The Monumental Guido Coal Mine founded in 1855 is located in the City of Zabrze in the Silesia Province in southern Poland. The name Guido originates from the name of big industrialist, millionaire – Prince Guido Henkel von Donnersmarck. For more than a hundred years the Guido Coal Mine, comprised of a coal mining museum and more modern areas for leisure, business and culture (the K8 Zone), has been a place for young and old people to explore the region's mining heritage and organise cultural and art events.
The K8 Zone, located 320 metres below ground, consists of four huge chambers for conferences, concerts, theatrical performances, cultural events, business meetings and so on. More uniquely, the deepest place in the K8 Zone is a pub, which is also considered as one of the most iconic pubs in Silesia. The unique underground climate offers raw and mine decor with a brick ceiling. The next attraction is a good beer and a lot of hot snacks.
With the modern zone entering official operation in 2013, visitors to the Guido Coal Mine increased significantly. The Coal Mine Guido decided to implement a modern network surveillance system, providing its employees and tourists with better and advanced protection. The surveillance system had to be able to manage 250 people under low light conditions in the mine. The selection of cameras was the biggest challenge in this project since the cameras must be able to cope with difficult lighting conditions, to deliver high quality images and to resist dust in the underground tunnels.
High quality network cameras
Engineers from Guido Mine and specialists from the local system integrator, KAZ, decided to choose Vivotek’s IP8151 camera. This 1.3-megapixel fixed network camera is able to capture exceptional details during the day as well as offer good visibility under low-light conditions through its Supreme Night Visibility feature. In addition, designed with WDR enhancement, image details under extremely bright and dark environments can be identified clearly.
Moreover, it is equipped with a microphone and a two-way audio track. It enables direct communication, which is a very useful function.
Krzysztof Jaromin, technical director of KAZ indicated, “Our company has worked in this market for more than a dozen years. The choice of Vivotek was not accidental but based on our long experience.”
Tymoteusz Rduch from the IT department of Guido further commented: “The monitoring system is very good and can be managed without any problems under difficult conditions in the mine. Cameras in external housings can be easily managed despite the dustiness and humidity. The museum must constantly monitor a number of people moving in and out of the mine.”
For more information contact Vivotek Inc., +886 2 8245 5282, amanda.sung@vivotek.com, www.vivotek.com
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