MND Launches the new O'BellX™ 1.8

For nearly 40 years, MND has been designing and deploying remote avalanche control systems tailored to all types of terrain.

With more than 3,000 installations worldwide, our expertise spans fixed, removable, and mobile solutions used across road infrastructure, ski resorts, and industrial sites.

Meet the new O’BellX. Designed for the most demanding operations, O’BellX™ 1.8 offers the highest triggering capacity in the range. It combines unmatched firing power with up to 60 shots before refilling, while maintaining the proven reliability of O’BellX™ technology.

More power. More capacity. More efficiency.

Engineered to meet the constraints of the most demanding terrain, O’BellX™ 1.8 enables efficient intervention on high-risk avalanche paths, while significantly reducing the need for human intervention.

Thanks to its increased power and extended autonomy, it optimizes safety operations by minimizing rotations and ensuring operational continuity, even in challenging conditions.

• Power +40% power compared with the O’BellX 1.2 (standard version)

• Capacity Up to 60 shots.

• Removable Standard transport hook across the entire range.

• No explosives Still with no chemical residues on the ground or in the air.

THE MOST POWERFUL REMOVABLE SYSTEM

O’BELLX™ 1.8 is the most powerful removable system ever developed by MND. It combines the firing power of a fixed system such as GAZEX™ with the flexibility of the O’BELLX™ range, making it suitable for sensitive, remote or highly constrained areas.

CAPACITY OF UP TO 60 SHOTS

With a capacity of up to 60 shots, O’BELLX™ 1.8 helps reduce maintenance operations and field interventions. A key advantage for improving operational efficiency during the most intense snowfall events.

WITHOUT CHEMICAL RESIDUES

Operating with a gas mixture, O’BELLX™ 1.8 leaves no chemical residues on the ground after triggering. With no solid explosives involved, it helps reduce the impact on natural environments while meeting increasingly stringent regulatory and environmental requirements.

STANDARD TRANSPORT HOOK

O’BELLX™ 1.8 is equipped with a patented transport hook, standardized across the entire range, making installation, maintenance and end-of-season removal easier. Designed to simplify field logistics and reduce the need for specific equipment.

MULTISYNC FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRIGGERING

Thanks to the MultiSync feature, multiple systems can be triggered simultaneously within the same area. This capability makes it possible to secure large sectors more quickly, optimize operational time windows and improve overall efficiency.

INTEGRATED MONITORING FEATURES

O’BELLX™ 1.8 integrates several monitoring features to remotely track both the system status and surrounding weather and snowpack conditions. Improved visibility helps anticipate interventions, support decision-making and enhance day-to-day operational safety.

ADVANCED MONITORING WITH SAFETY-CS

SAFETY-cs is accessible from any device with an internet connection (PC or tablet). The software is connected to all MND equipment, ensuring complete management of your installation.

Because cities, infrastructures and ski resorts must be protected at all times, a fail-safe double redundancy system has been implemented: dual communication (4G and radio) and dual software access (online and local).

O’bellx™ 1.8, like all MND avalanche control systems, can be monitored and operated remotely through the safety-cs control software.

An intuitive and secure software platform for avalanche control management. It enables snowpack monitoring, exploder activation and post-trigger avalanche detection.

• Remote triggering

• System status monitoring

• Gas level management

• Weather data integration

• Operational reporting

THE O'BELLX™ RANGE

Without solid explosives, the removable O’BELLX™ solutions reduce ground impact, simplify valley maintenance and are particularly well suited to sensitive or protected areas.

With O’BELLX™ 1.2 as the standard version and O’BELLX™ 1.8 as the new benchmark for power and shot capacity, we offer a clear product range capable of covering a wide variety of operational needs.