Company Profile 

Metaldec International

Metaldec since 1992

Introduction:

Metaldec was founded in 1992 under Chamber of Commerce nr: 20067712 with the aim to develop sophisticated metal detection equipment for sale and rent. It started directly with developing the first special metal detector followed up by a number of types which had more capabilities.

At the beginning of the year 2000 the company was reorganized and has been, among other things, focused on sale, rent, import and export of innovative product solutions for the detection market in general. Moreover, Metaldec have made big steps forward in the trade, sale and rent of equipment meant for hydrographical, underwater and land-mobile applications such as sonar, navigation, magnetometers, metal detectors and diving equipment.

The Hydrographical and land-mobile survey branch had already from 1995 on, experienced a particular increase concerning an important development  in the detection, inspection and salvage of divergent objects in and on the bottom, under and above water with the use of up mentioned equipment, among other things.

History and expansion:

Around June 1993 the core business shifted to tailored made metal detectors, especially for the industry and particularly designed for assembly on a conveyor belt system in a production line. Soon after, (very) sophisticated metal detectors for land-mobile or field applications were also developed.
 

As from end of 1993 there appeared a large demand for metal detectors for underwater use among with hand-held metal detectors for professional diving operations but also there was a demand for reliable magnetometers so at the time Metaldec started to produce these devices.

Metaldec then decided to gather an international team  existing from experts in extremely diverse areas such as:

Sonar, Radar, Magnetometry, Geology, Geophysics, Geo acoustics, Electronics, Software, Diving, Geo radar (GPR), Navigation, Positioning, Shipping and more.

The foundation had been laid and Metaldec developed into an internationally operating company where the activities reached out as far as Asia and the name Metaldec changed in Metaldec International.

The people within the established  team with their respectively specializations are put into action in prospecting, inspection and/or salvage operations of a very divergent nature where mainly sonar, visual imaging and active or passive metal detection systems are used.

With sonar it is meant that a sonar device transmits a sound to an object where the returning echo is used to determine the location or for analytical purposes. Most sonar devices are able to generate images of an object in such a way that it frequently seems as if it was created by a conventional video or photo camera.

By visual-imaging mainly the inspection and/or analysis is meant which is carried out with a camera that operates in the visual or thermal, infra-red or ultraviolet spectrum.

With active metal detection it is meant that the metal detector transmits an electromagnetic field to an object in order to localize it or to determine the composition by analyzing.

Passive metal detection mostly is referring to a magnetometer which measures the earth magnetic field or anomalies, created by Ferro metal objects or natural causes in the vicinity of this field by measuring the differences in field intensity in repetitive time intervals.

 

 

 

ACTIVITIES:

Metaldec International develops, produces and (re)sells divergent detection equipment. Also land-mobile and hydrographical surveys are carried out and form an important component of the activities in the use of metal detection, sonar detection and (GPS) navigation or (GPS) positioning with GIS applications.

Hydrographical surveys:

Within the hydrographic survey branch, the detection concerns mainly prospecting, inspection and possible salvage underwater of very divergent objects.

This comprehends, among other things, the underwater detection of cables, pipelines, plane wrecks, shipwrecks, sunken cars, lost cargos and unfortunately also drowning victims.

Drowning victims (special note):

Since it has proven to be of large value to Metaldec and a lot of aid agencies, it is appointed especially that tracing and localizing drowning victims belong to the possibilities of particularly Side-scan sonar equipment. Saying this, the sonar must be considered as an extension of the standard possibilities with a rather large special added value.

Land-mobile surveys:

In the land-mobile survey branch, among other things, belongs the prospecting, inspection and detection of a variety of objects, buried in the bottom like cables, pipelines, ammunition, lost objects, (concrete) constructions, metal objects and more.

In the land-mobile survey branch, also belongs the examining of constructions or art works above ground such as the detection of reinforcement bars, piping in floors, walls and ceilings but also concealed weapons, product inspection in production lines and more.



 

PROSPECTING ON LAND:

For detection on land one can think of for example (oil)tanks, cables, ammunition (UXO), lost components of agriculture vehicles, weapons but also geological research where anomalies in geomagnetism is frequently measured.

At the right-hand side is shown such a project where was surveyed with "Pulse-Induction" equipment and "Magnetometers" in order to find hidden stone foundations. It was known that the building stones would cause an anomaly in the earth magnetic field.

 


 
               

             

DEVELOPMENT:

Metaldec is constantly busy with renewing and further development of, among other things, metal detection systems, intended for mounting on a conveyor belt production line.

One of the strong points of Metaldec is the capacity to develop and produce tailored made metal detection equipment to meet the customers wish.

Moreover developments are also done of specially on demand, not yet existing, metal detection equipment for many applications.

 

 

SURVEY & SALVAGE UNDERWATER:

To meet and realize the aim of prospecting, inspection, detection and/or salvage of many different kind of  objects, Metaldec decided, beside de use of the mentioned detection equipment, to arrange the necessary diving equipment and an international dive team of competent and certified divers, specialized in salvage and deep dives (usable up to on 350 meters depth)

On an international scale there are many carried out survey and salvage operations in order to locate and salvage for example planes, shipwrecks, lost cargos and more. Also locating and repatriating drowning victims of naval disasters unfortunately occur sometimes.