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Engineering render of a plant modelled by CGK: tank, process piping and platforms
Projects · CGK S.A.

Components already out there working.

More than 10,700 projects delivered to large-scale mining in northern Chile — from the 3D scanner and the point cloud to the component installed on site.

01 / From 3D model to reality

What we model is what we deliver.

Upgrade 13K project: the 3D model was built on the real site and the installation fitted without interferences. Drag the handle — same framing, from the engineering render to the working plant.

13K tank installed and running on site
3D model of the 13K tank with piping and platforms
3D · Model 01 · Reality Drag ←→

See the full Upgrade 13K case →


02 / The scanner and the point cloud

From point cloud to steel: this is how it all fits first time.

When there are no drawings, the 3D laser scanner is the starting point. This double-deck screen tells the whole story on video — scan, model and real machine — and below, the Trimble X7 shows how that cloud is captured in the field.

It all starts on site: the laser scanner sweeps the component and captures millions of points at millimetre precision.

That point cloud is an exact digital copy of the real geometry — every plate, every bolt, every deformation built up over years of service. On top of it we rebuild the parametric 3D model: we decide what to keep, what to correct and what to reinforce, and the model is checked against the scan so no fit is left to chance.

The model produces the fabrication drawings, the FEM validation and the workshop dimensional control. The result is the real machine: built, bolted and ready for site, identical to what the client approved on screen. No surprises during installation.

Silent video: the laser-scanned point cloud of the double-deck screen solidifies into the 3D CAD model and then becomes the real machine built in the CGK workshop.
Silent video: the Trimble X7 laser scanner captures an entire mining plant and the scene dissolves into the 3D point cloud travelling through the site.
01 · Scanning Laser survey on site or in the shop. Millions of points, millimetre precision, zero guesswork.
02 · 3D model Parametric reconstruction checked against the cloud. Drawings, FEM and layouts all come from here.
03 · AR verification The model goes back to the field in augmented reality, at 1:1 scale over what already exists. See the 6 cases →
04 · Reality Fabrication with dimensional control. The component fits first time — like the screen above.

03 / All projects

A representative sample.

Every case lists client, year, CGK number and scope — from the field survey to the delivered component.

13K tank — from 3D model to site
Upgrade 13K · Mining client · 2025

13K tank · from 3D model to site

Survey + 3D modelling + fabrication · interactive slider View case
Lifting the roof of the Pressure-Break Tank with a crane and six-arm spreader yoke
WO 11523 · Spence · In fabrication

Ø9 m Pressure-Break Tank

26 t · helical stairway · 85% complete as of August 2026 See progress
Electromagnet platform with load-test blocks
Crusher · 2025

Electromagnet platform

Hydraulic cylinders + load test · 3-stage slider View case
60-inch connection duct of the reservoir tank on its transport frame
Reservoir Tank · 2025

Reservoir tank + 60" duct

3D modelling + load test + transport frame · 3-stage slider View case
Aqueduct valve installed in the desert
Aqueduct · 2025

Aqueduct Project

Trimble 3D + augmented reality · 3-stage slider View case
Hydraulic pencil-gate system mounted under the chute slab
Chute · 2025

Hydraulic pencil gates

Remote operation · FEM + DEM · 3-stage slider View case
Finished agitator shaft on its yellow frame, loaded on a lowboy for dispatch
CGK-4455 · BHP Coloso · 2021

Agitator shaft with polyurea

First-of-its-kind 3D modelling + dedicated frame View case
60-inch manifold for Minera Escondida loaded for dispatch
WO-10717 · Ducting · 2025

60" Manifold

Minera Escondida · Laser Tracker + robot View case
Universal tow device for Minera Escondida haul trucks
BHP Challenge · Escondida · 2023

Universal haul-truck tow device

280 t · 3D scan of the fleet + drone View case
Luffing head of the Puerto Coloso shiploader, painted yellow, in the CGK yard
Puerto Coloso · 2023

Puerto Coloso shiploader

Minera Escondida · 35 m luffing head · 13.9 t View case
Mitred 48-inch elbow painted green under the overhead crane in the CGK workshop
CGK-4275 · Escondida · Laguna Seca · 2021

48" discharge piping

Mitred + cradles and frames · in service View case
Screens: vibrating, double-deck and sieve
CGK-6059 · BHP · Anglo · 2023

Screens — the full range

Vibrating, double-deck and sieves · bolted joints View case
Rebuilt and painted Cat 994H bucket, suspended from the overhead crane in the CGK workshop
CGK-7048 · Minera Centinela · 2023

Cat 994H buckets

Hardox 450 + Strenx 700 · reverse engineering from a point cloud View case
3x4x4 metre sieve
CGK-6296 · BHP Escondida · 2024

3×4×4 m sieve

Design + fabrication in 5 days against the clock View case
Blue sand filter mounted on its yellow transport frame, loaded on a lowboy
CGK-TKN4 · BHP Coloso · 2022

Sand filter · multi-outlet reverse engineering

Drawings + transport frame accounting for every piping fit View case
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