Natural hazards
Protecting lives and infrastructure
Timely alerts can save lives.
AarteLink® monitors natural hazards of all kinds.
For events such as rockfall, avalanches, debris flows, floods and much more.
Thanks to wireless communication and autonomous power supply, AarteLink® can be installed quickly and easily anywhere and is ready for use in next to no time.
Challenges
- “Lightweight solutions” for detecting and recording natural hazards
- Self-sufficient power supply for equipment in hard-to-reach or remote locations
- Transportability, installation and operation of the solution
- Maintenance autonomy
Solutions
- AarteLink® Geo Sensor (high-resolution position and acceleration measurement)
- Optional functions such as ripcord, tele-tensometer, geophone
- Alerting via voice call, SMS, traffic lights and sirens
- AarteLink® monitor (alarm reception, orchestration of gateways and sensors)
Customer benefits
- Fast and flexible wireless solution
- Independent of the power grid, railroad and signal systems
- High availability thanks to redundancy at all levels
- Permanent monitoring of the entire system
- Independent of vegetation
- Low maintenance
Success Stories
You can find out more about these two exemplary use cases, including illustrations, picture galleries, detailed descriptions and contacts on the AarteLink® website.
SBB rockfall alarm system
Changes in the position of safety nets or supports, for example, as well as vibrations are reported.
Events are also recorded using a ripcord.
Sensors supply data to the operations control center (ZKE train control unit).
Sättelital avalanche alarm
Multiple sensors (pendulum sensor, rope breakage, vibration, sensor) with automatic alarm and traffic light or siren control.
AarteLink® gateway for transmission to e-mail, SMS, voice messages.
