The RIDGID SeekTech SR-60 locator is designed to help technicians locate buried utilities quickly and accurately with a multidirectional antenna that picks up frequency signals from all directions.
“The SR-60 is the big brother of the SR-20 in our pipe-locating line of equipment,” says Ed McKiernan, vice president of marketing. “It’s the ultimate ‘search engine’ in that you can dial it in to listen to any frequency. There’s no need to send it back to the manufacturer to have it recalibrated to a specific frequency.”
That’s helpful when multiple locating crews are working in the same area and using the same locating equipment – a scenario that typically limits the range of usable frequencies. But with a frequency range from 10 Hz to 490 kHz, the SR-60 offers a number of optimal frequencies, McKiernan says.
The ability to receive a wider range of frequencies eliminates the need for several locators – for instance, one best for high frequencies and another for low frequencies. That, in turn, makes training and servicing easier.
In passive mode, the SR-60 can listen to all passive frequencies at once, eliminating the need for multiple sweeps of an area using different frequencies for each sweep. That saves time and increases productivity.
The unit also has a readout display that shows the operator a proximity signal, a depth indicator, and a frequency signal, all in real time. The readouts help the operator constantly verify the quality of the locate.
“The unit displays a line on the screen that’s a picture of the utility line below, as opposed to a series of readouts that users have to synthesize in their head,” McKiernan says. “You just look at the tracing line on the screen and start walking. You’re actually finding the utility line, rather than guessing.” Crosshairs on the screen show the operator’s position relative to the target signal. When the tracing line intersects with the crosshairs, the operator knows he’s directly above the line. The tracing line stays on target even if the receiver’s orientation changes, and it indicates when the utility line changes direction.
The receiver, which weighs 4 pounds and collapses for easy storage and transportation, also emits audio tones for guidance. That enables operators to locate without always looking at the screen. The SR-60 also has a sonde mode to pinpoint the location of inspection cameras. For information, call 800/474-3443 or visit www.ridgid.com; Expo booth 7115
