LiPAD®-100
Portable Alignment Device -Fast, Efficient & Reliable
LiPAD®-100 is a hand-held stand-alone system which provides roll, pitch and north heading directions. It weights less than five kilogram and is designed for one-man operation.
Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH
Freiburg, DE
Description
With the novel LiPAD®-100, LITEF is introducing an innovative concept for a portable system for ultra-precise measurement and alignment tasks. LiPAD®-100 is based on many years of experience with high-precision fibre optic rate gyros and MEMS-based accelerometers.
After a brief alignment phase, LiPAD®-100 outputs the data of the pitch angle, the angle of roll and the direction to the geographic North pole, even under dynamic conditions.
The measured values and status figures are displayed on an external display device in an Android-based APP. LiPAD®-100 is also commanded by this APP.
LiPAD®-100 has replaceable, rechargeable batteries which enables it to operate independently for more than five hours.
MAIN FEATURES
• Portable inertial measurement system
• Roll, pitch and North heading direction in real-time
• Single person operation in small space environments
• No special skills required
• No additional alignment equipment or survey setups
• Independent of temperature variation, vibration, magnetic interference, and GPS signal
• Convenient operation with Android software app
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS
• Drilling machine adjustment
• Geological survey
• Underground mining or tunneling tasks
• Orientation-depending sensor adjustment
• Relative adjustment of wind turbine sensors or machine parts
Specifications
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Environmental
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Max. operating temperature [°C]
60
Max. rotation speed [deg/s]
610
Min. operating temperature [°C]
-20
Non-operating shock tolerance [g]
20
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General
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Type of application
Land
Height [mm]
325
Length [mm]
215
Moving parts
N
Removable from base plate
N
Splashproof casting
Y
Type of accelerometer
MEMS
Type of gyro
FOG
Water resistant casting
Y
Weight [kg]
4.6
Width [mm]
143
Year of initial development
2021
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Data formats
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Other
Dataoutput via Bluetooth to an Android App
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Inertial Measurement Unit
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Accelerometer bias [µ-g]
100
Calibration procedure
Initial Alignment takes only 5 minutes
gyro bias [deg/hr]
0.05
