying industry with software solutions so it was natural to expand our partnership to include Carlson’s machine guidance products.”

Aptella will be offering Carlson’s complete range of machine guidance solutions for mining operations, including Carlson Grade™ for dozers, graders, scrapers and other surface grading machinery; Shovel Grade™ for excavators & shovels; Drill Grade™ for drilling machinery, and TruckPro™, which monitors position and load information across the truck fleet.

For on-site management and inspection, Aptella will be offering Carlson Grade Supervisor™, which delivers an integrated 3D and GNSS solution for surveyors and supervisors. For monitoring from the office, Aptella will offer Carlson Fleet Manager Office™, which enables managers to communicate with multiple machines in real time and also to generate a wide range of data from machine performance to progress reporting.

For landfill applications, Carlson has Landfill Grade™ that can be used across compactors, dozers, graders and scrapers to increase compaction and reach optimum density faster.

For dredging applications, Carlson provides Excavator Grade™, for long reach excavators, barge heading, and cable cranes, etc. supporting multiple sensor types such as line riders, flow meters and encoders. Multiple attachments are also supported including finger grabbers with open & close visualisation.

“We chose Carlson Machine Control for mining,” said Martin Nix, Aptella CEO, “because it offers a comprehensive range of solutions, all with open system architecture that enables them to work on most makes and models of equipment used on a mine.” Nix adds, “By combining Topcon GNSS hardware solutions with Carlson Machine Control software we are able to extend our expertise and service to mining, dredging, quarrying and landfill applications.”

“We are delighted to be able to offer our customers this complete range of machine guidance options,” Nix said, “and look forward to working with Carlson Machine Control to deliver the right combination of solutions to help save time and increase productivity for earthmoving, grading, material management, drilling and dredging operations.”