The DCS 60 manage anti-collision on the jobsite of Vinci future head office

Anti-collision and zoning systems of AMCS technologies are currently in operation at the jobsite of Nanterre Archipel - Origine.

Anti-collision and zoning systems of AMCS technologies are currently in operation at the jobsite of Nanterre Archipel - Origine. Vinci's new headquarters, grouping together the four activities of the group, should be expected in the new Groues district in Nanterre by 2020. 

So far, over a total area of 90,000 m², 11 Liebherr and Potain flat-top cranes have been equipped with the DCS 60 and this figure is expected to increase further. Anti-collision and zoning systems manage the interferences between the many cranes and avoid any risk of collision. They intervene on the mechanisms of the machine in order to slow it down and to ensure complete immobilization of the crane at a pre-set distance from a particular obstacle. 

A supervisor, the SUP 61, was also installed in the offices to monitor the site's activity in real time. Thanks to the radio link with the anti-collision network of the DCS 60 systems installed on the jobsite, the supervisor can display on a single screen the movements and information of all cranes equipped with the DCS 60. It records all information relating to the positioning of cranes (slewing, travelling, lifting and load ...) and to the anti-collision systems (events, defaults ...). It allows to visualize the work of all cranes equipped in real time and gives the possibility of intervening immediately remotely on the neutralization function of the system selectively. 

The supervisor already allows to neutralize the interference and/or the prohibited zones, but it also gives the possibility of selectively activating or deactivating one or more prohibited zones remotely. These zones are previously defined and numbered, thus, from the computer screen, it is possible to activate or deactivate one or more zones, in order to allow, for example, the crane to momentarily fly over one or more prohibited zones or to protect the overflight of a mobile crane. 

This feature was developed to meet the jobsite needs as a driver assistance to enter an area when, for example, a mobile crane no longer works. The main objective being to guarantee the safety of the cranes and consequently of the workers on the jobesite, this can not be considered as a management of the anti-collision for mobile cranes but allows an economic and temporary solution of assistance to the safety.