Topcon expands its precision road construction technologies with asphalt paving and milling solutions

Topcon Positioning Systems is expanding its road construction and resurfacing technologies with MC-Max Asphalt Paving and MC-Max Milling solutions that offer modularity, simplified configurations, and advanced feature sets.

MC-Max Asphalt Paving and MC-Max Milling systems are made up of GNSS receivers, total stations, displays, and other high-precision sensors built with the new MC-X machine control platform. The architecture provides highly customized systems and upgradeability paths that grow with contractors' needs.

Entry-level 2D systems follow references such as a string or curb, while automated solutions can track a paver or miller in 3D for improved road smoothness in less time and for lower costs. Contractors can automatically pave and mill at variable depths, providing a better driving experience and meeting smoothness standards.

Solutions also include MC-X licensing options to provide customers further flexibility to meet their project and budget requirements.

These new solutions are currently compatible with OEM CAN-based systems and will be expanded to include compatibility with additional aftermarket systems.

A unique optional feature of the new solutions is the Virtual Ski intelligent software, which expands on Topcon's SmoothRide road resurfacing solution. It is designed for specific applications, such as rural roads with fewer fixed points or intersections to match up to. A mobile road scanner creates a 3D model of the existing road surface which can be sent through the cloud via Sitelink3D. The mill or paver can then use that information to design the surface rather than having to do it in the office.

Topcon also offers the RD-MC road construction machine control solution, which can now be used in areas without satellite reception by leveraging an LPS solution, offering precise positioning when working in challenging GNSS coverage areas.