Kruse Controls, Inc. has been providing automation solutions for the dredging industry for over a decade. We can provide full turn-key design and implementation as well as upgrades and automation to existing dredges.

Kruse Controls incorporates today's latest technology in all of our Dredging Automation Solutions. From simple data collection & reporting systems to fully automated cutter/suction dredge control, we stand behind our commitment to provide each customer with an efficient, cost effective, proven control's design which will perform to your expectations.

Kruse Controls, Inc. has developed algorithms to mimic Operator actions based on conditions. Our typical cutter/suction automated system senses cutter depth, tide offset, dredge position and heading (using GPS), equipment loading, service water pressure, product flow, product density, discharge pressure, vacuum pressure, cave-ins, equipment status, fault conditions and cable feed. Using these parameters, Kruse Controls, Inc. can develop a program, which will actually take over the dredge based on years of experience with Dredging conditions. Whether the dredge is hydraulic or electric, we shall interface with the motor drives or hydraulic proportional valves to control the dredge in the same manner. Safety interlocks are programmed into the PLC (programmable logic controller) to protect equipment and personnel from harm. Our systems include graphical Operator Interfaces to allow setpoint entries, monitor system status, display alarms, display real-time and historical trends, and manually control the dredge if necessary.