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Using lasers to improve roadway development

AN ACARP project seeks to develop a machine-based, bolt placement and roadway geometry profiling system based on laser scanning technology to provide information streams to assist operational and geotechnical personnel achieve a more efficient roadway development process.

Lou Caruana
Using lasers to improve roadway development

The project will use a laser scanner system to measure the 3D roadway profile in the immediate vicinity of the development face.  These profiles will be used to provide a measure of local roadway deformation...

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