Trimble has announced its new SG160-09 SeismoGeodetic system – an integrated GNSS reference receiver, broadband seismic recorder, and force-balance triaxial accelerometer for infrastructure and precise scientific applications.
The unit provides real-time GNSS positioning and seismic data for earthquake early warning and volcano monitoring as well as infrastructure monitoring for buildings, bridges, dams as well as other natural and manmade structures.
The announcement was made at the Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES) in Istanbul, Turkey.
The system integrates seismic recording with GNSS geodetic measurement in a single compact, ruggedised package. It includes a low-power, 220-channel GNSS receiver powered by Trimble-precise Maxwell 6 technology, and supports tracking of both GPS and GLONASS signals as well as the Galileo E1 frequency.
The system includes both the SG160-09 unit and use of Trimble’s CenterPoint RTX correction service, which provides on-board GNSS point positioning. Based on Trimble RTX technology, the service uses satellite clock and orbit information delivered over cellular networks or IP, allowing cm-level position displacement tracking in real-time anywhere in the world. The SG160-09 system will be available for purchase without the RTX correction service for those applications using real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning.
The system is ideal for building, bridge, and dam monitoring systems as well as earthquake early warning studies and other hazard mitigation applications, such as volcano monitoring. The system features a variable size industrial grade USB drive to support real-time telemetry data transmission. In the event of a telemetry link outage, the data is stored on the USB drive and can be re-transmitted to the centralised processing station as soon as the communication link comes back up, allowing no data loss during the system operation.
The Trimble SG160-09 system is optimized for field use with instrument mounted or externally mounted GNSS antenna configurations.
“The SG160-09 is another example of Trimble’s on-going focus in GNSS and seismic technology for the scientific and engineering communities,” said Ulrich Vollath, general manager for Trimble’s Infrastructure Division. “Trimble has developed a combined state-of-the-art GNSS receiver with a high-dynamic range, low-noise accelerometer that provides dynamic monitoring with the flexibility required for today and tomorrow’s challenges.”
The Trimble SG160-09 SeismoGeodetic system is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2014. For more information, visit the Trimble or email: Infrastructure_Sales@Trimble.com.
