ELEVATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS WITH DRONE INSPECTIONS
When it comes to difficult inspections, Industrial Inspection & Analysis (IIA) does not shy away from a challenge. As a leader in remote visual inspections (RVI), we offer industrial drone inspections to navigate the most challenging inspection scenarios — from amusement park rides, to elevated conveyor belts, wind turbines, buried piping, and other hard-to-reach places.
Industrial drone inspections allow us to visually inspect and diagnose issues in areas that would otherwise be inaccessible or extremely costly, time consuming or unsafe to access — from elevated equipment to underground piping. Drone inspections quickly deliver the data our customers need, without the expense of scaffolding or the safety concerns of rope access inspections.
Our drone inspections and operators follow the rules and regulations outlined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Part 107.
Industries That Can Benefit from Drone Inspections
Drones, also known as UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and sUASs (small unmanned aircraft systems), are a highly efficient and highly maneuverable tool that can be used in an array of applications in these industries and more:
- Aerospace
- Amusement Parks
- Automotive
- Chemical
- Communications
- Construction
- Defense/Military
- Manufacturing
- Nuclear
- Oil/Gas
- Power Generation
- Process Plants
- Pulp & Paper
- Refineries
- Renewable Energy (Wind Turbines)
Our Drone Capabilities
Our state-of-the-art drones offer unique capabilities:
- CONFINED SPACES: Our toolkit includes drones specially designed to navigate confined spaces such as pipes and tanks — anywhere people cannot or should not go for safety reasons.
- INFRARED CAPABILITIES: We also have drones that can measure heat signatures of equipment to help identify potential leaks, failures, and excess wear and tear.
- FAA LICENSED AND NDT CERTIFIED EXPERTS: Performed by FAA Licensed Drone Pilots, who are also Certified NDT Inspectors, our industrial drone inspections feature IIA’s signature attention to detail. You’ll receive thorough reports that include high-quality video highlighting areas of interest and analysis by our expert inspectors.
MADE IN THE USA
All of our drone equipment are MADE IN THE USA, which allows us to use them on even the highest security projects, such as military and nuclear power plants.
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Benefits of Drone Inspections
Thanks to drone technology, inspections that once required a helicopter, rope access, scaffolding or other costly measures can now be done with minimal personnel, minimal prep time and minimal cost and risk. Drones are also an efficient complement to our full repertoire of non-destructive inspection methods — for example, when you need to gather more data to follow up on a traditional manned inspection.
Benefits of drone inspections include:
- Reduced downtime
- Zero scaffolding costs
- Minimal manpower and prep needed
- Virtually no safety hazards
- Less disruption to your work site
- High-quality data delivered by certified inspectors
Drones are invaluable when there is simply no other way to get close enough to the equipment you need to inspect. For example, the complex, elevated network of piping that exists in many process plants and refineries makes it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to erect the scaffolding needed to pinpoint the source of a leak. Our drones are small enough to safely maneuver through the network of piping in a variety of facilities and plants. This RVI technique gives an up-close look and video documentation of leaks and other industrial integrity issues.
While scaffolding can take days or weeks — and hundreds of thousands of dollars — to erect and dismantle, a drone inspection can often be completed within hours. Customers can then make informed decisions about asset repair and replacement, and may be able to safely avoid or postpone unnecessary capital expenditures.
Are you facing a highly difficult inspection?
Need to investigate a suspected crack in a smokestack or a potential leak inside a tank? Anytime you face a highly difficult or unusual inspection scenario, contact IIA before you rent lift equipment or erect scaffolding. Together, we can determine if a drone inspection by an FAA Licensed and NDT Certified Expert could work for you. We have the team and technology to perform fast and thorough drone inspections indoors or outside, as well as in confined spaces.