Skip to main content

Topcon’s swift solution for road surface data

Topcon’s RTP-300 machine, launched at INTERMAT, is no slouch in providing fast and exact road surface data for construction companies and highway authority consultants. “What is typically used is a car [fitted with road surface profiling technology] that needs to keep stopping when scanning a road surface profile. On larger highways, this has meant the road needs to be closed,” said Achiel Sturm, Topcon’s marketing manager.
January 6, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
Topcon's Jeroen Mennink with the RTP-300 machine

342 Topcon’s RTP-300 machine, launched at INTERMAT, is no slouch in providing fast and exact road surface data for construction companies and highway authority consultants.

“What is typically used is a car [fitted with road surface profiling technology] that needs to keep stopping when scanning a road surface profile. On larger highways, this has meant the road needs to be closed,” said Achiel Sturm, Topcon’s marketing manager.

“The RTP-300 can scan the road from any vehicle at 105kmh. The highway does not need to be closed and you get clean data. It is way quicker.”

Data collection is achieved by the RTP-300 using a Topcon GNSS dual-constellation satellite receiver system, three laser profilers, wheel encoder technology and a comprehensive computer data collection system.

The RTP-300 system is also capable of producing industry standard reports such as PRI and IRI.

The corrected design data is said by Topcon to be useable on a paver, profiler or any machine control system to provide exact road data at every step of a construction project.

%$Linker: Asset 2 12760 0 oLinkAsset <span class="mouselink">www.topcon.eu</span> Topcon web false /EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=12760 false false%>

Hall: 5A Stand: J111

%$Linker: 2 Internal 2 4824 0 oLinkInternal <span class="oLinkInternal"><span class="oLinkInternal">View more videos</span></span> Video false /event-news/intermat-2012/video/ true false%>

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Smoother quieter excavators from Doosan unveiled at INTERMAT
    January 6, 2017
    Doosan’s new Stage IIIB-compliant DX300LC-3 and DX340LC-3 crawler excavators are said to offer 6% to 17% higher productivity, along with fuel saving and reduced costs. The 30 and 35tonne machines have a new ROPS and OPG-certified pressurised cab. A heated air suspension seat and a new cab suspension cut vibration by 20% and reduce the sound level in the cab to 71d(B)A.
  • Smoother quieter excavators from Doosan unveiled at INTERMAT
    April 19, 2012
    Doosan’s new Stage IIIB-compliant DX300LC-3 and DX340LC-3 crawler excavators are said to offer 6% to 17% higher productivity, along with fuel saving and reduced costs. The 30 and 35tonne machines have a new ROPS and OPG-certified pressurised cab. A heated air suspension seat and a new cab suspension cut vibration by 20% and reduce the sound level in the cab to 71d(B)A.
  • New president and CEO for Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)
    January 6, 2017
    Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has a new president and CEO in Moriyaki Kadoya, who started at HCME at the beginning of April, 2012. This is the second time that he has worked for the manufacturer in Europe. Speaking at the launch of seven new machines on the firm’s INTERMAT exhibition stand, Mr Kadoya said the European market remains important for Hitachi, with signs of recovery in many countries.
  • New president and CEO for Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe)
    April 17, 2012
    Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) has a new president and CEO in Moriyaki Kadoya, who started at HCME at the beginning of April, 2012. This is the second time that he has worked for the manufacturer in Europe. Speaking at the launch of seven new machines on the firm’s INTERMAT exhibition stand, Mr Kadoya said the European market remains important for Hitachi, with signs of recovery in many countries.