Applications

• Assessment of tree safety (breakage- /up-rooting)
• Assessment of wood quality of trees and logs

Advantages

• Precise localisation of wood defects
• Results easy to understand
• Evaluation of tree safety becomes more powerful
• Non-destructive

Tree Tomography

Internal decay of trees, hollow spaces and cracks, and their extent can be assessed by the ARBOTOM®. The ARBOTOM® is a new impulse-tomograph, which makes the internal state of a tree or log visible by impulse measurements.

Features:

• Comfortable control by a Tablet-PC or Notebook
• 2- or even 3-dimensional assessment and display of the internal condition of trees and logs (diameter almost unlimited).
• Revealing weakest areas of trees /samples, revealing points of thinnest residual intact wall - with the help of an (almost) unlimited number of sensors (typical: 4-24).

Results

• Colored tomographs, easy to read.
• Localization of wood defects and determination of their extend.
• Immediate evaluation of trees in the field.

More information:

Download the ARBOTOM® fact sheets (pdf-files) which present more details or contact us directly.

Fact sheets (pdf-documents):

• Application examples

(Note: you will need Acrobat Reader to open the fact sheets)

Literature:

Literature about the ARBOTOM® is available in German only yet:

Rinn, F., 2003: Technische Grundlagen der Impuls-Tomographie. Baumzeitung, 8/2003, 29-31

Rinn, F., 2004: Holzanatomische Grundlagen der Schall-Tomographie an Bäumen. Neue Landschaft, 7/04, 44-47

Rinn, F., 2004: Statische Hinweise im Schall-Tomogramm von Bäumen. Stadt und Grün 7/2004, 41-45

Haaben, C., Sander, C., Hapla, F., 2006 Untersuchung der Stammqualität verschiedener Laubholzarten mittels Schallimpuls-Tomographie. Holztechnologie 47: 5-12