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What are the main applications of handheld laser rangefinders?

2022.02.25

With the development of science and technology today, the application of hand-held laser rangefinder is more and more extensive, and of course it is also favored by use. Let's take a look at where rangefinders are used.

If you were asked to measure distance with a laser rangefinder instead of a tape measure or tape measure, what would you measure with it?

The HCJYET laser rangefinder is a kind of infrared pulse that is invisible and harmless to human eyes after aiming at the object, and then calculates the accurate distance of the target by continuously measuring the time of the pulse going back and forth.

In addition to adopting advanced technology, this product is more superior than other products.

It has a simple, lightweight and artistic design.

Because it has such superior characteristics, it is widely used in industrial inspection, power sector measurement, railway surveying and mapping industries.

Like golf, hunting, building surveying and design, fire systems, and other outdoor sports surveying.

A survey of users on how they use laser rangefinders has resulted in a lot of feedback, and here are 101 of the best uses.

Facilities: Pattern

1. Bid measurement (HVAC, power, cable, maintenance), measure distance, area and/or volume.

2. Measure the height or width of buildings and other objects, using triangulation if necessary

3. CAD accounting of built buildings and design drawings

4. Determine if the sides of the room or object are truly vertical or perfectly parallel.

5. Parking lot layout

6. Check whether the new building meets the requirements for use

7. The occupancy size of equipment or office cubicles to help lay out the office layout.

8. Determine the dimensions of the constructed building without drawings.

9. Calculate the interior area/volume of a room or building.

10. Measure the length of space that cannot be measured with a tape measure or tape measure due to an obstacle in the middle.

Facilities: Cranes

11. Measure the roof distance to determine the type of jacks required for the hoisting of the roof equipment.

12. Measure the ceiling height to determine the height of all lifting equipment.

13. Quickly calculate the length of the wire rope required by the crane

14. To set the collision detection distance of the crane, it is not necessary for two people to stand on the two lifts to measure with a tape measure.

15. Measure the crane track span

Facility: Fire Safety

16. Measure the installation distance (including ceiling height) of emergency lights, sprinklers and fire extinguishers.

17. Accurately size the room to determine the chemical concentration of the clean gas fire suppression system.

18. Measure the distance between the fire fighting equipment (fire extinguisher, blanket, etc.) and the machine.

19. Measure the water level in the fire extinguisher.

Facilities: Other

20. It is used to help install the floor frame of the large communication room.

21. Measure the room size to calculate the amount of paint.

22. Measure the room size to calculate the amount of floor coverings.

23. Measure the height to select the appropriate ladder.

24. Record the location of standing water or leaks detected by an infrared thermal imaging camera or infrared thermometer.

power cable

25. Measure the run length of the cable or wire.

26. Measure the linear length (ft/m) of the conduit to be installed.

27. Measure the height of the high-voltage line to check whether the height above the ground meets the requirements.

28. Calculate the total length of the harness

29. Measure the voltage drop (voltage part) to calculate the required distance.

30. Measure the depth and distance of underground conduits.

31. Determine the length of wire remaining in your hand.

32. Measure the distance between underground cables and various landmarks or obstacles/hazards.

33. When using the transmitter/sensor tool to locate underground cables, use a rangefinder to track the direction of the cables.

34. Use the A-frame method to locate the fault point of the underground cable, without using a tape measure or tape measure to accurately determine the distance between the fault point and the starting point.

Electricity: Ceiling/Floor

35. Measure the distance to inaccessible objects in the ceiling to determine the direction of cables at high places.

36. Measure the ceiling height and area to determine the length of the ceiling mount rods and lamp sockets.

37. Route distance measurement within floor mezzanine.

Electricity: Safe

38. Measure distances to power system equipment (transformers, etc.) to determine electrical safety/arc protection distances and conduct electrical studies.

Electricity: Other

39. Measure the installation distance of the isolating switch.

40. Measure the distance between the electrodes.

41. Measure the installation distance between wall sockets.

42. Determine the placement point of the electrical outlet.

43. Measure whether the area of the power distribution room complies with the regulations.

Industrial Maintenance: Conveyor Belts

44. Determine the length of the conveyor belt (at the time of installation)

45. Calculate conveyor belt capacity based on length.

Industrial Maintenance: The Pattern

46. Measure equipment spacing to estimate thermal load.

47. Determine the ventilation requirements (air flow) of the equipment.

Industrial Maintenance: Tanks

48. Check the level in the tank and the accuracy of the level transmitter.

49. Measure the level of the water inlet of the power plant.

Industrial Maintenance: Other

50. Check the calibration of the product round-trip distance sensor.

51. Alignment of large welding fixtures.

52. Determine the volume of industrial boilers used for powder coating, etc.

HVAC

53. Measure roof height to determine flue length.

54. Calculate the pipe length to determine the static pressure drop in the pipe.

55. Determine the pressure rise and fall of the drain.

56. Measure the pipe length.

57. Determine the volume of the room to calculate whether the cooling and ventilation meet the needs, and determine the size of the equipment.

58. Determine the pipe type (size).

59. Determining Pipe Sizing

60. Measure the spacing between air handling units.

water pipe

61. Determine the distance between the pumps and the pumping distance of the pumps to determine the size of the pump and/or motor.

62. Determine the distance of the pipeline, especially when measuring the length of the pipeline behind the wall.

63. Measure the distance between water towers in agricultural irrigation to calculate the water pressure.

64. Measure the size of the site to determine the number of sprinklers needed.

65. Measure the length of the condensate line during installation/maintenance.

architecture

66. Determine the horizontal length of the gutters

67. Measure distances to roads and site lines in accordance with local building regulations

68. Determine the amount of building materials (eg keel, plywood)

69. Determine insulation requirements (measure volume).

70. Septic tank offset determination.

71. Determine the depth of the groove.

72. Determine the amount of drywall required for surface covering.

illumination

73. Find the ceiling center point and other major fans/lights by location.

74. Determine the light quantity requirements of the lighting fixtures according to the ceiling height.

75. Determine the number of power sources required for emergency LED lighting fixtures.

76. Determine the distance between the power supply and LEDs, low-voltage lighting fixtures, and other electronic loads.

77. When the ceiling height is high, determine the distance from the light fixture that needs repair.

IT

78. Determine the distance between network equipment in the communication room.

79. For IT installation technicians to measure distances between wireless network elements.

transmission tower

80. Estimate cable lengths for transmission towers.

81. Transmission tower grounding device setting; measure the distance to the ground when measuring the voltage drop of the grounding electrode and measuring the soil resistivity.

82. Determine the safe distance from the microwave transmitter on the transmission tower.

83. Measure the height of the equipment on the pole when surveying the installation location of the transmission tower.

84. Power overhaul is to measure the height of cables on transmission towers.

solar energy

85. Measure the roof width and ridge height to calculate the roof steepness to estimate the output size of the solar panel.

86. Determine the roof area to estimate the size of the solar panels.

87. Perform sunshade position analysis when installing photovoltaic arrays on the ground.

car

88. On-board distance, parking and alarm system calibration.

89. Set the braking distance for training/demonstration and braking test.

90. Check the vehicle oversized load clearance

Video, Audio and Theater

91. Take distance measurements when selecting camera lens and focus, zoom settings.

92. Length is calculated when calculating camera and camera cable compensation.

93. Measure projector and screen height when calculating lumens, pixels/projection quality.

94. Calculate viewing angles and acoustic coverage when designing theatres or new systems.

95. Measure the lamp height when adjusting the theater lighting height.

Biomedical Science

96. Check the distance between the image and the object when servicing X-ray equipment.

97. Check the distance between each medical device when the system is installed.

other

98. Check the distance to the object when setting the thermal imager range and determining the measuring distance of the infrared thermometer.

99. Determine the distance between the monitor and the monitoring object, so that the monitoring range can meet the requirements.

100. Measure the distance between the optical micrometer installed on the alignment telescope and the target in the calibration laboratory.

101. Contact the device that measures the automatic movement to check that the position is correct.