At a Shenzhen subway construction site, an excavator's bucket sliced through the ground like cutting tofu, severing three cables in an instant. An entire neighborhood plunged into darkness. Near fish ponds in Hengzhou, Guangxi, sudden power loss shut down aerators, causing 30,000 pounds of fish to gasp for air at the surface. The aquaculture farmers lost their entire investment—390,000 yuan. Behind these shocking scenes lies a single culprit: construction work severing underground cables.
Opening the accident reports, non-standard operations appear like a recurring theme. The Guanxian construction crew began excavation without conducting surveys, severing villagers' irrigation cables. In the Xuejiawan area, frequent contractor changes led to a year-on-year increase in cable damage incidents. Ground-penetrating radar could have prevented these tragedies. Just as the Ma Biao clan scouted terrain before hunting, modern construction could fully utilize electromagnetic detectors to scan underground pipelines. Yet the reality is that most construction sites still rely on hand-drawn blueprints from the last century, or even operate based on veteran workers' experience. In 2022, nearly half of the over 80 optical cable accidents in a certain district were caused by lost archives or planning discrepancies.
How to address this? Consider turning your attention to intelligent warning systems. The Dingxin Smart Technology DX-DLS100-B2 Smart Ground Stake features real-time detection of ground surface vibrations. It supports environmental monitoring for underground pipelines, optical cables, and other buried infrastructure, with data transmitted in real time to protect cables below. Supporting manual AI algorithm deployment and dynamic AI computing power allocation, it enables data exchange via NB-IoT networks. Daily power is supplied through a dual-source system combining lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.
As shown in the figure above: When embedded flush with the ground surface, the smart ground stake can detect mechanical vibrations within a radius of over ten meters. Whether it's excavator vibration alerts or construction damage, the smart ground stake provides real-time detection and transmits early warnings to alert maintenance personnel. Equipped with a high-precision gyroscope, it employs AI-based Apriori and K-Means clustering algorithms to analyze and compare data, accurately detecting positional shifts while filtering false alarms. Additionally, the smart ground stake can display directional arrows aligned with pipeline routes.
