Aptella will both sell and support an anti-collision system developed by Spanish company Torsa
Intelligent anti-collision technology designed to increase safety for heavy machinery operation without reliance on tags or identifiers, will be available across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia from Aptella.
The automation and positioning specialist will supply and support Spanish company Torsa’s advanced collision avoidance solutions for the mining and quarrying industries throughout the region under a new agreement.
Torsa’s safety solutions are designed to reduce risk and safeguard heavy machine operations, using LIDAR 3D technology to analyse its environment with a high level of precision and definition.
The collision avoidance system is certified to levels seven, eight and nine, enabling full intervention control of a machine if required.
Torsa’s solution is configurable to each site and customer’s requirements, and suitable for all asset types including draglines, dozers, haul trucks, and light vehicles.
Advanced safety
“At Torsa, we believe in creating systems that can be used for all assets, on all sites, which is why we engaged at the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) and with the ICSV,” says Juan Raúl Santana, Torsa CEO.
“With the ability to work across all makes, models and types of machinery, Aptella was a natural choice as our distribution partner in the region.
“Our team looks forward to working together to enable advanced safety for Aptella’s customers.”
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Under the agreement, Aptella will offer full sales, deployment, training and technical support to customers, with Andrew Granger, the company’s executive manager of mining, saying Aptella was excited to bring the product to the local market.
“Torsa’s collision avoidance system complements our safety portfolio and range of machine guidance and fleet management solutions for the mining sector,” he says.
“With a large network of technical and application specialists, we offer customers full support from a local team.”
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