Minimising environmental footprint by saving time and rework using machine control

Author: Karina Lumholt

Tucked between Iceland, Scotland and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean, a group of 18 volcanic islands is the home of around 50,000 people and many sheep. Tórshavn, the world’s smallest, and some would say cosiest, capital in the world, hosts almost half of the country’s predominantly young population.

The Faroe Islands have a highly-developed infrastructure connecting the archipelago with bridges, roads, tunnels and subsea tunnels. The population growth, rise in tourism and large public transportation investments are causing the construction industry to boom.

Plan SP/F是一家由Johannes Hellisdal创立的40年历史的建筑公司。今天，父亲和儿子约翰内斯和丹·海利斯达尔（Dan Hellisdal）并排工作，该公司雇用了大约七个人，但这个数字可能会根据季节和项目数量而有所不同。Plan SP/F曾在Faroe群岛各个地方，主要在Tórshavn进行了道路项目，回旋处，现场准备，土地开发和停车场。该公司专门从事地球活动的活动，并拥有七个配备的挖掘机Leica IXE3机器控制解决方案as well as aLeica图标gps 70 Tfor stake-outs.

“我们的抱负是minimisi时有效工作ng our environmental footprint,” explains Johannes Hellisdal. “Machine control is a very targeted part of that strategy because we save a lot of costs, time and fuel by getting the job done right the first time.”

通过机器控制改善工作流程

Father and son working side by side preparing for new housings in Tórshavn.

在法罗群岛上使用机器控制是相当新的，父亲和儿子都承认许多优势。计划SP/F目前正在Tórshavn的一个建设项目中，为建造12栋建筑物准备了一个将容纳38个房屋的建筑。

The underground, consisting of bedrock, must be either blasted or broken by a hydraulic hammer mounted on an excavator. Using machine control makes a difference on a project like this.

Dan Hellisdal explains the workflow, “现在，我们以一种更加精确，更快的方式工作。我正在使用Komatsu PC360 LC挖掘基地开始的位置。我父亲正坐在另一个挖掘机上，锤子，我们与对讲机交流。我可以直接在我的机器控制面板上看到他必须卸下多少岩石才能达到正确的成绩。在将机器控制引入机器公园之前，我们花了很多时间删除了很多基岩，现在我们只删除了必要的内容，并节省了时间，燃料和成本。”

正如约翰·赫利斯达尔（Johannes Hellisdal）解释说的那样，还没有太多的重型建筑机器在法罗群岛（Faroe Islands）上配备了机器控制，因此很容易通过机器控制出租机器。

特殊的气候条件在Faroe Islands

The Faroese climate poses special challenges. The climate is mild yet unpredictable and everchanging with a great deal of rainfall and fog. With relatively mild winters, Plan Sp/f is normally able to work all year round.

“We have water everywhere and the building grounds must be prepared with good drainage to keep the houses dry. We often have to pump the water away in order to continue working but we are so used to it that we do not even consider it to be a problem,” explains Dan Hellisdal.

Leica GeoSystem的机器控制安装程序KimHøjland安装并校准了机器上的IXE3解决方案，并解释了在恶劣天气下工作的机器上安装机器控制时的特殊准备工作。

“I need to install the iCG82 GNSS receiver inside the cabin in order to protect it from the weather, and the entire machine will receive a foam coating so that it is prepared for the Faroese conditions,” says Kim Højland as he finishes the calibration and loads the Faroese coordinate system into the Leica MC1 machine control software.

然后，该机器准备好运送并在法罗斯首都Tórshavn找到其新所有者。

Kim Højland calibrating the Leica iXE3 solution on the new hybrid excavator before shipment to the Faroe Islands.

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通过机器控制改善工作流程

Johannes Hellisdal in his new hybrid excavator equipped with iXE3 solution.

Plan Sp/f’s ambition to work in a green and efficient way drove Dan and Johannes to order a new Komatsu 365 H Hybrid excavator, that reduces fuel consumption and consequently lower CO2 emissions. To get the job done efficiently without rework, thus fully minimise environmental footprint, the Hybrid excavator was pre-installed with Leica Geosystem’s iXE3 machine control solution directly from the dealer Scantruck in Denmark.