MetroLaser Standard Product

VibroMet™ 500V Laser Doppler Vibrometer
Applications

Bridge Column Inspection
MetroLaser's VibroMet™ 500V has been used at the civil engineering laboratory of the University of California, Irvine to test the damage level of bridge supporting concrete columns. The laser probe beam was directed at the rough, unprepared surface and readily measured changes in characteristic frequency associated with the corresponding damage levels. The results agreed with those obtained using multiple accelerometers.

Airplane Safety
MetroLaser is working with aircraft manufacturers to apply VibroMet™ technology to the in-situ inspection of aircraft components. Using the VibroMet™ 500V for in-situ inspections will increase safety and save thousands of man-hours and downtime. The VibroMet™ 500V can be used as a practical engineering analysis tool for strength, durability, and damage evaluation of composite materials in aircraft structures. Disbonds, delaminations, and damage in aircraft components are detected reliably, quickly, and at a low cost.

Landmine Detection
MetroLaser's vibrometers are being used by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the University of Mississippi to detect buried landmines, including non-metallic mines. A prototype landmine detection system based on an array of 14 VibroMets™ is being used to measure the small local velocity perturbations produced by buried anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. A second landmine detection system based on the MetroLaser VibroMet™ MB-LDV is also being tested in field conditions. MetroLaser's instruments are tested in non-exploding
landmines.