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Productivity
Tools, better known
as ProTools, is Carlson
Software's machine
guidance performance
analysis product.
Your process and equipment
performance can be
monitored and analyzed
to gain advantage
over your competitors.
ProTools aides in
optimizing equipment
performance by providing
remote viewing of
real-time or historic
information for all
of your earthmoving
equipment. Full 3-D
playback provides
valuable insight into
how the numbers were
generated for the
user-defined reports,
which allow for tracking
any aspect, including
push lengths and slopes,
rehandle, and volumes
per hour.
Combined with Telescope
or SiteNet, real-time
display of location,
volumes, and other
priceless statistics
are made available
to the office. Supported
machine guidance products
include: Carlson's
AutoGrade and Leica's
Dozer2000. |
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Productivity
Tools is the main
program used to
calculate volumes
of material moved.
The volumes are
calculated from
any start time to
any end time in
the database, and
for any or all rovers.
The radio-linked
position data from
the heavy equipment
is analyzed to determine
production rates.
Productivity Tools
may operate on an
"as-needed"
basis, or in an
automatic mode.
Combined with Telescope,
location and volumes
are displayed in
real-time.
Productivity Tools
feature real-time
remote viewing and
full 3D playback
of earthmoving equipment.
In addition, user-defined
reports on any aspect
including push lengths
and slopes, rehandle
and volumes per
hour are included
in the arsenal.
Furthermore, ProTools
permits report packages
to be created, and
presented in formats
suiting different
departments. This
means that executives
can have information,
such as a summary
of production reports,
at their fingertips.
Moreover, operator
actions can be assessed
to bring all operators'
performance to the
same level. ProTools
is a software package
that aides in "best
practice" evaluations.
One company used
Productivity Tools
to analyze if a
straight push or
a fan push was more
productive and also
looked at what length
of push was most
productive. This
led to optimized
practices, which
meant a more lucrative
bottom line. |
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| Benefits |
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Real-time
analysis
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great
for
'Just-In-Time'
operations |
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Executives
have
data
at
fingertips |
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Analyze
single
or
multiple
vehicles |
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Flexible
reporting
for
different
departments |
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Increased
productivity |
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Aides
"Best-Practice"
evaluations |
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Low
cost
alternative |
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Easy
to
learn |
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On-site
support |
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In
the ProTools
main screen,
the plan view
is displayed
on the left
with vehicle
tracking displayed
in varying colors.
Each color represents
a different
activity time
block. So, the
purple and blue
indicate different
periods of work.
The right side
contains the
legend of colors
and allows the
user to toggle
periods (off/on)
from the visibility
box above the
colored bar.
So, if only
a certain shift
for the day
was of interest,
all of the other
items could
be turned off
to clearly see
the period of
interest. The
QuickLoad button
at the lower
right allows
the user to
connect to rover
units through
Carlson Telescope
to get updated
information.
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Values
that
can
be
set
in
this
screen
include: |
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Blade
Width |
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Minimum
Depth |
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Push
Minimum
Cut
% |
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Max
Push
Depth |
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Shift
Durations |
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Maximum
Distance
Between
Logged
Points |
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addition,
a
grid
building
activity
must
be
set
in
this
screen
before
work
can
begin.
The
activities
can
be
customized
by
typing
each
one
in
the
memo
field
at
the
bottom
of
the
screen. |
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unique feature
of Productivity
Tools is that
a series of
events can be
watched in real-time
or historic
information
can be replayed
in the sequence
that it actually
occurred. As
the animation
is taking place,
the location
of the vehicle
moves on the
map, the cut/fill
bars change
appropriately
on the right,
and the report
at the bottom
of the screen
is populated. |
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series of events
can be paused,
slowed, or speeded,
depending on
what the user
is trying to
view. Some of
the items being
reported include:
percentage of
time system
on, idle time,
cut yards, fill
yards, number
of pushes, average
push length,
and cumulative
push and travel
lengths. All
of these categories
are available
for analysis
for the following
breakdowns:
on the left:
by hour; and
on the right:
for the last
half hour, hour,
shift, week,
and month. |
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To
the left
is a special
graph,
which
shows
the elevation
change
over time
for the
heavy
equipment.
It informs
at quick
glance
what level
the vehicle
might
have been
working
on for
the day
or the
progress
that was
made. |
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ProTools profile screen
aides in determining
optimum push trajectories.
The vehicle is displayed
in plan view on the
left with the red
line indicating the
profile section. The
cut/fill bars are
displayed on the right
with the other controls,
and the profile view
is show on the bottom
of the screen. |
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blue line on the profile
indicates the current
position of the vehicle
on the section. Red
indicates the places
that were cut and
the green the places
that were filled on
the pass. This feature
is helpful when evaluating
operator performance
during "best-practice"
selection. |
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User-defined
reports
on
any
aspect
including
push
lengths
and
slopes,
rehandle
and
volumes
per
hour
are
included
in
the
ProTools
arsenal.
Any
element
of
data
can
be
expressed
as
a
factor
of
another
for
the
chart
at
the
screen
bottom.
Productivity
Tools
permits
report
packages
to
be
created
and
presented
in
formats
suiting
different
departments. |
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The
graph
above
displays
productivity
versus
the
time
of
day.
This
operation
tended
to
get
much
better
production
during
daylight
hours
than
at
night.
Below
is
a
chart
of
End
Slope
and
Productivity
over
time.
As
the
job
progressed,
the
end
slope
decreased,
and
productivity
increased.
This
information
was
used
to
start
changing
procedures
which
were
monitored
and
fine-tuned
until
they
saw
production
rise
by
40%. |
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To
view
movies
on using
ProTools,
please
follow
the
links
below:
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Contact our
main
office
or your
local
dealer for
pricing
information. |
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