NDTScan provides advanced non-destructive testing (NDT) solutions tailored for fakopp enterprise. Our services ensure accurate, compliant, and efficient diagnostics across all sectors, from aerospace to infrastructure. With cutting-edge equipment and over a decade of experience, we deliver certified inspections that minimise downtime and maximise safety. Trust NDTScan for reliable, data-driven reporting that enhances your decision-making and operational excellence.
NDTScan uses Fakopp Enterprise acoustic tomography systems to detect internal decay, cavities, and structural weakening in trees and timber structures. These systems use stress wave propagation to build 2D and 3D models of internal conditions — all without drilling, coring, or damaging the material. Fakopp is essential in historic timber surveys and arboricultural risk assessments across urban, rural, and conservation zones.
It’s particularly effective where external signs of decay are absent, allowing early intervention before failure occurs.
Continuous Innovation in Non-Invasive Timber Testing
As timber continues to be used in load-bearing construction and landscape design, non-destructive internal inspection has never been more important. Fakopp Enterprise gives us internal truth — fast.
Our Fakopp Tools
- Arborsonic Decay Detector: 3D acoustic tomography system mapping internal condition of living trees and timber posts using stress wave velocity.
- Microsecond Timer: Enables fast measurement of propagation speed between two points, identifying internal degradation or anomalies.
- Custom Sensor Array Kit: Field-configurable to adapt to stem diameter or structural member size.
- Tomogram Visualisation Software: Instantly generates colour-coded decay models with PDF and CAD export.
- Used in BS5837 & Risk Reports: Data supports tree retention/removal decisions for councils, insurers, and developers.
Why We Use Fakopp Enterprise
Fakopp Enterprise gives us the ability to assess what lies beneath the surface — essential for managing trees near highways, in public spaces, or on development boundaries. It’s fast, non-destructive, and visually persuasive.
Other Tools in Use
We use IML drills for resistance-based confirmation, but Fakopp Enterprise leads for internal tomographic insight without any intrusion.
Internal Timber Clarity Without Compromise
At NDTScan, we rely on Fakopp Enterprise acoustic tomography systems to deliver reliable, non-invasive insight into the internal condition of trees and timber structures. Whether we are assessing a centuries-old oak in a listed estate or verifying the structural integrity of a glulam beam in a public building, Fakopp allows us to map decay, cavities, and hidden flaws without altering or damaging the specimen.
The system works by measuring the velocity of stress waves as they pass through timber. These travel faster through solid wood and more slowly through compromised material. By placing an array of sensors around the subject, we collect data that is then rendered into a colour-coded tomogram — a powerful visual representation of internal structure. The results are clear, fast, and interpretable by engineers, arborists, and decision-makers alike.
This approach is particularly important where visual inspection is limited or external decay is absent. In many cases, structural failure occurs without prior surface signs — making tools like Fakopp critical to early detection and prevention.
A Smarter Way to Inspect Heritage Timber and Trees
Fakopp Enterprise systems are essential in heritage, conservation, and infrastructure contexts where timber elements must be preserved and understood rather than replaced or drilled. From church roofs and historic halls to roadside trees and public woodland, our Fakopp tools provide the clarity needed to balance safety, preservation, and compliance.
In conservation architecture, Fakopp supports condition-based planning by identifying internal damage without disrupting protected surfaces. In arboriculture, it helps local authorities and landowners make defensible decisions on retention, pruning, or removal. The data is objective, repeatable, and ideal for inclusion in BS5837 reports, tree risk assessments (TRAQ), and subsidence-related insurance documentation.
This methodology aligns with the growing demand for non-destructive testing in timber engineering, where risk, aesthetics, and compliance converge.
Field-Ready Equipment, Calibrated for Accuracy
Our Fakopp Enterprise equipment is field-calibrated and maintained to ensure consistent, traceable results across all site conditions. Each deployment is tailored to the structure or species in question — accounting for size, geometry, and material type.
Key equipment includes:
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Arborsonic Decay Detector: The primary tool for acoustic tomography in trees, this system uses multiple sensors arranged circumferentially to detect internal decay and cavities in living wood. It supports both 2D cross-sectional scans and full 3D mapping for complex specimens.
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Microsecond Timer: This highly accurate device records the time taken for stress waves to travel between two fixed points, helping to identify longitudinal cracking or fungal degradation within beams, piles, or posts.
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Custom Sensor Array Kit: Our modular sensor systems can be configured on-site to suit varying diameters and geometries — whether we’re scanning a mature beech, a telegraph pole, or a structural timber upright.
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Tomogram Visualisation Software: Fakopp’s proprietary analysis platform generates intuitive, exportable images that clearly show areas of solid wood, partial degradation, or hollow sections. These visual outputs can be shared with stakeholders or inserted directly into planning and safety reports.
Every tomogram is generated in real-time on-site, allowing for immediate decision-making and the option to combine findings with other NDT tools if needed.
Enhancing Risk Management Across Sectors
Fakopp Enterprise plays a critical role in proactive risk management. For trees located near roads, schools, car parks, or rail corridors, the consequences of undetected failure can be severe. By identifying decay that is not visible at surface level, we enable early intervention and reduce the likelihood of structural collapse, litigation, or reputational harm.
In structural timber, our Fakopp systems help detect fungal ingress, insect activity, and internal degradation in load-bearing elements before they become safety risks. We often use Fakopp alongside visual grading and resistance drilling (IML) to form a complete picture of timber health — combining multiple datasets into a single, definitive report.
Applications include:
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Council and Highways Tree Safety: Pre-emptive decay screening on urban trees in high-footfall areas
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Historic Buildings: Inspection of tie beams, posts, purlins, and trusses without disturbing finishes or fixtures
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Timber Bridges and Outdoor Structures: Monitoring of footbridges, boardwalks, and pedestrian structures exposed to moisture and decay risks
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Schools and Public Buildings: Condition surveys for glulam or LVL elements in new or refurbished timber architecture
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Rail and Utility Infrastructure: Acoustic testing of pole-mounted services, boundary trees, and landscape features near lines and cables
Easy Interpretation and Actionable Outputs
Unlike raw ultrasonic or GPR data, Fakopp tomograms are immediately intelligible to both technical and non-technical audiences. Their colour-coded outputs — ranging from solid green cores to deep red voids — make stakeholder communication easier and more transparent.
This visual clarity is particularly valuable in disputes, insurance cases, or conservation consultations where clear evidence is needed to support complex decisions. Fakopp’s outputs can be used in:
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Tree Preservation Order (TPO) applications and appeals
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Planning conditions under BS5837:2012
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Insurance risk mitigation and subsidence investigations
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H&S audit documentation for estates and local authorities
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Structural certification reports on timber-framed buildings
All results are delivered with supporting context, commentary, and exportable files suitable for integration into CAD, GIS, or asset management systems.
Why Fakopp Enterprise Leads the Field
At NDTScan, we choose Fakopp Enterprise because it provides a rare combination: advanced internal insight with minimal site disruption. Unlike some NDT systems that require heavy equipment or surface alteration, Fakopp is portable, quiet, and deployable by a single technician in most environments.
Its non-invasive approach aligns perfectly with our commitment to low-impact diagnostics — particularly in heritage, landscape, and public-sector settings where preservation is as important as performance. Fakopp also complements our wider tree and timber NDT offering, forming part of a toolkit that includes visual tree assessment (VTA), resistance drilling, decay risk profiling, and structural engineering input.
Whether we’re scanning a 300-year-old oak or a school canopy support, Fakopp helps us see the unseen — safely, quickly, and with professional confidence.