Transport & Logistics
Brisbane Busway.
In the late 1990s, Queensland Transport built a dedicated busway serving the
major north-south links into the CBD. This busway incorporates a centralised
Busway Operations Centre. VRT designed and built the facilities management
system that runs out of this centre. It manages several tunnels and multiple
bus stations. It incorporates an integrated alarm facility covering safety,
environmental, mechanical equipment, as well as voice communications and
video surveillance systems.
Alcan
Gove - Warehouse Management. VRT
Systems recently took on the support of Alcan's Warehouse Management system
in Gove. P-trak handles remote receiving in Darwin for all Alcan's
purchasing requirements. Goods are then transhipped to Gove for storage and
distribution from the central warehouse. P-trak is a Warehouse Tracking System designed from the ground up around
wireless devices, bar coding and RFID technology. Read
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Xstrata Copper - Product Weighing Loading & Despatch.
Copper Refineries Ltd (CRL), now owned by Xstrata,
recently completed an expansion and upgrade of the tankhouse facilities at
their Townsville plant in Australia. The main objective of the project was to
upgrade an existing product weighing, loading and despatch (PWLD) operation
and to improve and raise the level of automation throughout the plant. VRT
Systems, a Rockwell Automation Strategic Provider Partner, was chosen to
determine a solution to suit these requirements. Read
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Queensland
Rail - Electronic Weighing & Billing System. Australian based Queensland Rail transports around 90 million tones of
coal every year between 30 coal mines and export ports on the central
Queensland coast. In the past, the tracking of individual consignments has
been difficult, resulting in lost information and delayed billing. Since coal transport is a major revenue source for Queensland Rail, a
project was undertaken to automatically measure train loading and transfer
the information to regional offices and the corporate billing systems. Read
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