Our Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) Capabilities
Our end-to-end integration in inspection services gives us a balanced perspective and unique insights to help utilities and other industrial facilities maintain critical infrastructure. We leverage drones, robots, sensors, and software to deliver a wide range of remote visual inspection solutions for power generation assets.
Our innovative technology enables our team of experts to remotely inspect towers, roofs, boilers, and other areas of critical infrastructure inside and outside the plant. Our experienced operators use commercial drone and sensors to gather critical data through a variety of conditions. Following the inspection, our customers are given a data-rich report filled with insights that empower them to manage proactive preventative maintenance programs.
Drone Technology
Innovative visual inspection drones coupled with experienced pilots provide blanket coverage of your assets.
Expert Analysis
Our team remotely inspects each facility and assigns priority ranking to each discovered issue.
Turnkey Service
We capture the best in imagery, data, and insights--vital when the reliability of your high-priority assets is on the line.
Secure Reports
Provide actionable insights and instantaneous inspection reports to your personnel, contractors, and vendors.
GENERATION
ASME Section XI IWL Inspections
We understand what is required for in-service inspections, maintenance, testing, and the regulatory requirements of nuclear power plant components. Our inspection methods can significantly reduce plant operating costs and the need for closure.
- Eliminate or significantly reduce safety hazards associated with traditional manned inspections
- Capture quality data and insights in a fraction of the time it takes with traditional inspections
GENERATION
Cooling Tower/Stack Structural Inspections
Maintain critical assets while keeping your personnel and the environment safe with regular cooling tower and cooling stack structural inspections.
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Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) Drones
The NDE Drone performs thickness measurement using Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer (EMAT) and Dry-Film Thickness (DFT).
- Reduces “working at heights”
- Reduces outage/O&M costs
- Minimizes surface prep
Drone Thermal Sensors
Our trained pilots fly drones equipped with thermal cameras at ideal vantage points, adding a new layer of valuable data to be captured: temperature.
- Radiometric Thermal Camera
- -20°C to 50°C Operating Temperatures
- IP44 Rating
Remote Visual Inspection Technology & Capabilities
Our drone-based inspection process not only collects higher quality data than traditional methods, but also eliminates inefficiencies, inaccuracies, and most importantly the safety risks associated with common inspection methods. The result? Empowering insights to improve your asset performance and a system that’s easier to effectively maintain.
Our best-in-class visual inspection technology capabilities include:
- High-resolution imagery and video
- Photogrammetry and 3D Modeling
- ASME VT-3 and VT-1 acuity
- Submersible/Diver Offset Services
RVI FAQ
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What is the RVI procedure?
An RVI (remote visual inspection) is a method used to collect high-resolution images with a remotely operated camera. Common devices used for RVI are drones, submersibles, and crawlers. -
What are the benefits of remote inspection?
Remote inspections allow experts to examine areas that are difficult or hazardous to access without physically being in those areas themselves. This has several benefits, such as shortening the overall inspection process, saving labor and resources, and improving safety. -
What is a visual inspection checklist?
A visual inspection checklist is a document or electronic tool used by an inspection team to ensure 100% coverage of an inspectable asset. These checklists are used by inspection teams to validate the correct field of view, visual acuity, lighting, and method of inspection meets the code requirements of the particular inspection.
Realize the Benefits of Complete, Reliable and Information-Rich Visual Inspections for Critical Assets
- Reduce safety hazards inherent to traditional walking or driving inspection methods
- Obtain thorough digital datasets for every facility we inspect, including GPS coordinates
- Request customizable inspections with the ability to add on thermography, vegetation encroachment, facility inventories, and many other services
- Receive prioritized conditions to streamline maintence workplan and budgets
- We welcome opportunities to collaborate and form alliances, to develop solutions for specific needs
Drones Conquer ASME IWL General Examination
