Dressed up in our PPE, steel toed boots, and fancy AXL Eye hard hat to go to the beach (โakaโ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐๐). So, why is everyone just standing around staring at a pole with a white gizmo on top?
Well, the mine CEO recognized a problem and asked for a solution. From that not so simple question, โCan you solve my problem?โ, AXL Eye was developed.
AXL Eye is a patented, camera-based software solution, that digitally measures each truck entering a hauling site to determine the maximum allowable load rating on the vehicle based on State and Federal allowable limits.
One of our Blacksmith Ventures portfolio companies, CISTANT, acquired the technology back in 2021.
We partnered with our friends at TRINDGROUP to help us better understand the landscape in the #aggregate mining segment.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐: The construction industry is booming right now for obvious reasons and the infrastructure bill will only accelerate road, bridges, and transportation upgrades. Thatโs putting increased demand on aggregate mines across the US. Aggregate is a broad term that refers to sand, gravel, concrete, limestone, etc.
Once these products are mined, they are transported by heavy duty haulers (Class 7, 8, and 9 tractor trailers) to the job sites. With the growing number of trucks on the roadways, mine operators are seeing more and more issues with ensuring the trucks are loaded within State and Federal limits. Basically, ensuring no truck leaves their site overweight.
Right now, several mines throughout Florida and Georgia have implemented the AXL Eye software.
Oh, if your still here and wondering what that white gizmo isโฆ itโs a very fancy โcameraโย 
ย so operators no longer need to manually measure the distance between truck axles.