The term digital twin has become established across various industries, with the goal of digitally representing our physical world. This transformation is both time-consuming and costly, and it will continue to accompany us for many years. Therefore, finding efficient ways to digitize environments is of crucial importance. This is where mobile scanning comes in. Using different carrier systems, environments can be captured faster and more cost-effectively than with static solutions. However, data quality often suffers due to movement. In addition, mobile systems are often tied to specific platforms, which limits their flexibility.
Zoller + Fröhlich aims to close these gaps with innovative solutions. Their ambition is nothing less than to create maximum flexibility between systems while achieving extremely high levels of accuracy—previously unattainable in mobile measurements. The versatility of applications presents a major challenge. Scanning inside an industrial hall is fundamentally different from working on streets or railways. That’s why universal solutions, such as those offered by Zoller + Fröhlich with the Z+F FlexScan® and Z+F PROFILER® systems, are a major advantage and cost-effective.
Z+F FlexScan®: High Flexibility with Impressive Accuracy
Accuracy often requires static scans from various viewpoints. Mobile solutions, on the other hand, focus on capturing efficiency. The Z+F FlexScan® platform from Zoller + Fröhlich combines the benefits of static scans with the efficiency of mobile systems. This makes it ideal for projects in architecture, facility management, process industries, cultural heritage preservation, and forensics.
The flexibility of the Z+F FlexScan® 22 allows it to be mounted on various carrier systems, such as a backpack for hard-to-reach areas, mobile trolleys for simpler environments, or tripods for static scans. The system features a panoramic camera to colorize mobile scan data and offers seamless integration into Z+F LaserControl® software or export into standard formats for third-party software.
The surveying accuracy of the Z+F FlexScan® 22 benefits from the quality of Z+F’s high-end static scanners from the Z+F IMAGER® 5016 and 5024 series, achieving SLAM accuracy of up to 2.5 mm.
With this mobile scanning system, even the finest details can be captured in 3D visualizations, meeting the highest accuracy requirements.
Z+F PROFILER® 9020C: The Mobile Laser Scanner with Integrated Cameras
The Z+F PROFILER® 9020C is a mobile laser scanner that can be flexibly installed on various platforms used for surveying streets, railways, and more. It is also the world’s first mobile laser scanner with integrated cameras. Equipped with four 5-megapixel cameras covering the entire 360° scanning area, the device can generate colorized point clouds without external cameras, capturing geometry and imagery simultaneously. The images offer high color fidelity and a wide dynamic range.
Installation is simple, requiring only a single USB 3.0 cable for data transfer and control. The cameras are fully calibrated and perfectly synchronized with the scanner, further enhancing accuracy. With 267 profiles per second, 2 million points per second, a ambiguity interval of 182 meters, and a 360° field of view, the Z+F PROFILER® 9020C delivers outstanding technical performance.
