3D或什么都没有

Author:Daniel Milam,电力杆

3D or stringless control systems for concrete slipforming equipment are becoming more popular by the season. Labor shortages, competitive bidding, and scheduling flexibility are some of the most common reasons companies choose to go stringless.

Elliot Jones, president at W. Gardner, LLC and managing partner of 3D Concrete Solutions, has a different perspective,“I looked at it as training wheels. It kind of keeps us in the rails. I feel a lot better with having this control.”

An opportunity arose in the Jacksonville, Florida construction market, and Jones took advantage by establishing a concrete company, 3D Concrete Solutions. His earthwork company, W. Gardner, LLC had difficulty with local concrete contractors running out of time, which revealed a gap in the market.

Diverging from his earthmoving business was a big move for Jones since he had no prior hand forming or slipforming experience. From the beginning, Jones wanted the concrete company to be different by being the first in the region running a stringless slipform machine.

新的响应能力，简单性和精度

琼斯（Jones）在过去十年中与机器控制设备进行了机器控制，并看到运营商成功地使用3D系统接受了Dozers或Motor Shorper的培训。他有信心可以对滑板操作员进行类似的训练，并且对陷入无绳索的滑动形式的感觉很好，将其描述为“不费吹灰之力”。

W. Gardner，LLC项目管理副总裁Jones和Rusty Grimes访问了Power Curbers制造工厂，以了解有关Slipform机器的更多信息。琼斯透露，“that visit to Power Curbers in Salisbury sealed the deal”。Grimes同意，“I would highly recommend that anybody interested in even looking to purchase a slipform machine take a tour of Power Curbers’ plant because that was impressive.”

补充他们的新5700-D混凝土滑动机，3D混凝土解决方案的团队选择了Leica图标机控制系统for 3D concrete paving because of the precision it delivers on W. Gardner, LLC’s owned earthmoving equipment.

避免使用3D机器控制解决方案的弦线，用于路缘和排水沟工作

琼斯从3D控件开始时坚持认为避免弦线限制的主要原因之一。他说，“you are saving at least a day on a small job, a half-day to set up and a half-day to break down or anywhere from 2 days or more for a larger job. You only have so many linear feet of pins, and you have to leapfrog them. That is your bottleneck.”

但是，琼斯指出，有了无绳控件，“your bottleneck isn’t how many pins, it becomes, control is here, total stations are here, we can keep leapfrogging those bad boys until the concrete plant shuts us down. There are no limits now.”

grimes被执行，“这可以节省调查，并推出弦线和销钉。我们可以在那里滚动，在一两个小时内将所有内容定位，然后我们正在运行。我们完成了多达4,000英尺或更多的线性英尺，这仅仅是因为我们用完了泥土。”莱卡3D机器控制系统不仅是用于铺路的时间和节省时间，而且它们的质量非常出色。他们已经验证了垂直公差至0.02。

易于使用且易于采用3D机控制解决方案

琼斯报告了这一点“it’s better than stringline. The stringline gets manipulated by people on the job site. There is room for human error. If you follow the model, it is perfectly to the engineer’s plan.”

在与机器安顿下来后，琼斯表示，带有Leica GeoSystem的机器控制解决方案的5700-D混凝土滑动机已有“很好，我们喜欢它。野外的家伙喜欢它。它效果很好。”Grimes观察到他们的滑动船员“非常适合无绳索控件，他们就跳进去接受了它。”