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Topcon’s intelligent compaction tool

Topcon Positioning is introducing the C-63 GPS/GNSS indicator system designed specifically for use with compactors. The package can help deliver precise compaction and features the firm’s novel GNSS technology and graphical display, providing real-time positioning and plan data and ensuring optimum compaction is achieved where required. Compaction is important for soil or asphalt applications but monitoring surfaces is difficult with existing technologies. Over- or under-compaction of asphalt in particular
September 11, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
The new C-63 compaction control system from Topcon can help deliver better road surfaces

342 Topcon Positioning is introducing the C-63 GPS/GNSS indicator system designed specifically for use with compactors. The package can help deliver precise compaction and features the firm’s novel GNSS technology and graphical display, providing real-time positioning and plan data and ensuring optimum compaction is achieved where required.

Compaction is important for soil or asphalt applications but monitoring surfaces is difficult with existing technologies. Over- or under-compaction of asphalt in particular can lead to rough roads, premature failures and high repair costs. However Topcon says that the C-63 brings compaction under tight and predictable control, featuring a graphical display that keeps track of pass counts and uses colour-coding to indicate compaction status.

The C-63 can also be integrated into Topcon’s Sitelink3D.net site management system. 

This allows operators of all rollers or compactors in the same area to see the work already performed by other machines, preventing wasted efforts of machines travelling over surfaces already compacted to their required amounts.

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