Articles & mentions.
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OWL EYE® in action — Industrial 3D-LiDAR on YouTube
Short video on YouTube: how OWL EYE® measures bulk materials on stockpiles, conveyor belts and inside bunkers contactlessly — continuously, at ± 1 % accuracy, turn-key. Real footage from live industrial sites in Germany.
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LiDAR makes bulk-material storage transparent — Sachtleben Tech in WELT
Innovation Germany in WELT features OWL EYE® and the digitalisation of bulk storage: 3D-LiDAR sensors measure stockpiles, silos and conveyor belts contactlessly and in real time. With an accuracy of over 99 percent the system replaces manual inventories and provides a digital foundation for bulk inventory management and Industry-4.0 applications.
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From Inventory Data to Control — Stockpile Measurement and Process Digitalisation
Together with our partner Axians IAS we walk through how 3D-LiDAR captures stockpile, conveyor and bunker measurements contactlessly and feeds the data straight into your SCADA, MES and ERP processes — from point cloud to SAP material posting. With live demos, K+S and Nordzucker references, and Q&A.
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OWL EYE® brings real-time bulk-volume measurement to Polish processing plants
Powder & Bulk Poland reports on Sachtleben Technology's growing footprint in Central and Eastern Europe, with OWL EYE® LiDAR installations now running across cement, aggregates and recycling sites. The piece highlights the retrofit-friendly mounting and the local-language dashboard.
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OWL EYE® on the conveyor belt — measured throughput in 04/2025
Schüttgut Praxis 04/2025 features the latest generation of the OWL EYE® conveyor sensor. The article walks through accuracy figures from a recent cement-plant installation and explains the calibration workflow that an operator can run in under fifteen minutes.
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Continuous bulk-volume measurement on conveyors with OWL EYE®
The VKS KuSt-Zeitschrift presents a field report on continuous LiDAR-based volume measurement on belt conveyors. Sachtleben Technology shows how the OWL EYE® system delivers shift-by-shift throughput figures without interrupting production.
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Leading the way with LiDAR — real-time material flow with OWL EYE®
A long-form feature on how OWL EYE® turns conveyor belts into a continuous measurement layer. The article walks through a cement-plant installation, shows the dashboard that operators see and explains why LiDAR succeeds where belt scales and ultrasonic sensors struggle.
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The OWL EYE® info system — turning a point cloud into a daily decision
A trade-press feature on the software side of OWL EYE®: dashboards, alerts, reports and the open API that feeds the figures into ERP, MES and BI tools. The piece shows how operators, plant managers and dispatch each get the view they need from the same point cloud.
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OWL EYE® and VAS — measurement and visualisation of bulk material in one system
AT Minerals describes how the OWL EYE® sensor pairs with Sachtleben Technology's Volume Analysis Software (VAS) to deliver tonnage figures, 3D pile views and trend charts in a single browser dashboard. Operators see what's on site, what changed and what's flowing — without leaving the control room.
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OWL EYE® for gypsum producers — sticky, dusty, measured anyway
An application brief covering the specific challenges of gypsum: stickiness, dust and rapid pile reshaping. OWL EYE® uses a 905 nm LiDAR with built-in wash-down nozzles and a noise-filter pipeline that holds up where optical sensors quickly fog over.
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OWL EYE® in the cement industry — from clinker pile to truck loading
An application brief on OWL EYE® across the cement value chain: clinker and raw-meal stockpiles, conveyor throughput and truck-loading verification. The brief shows where each measurement point sits, what data it produces and how the figures tie back to ERP and dispatch systems.
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OWL EYE® in feed bunkers — fill levels you can actually trust
An own-publication application note on OWL EYE® for feed and surge bunkers. The piece explains why a 3D scan beats a single-point radar in irregular hopper geometries and shows the operator dashboard with live volume, free-board and refill-prediction.
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Modular OWL EYE® platform — one sensor stack, every bulk application
AT Minerals examines Sachtleben Technology's modular hardware platform: the same OWL EYE® core, configured per use case for stockpiles, conveyors, bunkers, truck terminals and mobile mapping. Modularity means one spare-parts pool and one dashboard across the whole plant.
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OWL EYE® in steelworks — measuring scrap, slag and bulk additions
Stahl Technik 1/2024 covers Sachtleben Technology's work in steel plants, where OWL EYE® measures scrap stockpiles, slag heaps and bulk-additive bunkers. The article highlights ATEX-compatible variants and the integration with existing crane-control systems.
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OWL EYE® in process engineering — measurement that closes the loop
Verfahrenstechnik 12/2023 looks at OWL EYE® in the broader context of process automation: when a continuous volume measurement closes the control loop, throughput stabilises, scales drift less and dispatchers stop arguing with operators about what's actually on site.
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Continuous bulk-volume measurement in sugar production with OWL EYE®
Sugar Industry J48 (2023) reports on the OWL EYE® system in sugar campaigns, where beet, raw sugar and pulp pile up fast and need accurate continuous measurement. The peer-reviewed article presents accuracy figures from a full campaign and discusses dust- and humidity-handling.
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LiDAR meets logistics — OWL EYE® at the bulk-terminal interface
Eurobulk reports on Sachtleben Technology's deployment of OWL EYE® LiDAR at bulk terminals where ship, rail and truck flows meet. The article focuses on load verification, cycle-time tracking and the audit trail produced by the 3D scan.
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From point cloud to KPI — bulk-material measurement on the conveyor
An earlier piece in the VKS KuSt-Zeitschrift on Sachtleben Technology's approach to belt-conveyor measurement. The article focuses on the data pipeline that turns the raw LiDAR point cloud into the few KPIs that production planning actually needs.
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OWL EYE® — LiDAR-based volume measurement comes to mineral processing
AT Minerals introduces the OWL EYE® system from Sachtleben Technology and walks readers through the move from manual stockpile estimates to continuous 3D scanning. The article covers sensor selection, mounting and the dashboard software that turns the point cloud into a working tonnage figure.
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First field results — OWL EYE® on long-distance conveyors
An early Schüttgut Praxis report on OWL EYE® field installations on long-distance overland conveyors. The article documents accuracy and availability figures from the first months of continuous operation and positions the system against traditional belt scales.
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