Continuous stockpile measurement, monitoring and volumetric surveys with stationary 3D LiDAR — for iron ore, coal, grain, quarries and port terminals. ±1 % volume accuracy, 24/7, Pilbara-tested. Installed and serviced across Australia and the Pacific by Equipment Placement, Perth.
Equipment Placement is Sachtleben Technology's authorised OWL EYE® partner across Australia and the Pacific. Headquartered at 170 Kewdale Road, Kewdale WA 6105 in Perth, with field-service reach into Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Founded in 2002, Equipment Placement is a sales-, hire- and parts-and-support specialist for mining and construction equipment. They run an integrated management system certified to ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 45001 (occupational health and safety) — the trio every Tier-1 operator's procurement team asks about before signing.
What this means for you: continuous stockpile measurement, real-time stockpile monitoring and audit-grade volumetric surveys — delivered with the same OWL EYE® hardware and software that runs at K+S potash mines in Germany, Nordzucker sugar receiving and 40+ other European industrial sites — installed by Australian technicians who know your AS/NZS certification regime, the Pilbara red dust, the cyclone season, and the local supply lines for cabling, brackets and access platforms.
Equipment Placement · Mining, quarrying, ports and industrial equipment specialist · ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 · equipmentplacement.com.au — OWL EYE®
Live 3D stockpile capture, multi-sensor coverage, dashboard at a glance. The same system Equipment Placement installs and services across Australia — from Pilbara iron ore yards to East-Coast grain terminals.
How it works →Pilbara-scale yards with stacker-reclaimer logistics. Multi-sensor coverage of long stacker lines, per-zone volume to feed train-load planning. 5-200 m detection range.
Heavy-tropical climate handling, frequent rain. Multi-echo signal processing keeps measurement stable through monsoon-season showers.
Export coal stockpiles, mineral sands, fertiliser. Wireless bridges avoid civil works for cabling. IP65+ enclosures handle salt-air port environments.
Volumetric measurement of crushed stone, sand and gravel stockpiles. ±1 % typical deviation, threshold alerts when stockpile drops below reorder level.
Cement plants, sugar receiving, fertiliser handling, recycling yards — same hardware as in European industrial sites, adapted to AS/NZS standards and local SCADA stacks.
OWL EYE® is a 3D LiDAR stockpile measurement system: stationary laser scanners above the yard capture every stockpile as a dense point cloud, and the software turns it into volume and tonnage — stockpile volume measurement at ±1 %, continuously, without a surveyor ever walking a pile.
For coal stockpile measurement that means live volume per stockpile and per zone, FIFO age mapping against self-heating risk, and tonnage via calibrated bulk density — from mine-site ROM pads to export terminal yards. For iron ore and hard-rock mining it means block-model-ready inventory that feeds train-load planning and month-end reconciliation instead of contradicting it.
The same 3D LiDAR platform extends across the whole flow sheet: conveyor volume flow measurement on the belt, bunker and silo level measurement at the plant, and stockpile monitoring across the yard — one sensor family, one dashboard, one API into your SCADA or historian.
Hardened inside an active European mining operation of the Sachtleben group — the same systems run at K+S potash mines and 40+ industrial sites, now serviced in Australia by Equipment Placement.
3D LiDAR sensors mounted on roofs, masts or stacker structures scan the yard continuously. Point clouds merge into a single 3D block model — automatic stockpile surveys in the background, every shift, feeding train load-out planning and month-end reconciliation.
The same LiDAR platform measures throughput on running conveyors: m³/h and t/h in real time at ±1 %, no belt scale, no moving parts, no recalibration after belt changes. Belt load profile across the full width, misalignment and spillage detection — for coal, iron ore and grain handling from mine site to ship loader.
Request a proposal →1. Multi-state Australian footprint. Perth HQ plus Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane locations means an Equipment Placement service desk reaches your site in your time zone — not from Europe at 2 a.m. The Pacific-region mandate covers nearby markets you would otherwise have to route through Asia or Europe.
2. Triple-ISO management system. ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 45001 (occupational safety) certifications are the standard trio Tier-1 mining procurement teams require before approving a vendor onto site. Equipment Placement holds all three. No paper chase between Sachtleben and your safety officer — Equipment Placement already passes that gate.
3. Real installation + parts business since 2002. Equipment Placement isn't a re-seller they carry stock, hire out equipment, ship spare parts and run a real distribution operation across mining, construction, quarrying, ports and industrial processing. OWL EYE® drops into a portfolio they already deliver to your kind of customer — not a one-product cold-call.
Equipment Placement is an authorised OWL EYE® partner with the full Sachtleben engineering stack behind them — calibration, multi-sensor configurations, firmware updates and 2nd-level engineering support are shared in real time.
We could ship hardware to Australia and service it remotely from Schleswig-Holstein. Six to ten hours of time difference, depending on state and season, and 16-hour flights make that a worse outcome for everyone.
Equipment Placement's six-office Australian footprint reaches Pilbara, Hunter Valley, Bowen Basin and East-Coast bulk-handling sites within hours-to-days. Sachtleben from Germany would take a week including visa logistics.
Australian electrical, EX and mining-safety certification regimes plus ISO 9001/14001/45001 management system. Equipment Placement holds the certifications natively — your safety officer signs off the install on day one, not month three.
Sleipner, Banlaw, Brelko, Filter Technology, Magnum and a dozen other industrial brands are already in their distribution portfolio. They speak the language of your maintenance manager and your procurement officer, in your time zone.
A strong local partner means you never coordinate with Germany unless you want to: Equipment Placement supports every stage of an OWL EYE® project on Australian soil.
Yard walk-through, sensor placement plan, mounting and cabling concept — designed on site, in your time zone, against your AS/NZS requirements.
Mechanical and electrical installation, network setup and calibration by Australian technicians — with Sachtleben engineering connected live in the background.
Same-week field service from six Australian locations, local spare-part stock and scheduled calibration — no sensor ever waits for a courier from Europe.
Operator and maintenance training on site, dashboard onboarding, SCADA/historian integration — until your team runs the system as their own.
Cost, installation, service and outback conditions — what Australian operators ask before specifying LiDAR stockpile measurement.