Millimetre revolution comes to the paving industry

Topcon Positioning System released its Millimetre GPS precision control system for asphalt pavers and profilers. This follows its successful application on graders. Neil Other, TPS Australia/NZ sales manager, talks about what this means for the road construction and maintenance industry. Topcon introduced its Millimetre GPS concept three years ago. It has achieved global success, being adopted by grading contractors around the world. The great advantage of this system is its ability to allow grader operators – even relatively inexperienced ones – to grade to accuracies of 5-10 mm – providing substantial productivity enhancements for contractors and owner operators. The same benefits apply to the paving and profiling aspects of road construction and maintenance. Millimetre GPS in paving applications