FA-04Intermediate
Corrosion & Pipeline Integrity
Predicts where a line is corroding fastest and how long it has left, so inspection and replacement go where the risk actually is.
Facilities, Rotating Equipment & IntegrityAIDomain
HS-07IntermediateWave 3IoTAI
Drone & Robotic Inspection
In one sentence
Flies or drives the inspection route so that people do not have to work at height or enter confined spaces as often.
The problem
Flare tip, vessel top and stack inspections need scaffolding, permits and working at height. The cost of access means these inspections are deferred, so the equipment at greatest height is inspected least often.
How it works
Repeatable autonomous routes capture visual, thermal and optical gas imaging from consistent positions, so images from successive campaigns can be compared directly. Change detection and corrosion classification run on the returned imagery and findings are written into the inspection record with their position.
Data required
- Site survey and no-fly or restricted zone definitions
- Inspection route definitions with target assets and required sensors
- Baseline imagery for change detection
- Regulatory approval for flight operations on the site
What you get
- Repeatable inspection imagery indexed by asset and campaign
- Automatic change detection and corrosion severity classification
- Inspection findings written into the integrity record with location
What it cannot do
Drone operations in a hazardous area are constrained by classification, wind limits and permit regimes, and in many jurisdictions the approval process is longer than the deployment. Automated classification is a triage layer that prioritises what the inspector looks at, and a certified inspector still makes every integrity call.
Every capability page states a real limitation. If a vendor cannot tell you where their product stops, you are not being told the truth about where it starts.
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