Hermitage Limestone not only stays on the cutting edge of technology with it's quarrying equipment but in many other aspects as well. Hermitage utilizes a quadcopter (drone) with advanced software programs to generate 3D maps of it's operations.
These 3D maps along with the drones footage and live feeds are used to help ensure Hermitage has the smallest possible impact on the environment, design better quarrying benches, monitor remote workings, ensure safety protocols are being followed and even carry out stockpile calculations with very minimal margins of error. Hermitage offers these services to other interested quarries or organizations.
Below you can see images of one of the drones, 3D models and stockpile calculation being carried out on sharp sand.
