Apache Technologies, Inc.  
About The Laserometer 
STORM Laserometer Extending the vertical reception range of the laser beam and providing a digital readout of the distance from on-grade is the solution. This is similar to what is done on automatic machine control systems.

Sounds easy. However applying the traditional methods used over the past years would likely prove costly and possibly too fragile. A new method would have to be found to provide the expected reliability and price competitiveness required in an Apache product. It would have to be different.

Engineers, software and product specialists - everyone - scoured for a new way. The result is SUPERCELL technology - a patented and proprietary new way of doing things. It started the revolution.

Without getting into too much boring detail, the traditional method used to pick up the laser beam consisted of numerous photocells soldered to each other and to printed circuit boards. The photocells themselves are relatively fragile - think tiny mirrors. And all the solder joints become potential problem areas during the typical abuse on a jobsite.

Mechanically, the new SuperCell process uses a single durable acrylic tube in place of the photocell array.

Electronically, it can precisely measure exactly where on the tube the center of the laser strike is and convey that information numerically to the user.

The user in the field does not have to move the rod clamp every time to measure those last few critical inches or centimeters. He can simply read it like he would a tape measurer. Efficiently.

Accuracy, toughness, and reception height have all been redefined, at an affordable price.

It's a revolution.