December 2013
Roadheader project in Sydney | Australia
With the North Strathfield Rail Underpass project, new connections for freight trains will be built. VMT takes part with a SLS-Roadheader system.
Customer profits from VMT hardware-improvement in the field of Conventional Tunnelling. Our control boxes connect all VMT system components and convert sensor and total station data to PC-readable data. Contrary, they convert PC commands to requested formats of components. For North Strathfield Rail Underpass, we first delivered a control box with integrated PC after considerably tests.
In utilization, it means that Roadheader can be navigated via tablet PC outside of the machine. This is a great help for the driver cause control can be done from a save position at jobsite.
In total, 2,4 km new track are built and 850 m excisting track modernized.
Source: www.transport.nsw.gov.au