Cable and Underground Infrastructure Locator – Overview

Locating, identifying and tracking the route of objects buried in the ground becomes child’s play. The set consists of an LKN transmitter, a LKD detector, a tablet and a long handle.  It can trace power cords and cables, control cables, telecommunications cables, underground elements of lightning protection systems, cathodic protection systems, water and sewage systems, fuel transmission systems (pipelines, gas pipelines), heating systems and pre-insulated pipes. This invaluable tool is suitable for various industries, including energy, installation, construction, railway, telecommunications, water and sanitary, heating, geodetic and many others. The transmitter injects a locating signal into an underground object and the detector traces this signal along the object. The positioning information is displayed on the Sonel LKZ Mobile app which is connected to the detector. Determining the object’s route is possible through observation of the compass readings and the level of the detected signal.

The system is capable of operating in passive mode (without the use of the LKN-2500 transmitter) and active mode (with the use of the LKN-2500 transmitter). The active mode can introduce the signal in three different methods:

• galvanic – injects tracing signal into the object directly, through crocodile clips and test leads,
• clamp – injects tracing signal into the object through an inductive clamp,
• inductive – injects tracing signal into the object inductively, using the instrument’s internal antenna.

Cable and Underground Infrastructure Locator – Features

• Locating, identifying & tracking of objects buried in ground
• Live positioning preview
• Measuring the distance to a specific waypoint
• Export of routes to other mobile devices
• Reading routes from the mobile device’s memory
• Preview of all recorded parameters
• Merging routes
• Adding notes to routes and measurement points
• Detector
  • Active mode
    • work with LKN-2500 transmitter at frequencies of 8 kHz, 32 kHz (Signal mode)
  • Passive mode – work at the frequencies of:
    • 50 Hz, 60 Hz (Power mode)
    • 2…65 kHz (Radio mode)
• Transmitter
  • Operation in direct galvanic or inductive connection mode – internal transmitting antenna
  • Compatible with transmitting clamps
  • Rugged housing