3D Laser Scanner for Three-Dimensional Digital Recording of Buildings and Technical Structures

Short title: 3D-Laserscanner

Funding reference number: GHS 18-0014

Project period: Jul 2018 – May 2019

Project budget: 56.000 €

Research focus:

Focus 3 (since 02/2024): Life Science, Automation and Information Technology
Focus 3 (until 01/2024): Automation and Sensor Technology

Structural unit:

Faculty of Engineering

Project management:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Larek

Project supporter:

Landesförderinstitut Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (LFI M-V)

Funding:

European Union - European Regional Development Fund (EU - ERDF)

3D Laserscanner — Source: Wismar University of Applied Sciences

Development of rational methods for the digitization of factory buildings and production facilities for planning in existing buildings

Three-dimensional realistic computer models through laser scanning, digitization, Industry 4.0 and Building Information Modelling (BIM) are on everyone's lips. The technical possibilities for planning and optimizing buildings and factories on the computer are developing at a rapid pace. "One problem so far, however, is that there are often no digital models of existing buildings and, in some cases, not even up-to-date drawings," says Professor Dr.-Ing. Roland Larek, pointing out a deficit. Laser scanning offers an alternative to time-consuming remodeling. A laser and a rotating mirror capture all objects in their surroundings at a distance of up to 130 meters at a speed of up to 2 million points per second. Modern devices also take high-resolution HDR photos, so that in the end a realistic colored data set of the surroundings is created. In addition, they are able to record their own location very precisely and automatically merge the measurement data from several scanned images into one large overall model. In this way, computer models of entire factories can be created quickly and efficiently.