Explosives detection
This detection technique is carried out using a magnetometer and/or metal detector. Using this technique, the search area is systematically scanned in grid patterns. Based on the signals emitted by the detector, potential explosive remnants of war are located. The detection depth varies up to a maximum of 4.5 metres below ground level.
This detection technique utilises multiple magnetometers, making it possible to survey large areas accurately and efficiently. The maximum detection depth of this technique is 4.5 metres below ground level.
The results of the detection are recorded digitally. These results are analysed by specialists. The analysis involves distinguishing between objects and recording them in an object list. Finally, a detection report is drawn up and the objects can be accessed and secured by a certified detection team.
In areas with soft ground, caused for example by layers of clay and peat, munitions may have penetrated to greater depths. To enable detection in these areas, depth detection is used. Armaex has designed a special machine for this purpose: ‘The Stitcher’. The Stitcher is a tracked vehicle that hydraulically presses a magnetometer into the ground. The maximum depth range of this machine is 12 metres below ground level. The advantages of the Stitcher over traditional depth detection systems are its very high penetration capacity through hard soil layers, low fuel consumption and consequently low emissions, and fully automatic levelling and real-time inclination angle measurement during probing.
In addition, Armaex has a probing platform operated by an excavator. The excavator provides the platform’s hydraulic and electrical power. The boring platform is ideally suited for use in confined spaces such as indoors in halls, on embankments, on railway tracks with overhead lines, and for depth detection on water. The platform is easy to transport and quick to set up, keeping mobilisation costs low and making the machine ideal for projects requiring a small number of boreholes.
Armaex is also able to deploy an MDE drive. This device matches speed and versatility in depth detection across various types of detection sites.