Aptella and Vermeer Australia join forces to create semi-autonomous pile driving solution for Australian solar farms

A combination of Carlson machine guidance, the Vermeer PD10 pile driver machine and technical support. A combination of Carlson machine guidance, the Vermeer PD10 pile driver machine and technical support promises increased productivity for the Australian solar industry.   Intelligent positioning solutions provider Aptella has teamed up with heavy machinery manufacturer Vermeer Australia, to streamline pile driving applications in the solar industry. The amount of posts required for a solar farm varies greatly, from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand. Traditional methods are labour intensive with potential for human error, as they involve a surveyor manually staking out each pile location, along with continuous stringline installation to guide the machine operator. If any pile is a little off