Laser sensor Topcon LS-B10

Laser-controlled machines - automating the levelling process. How it's working?

Topcon LSB10 laser sensor is mounted to the blade or boom of the machine, which gives the operator simple messages: e.g. lower the blade, raise the blade, keep it up. Signals are given using coloured LED's or arrows, visible even in the sun. How does the sensor know what to do the operator? He compares his height (and hence the height of the blade) with the ideal reference plane and works correctly to this plane. The effect is that the terrain can be levelled in fewer passes, and more precisely.

Laser control of machines is the simplest and basically the cheapest solution automating the levelling process. Mounting to the boom is simple - the LS-B10 sensor is equipped with a magnetic holder, so you just literally put it to the machine and hold it tightly. Also, after finishing work, this sensor can be removed and stored in a safe place or easily transferred to another device. On the blade, the sensors must be mounted on unique masts. In more advanced solutions, two sensors are used, and information from the sensors is transmitted to the control panel in the operator's cabin. Laser control can be used wherever level or height control is required - so it can be used with a blade (in a bulldozer or grader), with a bucket (in an excavator) or a spreader beam when the asphalt is being laid. Typically, these systems - in addition to laser sensors, also use sensors of other types (ultrasonic, gravitational). Topcon offers solutions for almost all machines - typical or unusual.