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Trimble Marine Construction Systems for Cutter Suction Dredges.

Improve dredging productivity and efficiency. Trimble Marine Construction systems provide accurate 3D visualisation to assist the operator with underwater construction tasks.

How It Works

Features and Benefits

Trimble Marine Construction systems are flexible, high-performance positioning systems that meet the unique needs of marine construction on both simple and complex projects.

  • Efficient Dredging

    Efficient Dredging

    The operator and tug captain have a real-time view of the dredger with the plan and profile views displaying the vessel outline and the dredge head along with the surveyed surface, design and dredged depth.

    • Robust and reliable solutions maximise uptime
    • Dredge tolerance visualisation provides guidance for accurate, efficient dredging productivity
    • Supports RTK for precise tide and heave calculation
    • Import or build project design and survey models in the office or field
  • Real-Time Visualisation and Monitoring

    Real-Time Visualisation and Monitoring

    Trimble Marine Construction systems support visualisation and monitoring of the angle and position of the ladder and cutterhead. View the absolute position of the dredge head in relation to the surveyed and any number of design surfaces. The working surface is updated with the dredged depths in real-time and displayed in plan, profile and 3D views. Over-dredge and under-dredge tolerances can be set and are visible on the profile view of the dredge head.

    • Supports real time sonar inputs providing as-building capability
    • Continuous data logging for as-building and volume reports
  • Customisable Interface

    Customisable Interface

    Multiple monitors with independent layouts can be tailored to the needs of the dredge operator. A color-coded plan view and 3D rendering highlights high and low spots. The surface Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is updated in real-time registering the progress of the dredging work showing depth, differential and production models all updated according to progress of the cutter head.

    • Administrator can configure the screens for a specific workflow/user and lock it down for the operator
    • Create machine or vessel shapes or import models from CAD software, including the 3D modeling tool SketchUp
  • Sonar imaging for underwater visualisation

    Sonar imaging for underwater visualisation

    Add eyes below the water with Teledyne Marine sonars for real-time data visualisation.

  • Efficient Dredging

    Efficient Dredging

    The operator and tug captain have a real-time view of the dredger with the plan and profile views displaying the vessel outline and the dredge head along with the surveyed surface, design and dredged depth.

    • Robust and reliable solutions maximise uptime
    • Dredge tolerance visualisation provides guidance for accurate, efficient dredging productivity
    • Supports RTK for precise tide and heave calculation
    • Import or build project design and survey models in the office or field
  • Real-Time Visualisation and Monitoring

    Real-Time Visualisation and Monitoring

    Trimble Marine Construction systems support visualisation and monitoring of the angle and position of the ladder and cutterhead. View the absolute position of the dredge head in relation to the surveyed and any number of design surfaces. The working surface is updated with the dredged depths in real-time and displayed in plan, profile and 3D views. Over-dredge and under-dredge tolerances can be set and are visible on the profile view of the dredge head.

    • Supports real time sonar inputs providing as-building capability
    • Continuous data logging for as-building and volume reports
  • Customisable Interface

    Customisable Interface

    Multiple monitors with independent layouts can be tailored to the needs of the dredge operator. A color-coded plan view and 3D rendering highlights high and low spots. The surface Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is updated in real-time registering the progress of the dredging work showing depth, differential and production models all updated according to progress of the cutter head.

    • Administrator can configure the screens for a specific workflow/user and lock it down for the operator
    • Create machine or vessel shapes or import models from CAD software, including the 3D modeling tool SketchUp
  • Sonar imaging for underwater visualisation

    Sonar imaging for underwater visualisation

    Add eyes below the water with Teledyne Marine sonars for real-time data visualisation.

It’s like having a camera underwater. I am able to get within 10-20 cm (4 to 8 inches) on the seafloor of our target depth. We can dig in one area, and then move across half a bucket and pick-up the spillage and cut at the same time.

— Leon Snoeck

Dredge Operator, Port Otago

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