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US Electric Utility
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Michael is a Maintenance Supervisor at a major Electric Utility company in the East Coast. He had pipeline corrosion problems in high density urban areas, causing service downtime and energy efficiency issues.
Due to the concrete layer, water crossings, and network density, he could not locate the leaks with traditional means. Digging across the whole faulty length would have costed more than 3 million dollars and blocked the road for too long.
Michael contacted Heuristech. Thanks to the DRM ability to quickly get data from the usual manholes, Michael’s maintenance team performed a precise survey of the 5000 ft of infrastructure with minor disruption on road traffic, getting major insights on traditionally impossible-to-scan sections.
With Heuristech’s report, Michael managed to identify, characterize and locate precisely 6 coating defects. Small 15-feet excavation trenches were enough to repair the defects, for a fraction of the usual price.
Korean District Heating
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Jinho, a maintenance subcontractor manager for a South Korea district heating company needed to survey deep pipeline sections responsible for high energy losses.
Pipeline depth prevented traditional surface method from working, blocking both DCVG electric signals and infrared thermal signature for drone-based thermography.
Jinho contacted Heuristech and deployed DRM equipment in the pipeline’s inspection chambers. Thanks to the capacity of the DRM signal to reach normally unattainable spots, Jinho managed to survey the deepest sections of the heat network.
With Heuristech’s analysis of the measurements, Jinho successfully targeted key areas for big excavations. There, he discovered critical corrosion failures on a five-meter-deep steam pipe and fixed it, to the asset operator’s complete satisfaction.
