CALSboreholedeployablelaserscannerforconcealed

cavityandvoidscanning

CALS(CavityAutoscanningLaserSystem)isauniquespecialistundergroundlasercavitymonitoring
systemthatenablesmappingofpreviouslyinaccessiblepartsofmines,safelyandquickly.

CALSgrantsaccesstoconcealedcavities

CALScavitymonitoringsystemcanbeusedinawiderangeofapplications,whereaninaccessiblevoid
existsandaccuratedataisrequiredtomonitorexcavations,assessriskordesignsolutions.

Oncedeployed,CALSgivesmoredetailed,accuratedatathanalternativetechnologies,suchasground
penetratingradar,andistheonlyboreholedeployablelasersolutiononthemarket.

Plannewprojects:Assessrisk,designsolutionsbasedonaccurateundergrounddata,addCALSdata
toyourexistingmapsanddevisenewprogrammesofwork.
Transformproductivity:Withaccuratemapsofvoids,youcandesignplans,whichallowforefficient
miningorconstructionprojects.
Improvesafety:Mapinaccessibleundergroundareastoensureoperationskeepemployeessafe.

CALSsupportssuccessfulprojects

CALSgivesyounewundergroundmappingcapabilities.Youcansafely,quicklyandreliablyscan
inaccessibleundergroundworkings.OurCavityProfilersoftwaregivesyoumodelling,manipulationand
exportcapabilities.Thesystemenablesyoutocollectthedatayouneedinorderto:

protectworkersafety
showcompliance
reporttoprojectstakeholdersingreaterdetail
costoutplannedworksaccurately
 devisemoreefficientprogrammesofwork
progressnewprojects
designandengineersolutionsbasedonaccuratedata
minimisedisruption,drillinganddisturbanceinpopulatedareas

AdvantagesofCALSlaserscanning

Theunique50mmdiameterofCALSallowsaccesstovoidsvianarrowboreholes,whichminimises
scannerdeploymenttimeandcost.The360sphericalcoverageprovidesafullviewfromasinglescan,with
noblindspots.Inaddition,theCALSlaserscanneralsoenablesyouto:

useremotecontroloperationtosurveypotentiallydangerousundergroundvoidssafely
viewtheresultsofyourscaninminutes,notdays
worksafeintheknowledgethatanIP67ratinggivesyoutheconfidencethatCALSwilloperateinwet,
humidanddustyconditions.Itcanalsowithstandsubmersiontoadepthof1m,reducingtheriskof
damageifCALSisaccidentallydeployedintoafloodedcavity.

Howitworks

Withadiameterofjust50mm,CALScavitymonitoringsystemiseasilydeployeddownholeoruphole
throughboreholestosurveyinaccessiblespaces.

Asystemofhinged,lightweight1mrodsprovidesafixedazimuthcapability,andenablesCALSdeployment
downboreholesaslongas200m.CALScanalsobedeployedbyboomorbyremotecontrolledvehicle.
Anoseconecameragivesfullvisibilityoftheboreholeduringdeployment,sooperatorscanseeany
obstructions,andjudgewhenCALShasenteredthevoid.

TheCALSprobeincorporatespitchandrollsensorsandhastheoptionofaninternalcompass.The
sensorsensureCALScanbetrackeddowntheboreholeandthatthescanisautomaticallygeoreferenced
tofitintoexisting3Dminedata.

Onceinthevoid,asimpleclickfromtheoperatortellsthelaserscanningheadtorotateontwoaxes,
measuringthethreedimensionalshapeofthevoidwithfull360coverageandnoblindspots,andwitha
rangeupto150m.

Aloadbearingcableattachedtotheprobetransmitsallthemeasureddatabacktothesurfaceunitanda
ruggedisedcomputerloadedwithourCavityProfilersoftwareisusedtocontrolCALSfromasafelocation
andtoviewthedatainrealtime.

Renishaw'snewuserfriendlyCavityProfilersoftwareforCALSmakesitquickerandeasierforoperatorsto
usethesystem,byguidingthemthroughtheprocessofdeployingandscanning.