Robotic Bridge Inspection Service. Using technology and not tax dollars to keep our traveling public safe. https://www.infrastructurePC.com
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Friday, May 1, 2020
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Bridge inspection Robotic Inspection Services
https://www.infrastructurepc.com/robotic-bridge-inspections-infrastructure-inspections-to-improve-transportation-infrastructure/
The latest in robotic infrastructure and bridge inspection services. Updating 50yr old manual inspections. Incorporating modern technology and robotics and utilizing non-destructive testing technologies, Infrastructure Preservation Corporation has developed advanced robotic inspection services. These services provide more quantitative data than previously available to help the Department of Transportation to better allocate assets, schedule maintenance and help extend the service life of critical infrastructure assets.
The latest in robotic infrastructure and bridge inspection services. Updating 50yr old manual inspections. Incorporating modern technology and robotics and utilizing non-destructive testing technologies, Infrastructure Preservation Corporation has developed advanced robotic inspection services. These services provide more quantitative data than previously available to help the Department of Transportation to better allocate assets, schedule maintenance and help extend the service life of critical infrastructure assets.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Bridge Inspection with robotics, IPC Cable Stay Bridge and Wire Rope …
Bridge inspections using modern technology and robotics. First services to provide modern technology and robotics to provide quantitative data to bridge owners.
Bridge Inspection with robotics, IPC Cable Stay Bridge and Wire Rope …
Bridge Inspection with robotics, IPC Cable Stay Bridge and Wire Rope …
Bridge Inspection with robotics, IPC Cable Stay Bridge and Wire Rope Inspections with robotics from Infrastructure Preservation Corporation
For more information or to submit a scope of work email HERE
For more information or to submit a scope of work email HERE
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Robotic Infrastructure Inspection
The latest in bridge inspections and robotic infrastructure inspection services. www.infrastructurepc.com.
Peer at and into concrete and steel and receive a complete infrastructure condition assessment for the same price as todays manual methods. Inspections are conducted by certified bridge inspectors and reviewed by Professional Engineers with years of bridge inspection experience.
https://youtu.be/d1sUvg87nrg
Click play and watch our robotic infrastructure inspections on real bridges.
Proven technology providing the department of transportation with quantitative data to help
them better allocate assets.
For more information go to www.infrastructurepc.com.
Peer at and into concrete and steel and receive a complete infrastructure condition assessment for the same price as todays manual methods. Inspections are conducted by certified bridge inspectors and reviewed by Professional Engineers with years of bridge inspection experience.
https://youtu.be/d1sUvg87nrg
Click play and watch our robotic infrastructure inspections on real bridges.
Proven technology providing the department of transportation with quantitative data to help
them better allocate assets.
For more information go to www.infrastructurepc.com.
Monday, May 7, 2018
Know When To Replace Your Wire Ropes And Cables
Wire Rope is a type of cable which is made up of numerous strands of metal wire laid or twisted into a braid or helix. Do you know how frequently your wire rope needs to be examined? Wire rope inspections are important to industries that use wire rope. One of the most important purposes of carrying out wire rope assessments or testing is to supervise the process of depreciation in the wire rope. When any devaluation or deterioration is identified these wire ropes can cease to be used immediately before it becomes a menace. A great advantage of conducting these examinations is to investigate and identify if there is unforeseen corrosion and demolition.
Commonly, there is a continuous increase rate in the amount of wire rope breaks on equipment that has not been properly maintained. These breaks can be dangerous to workforce and the public alike. Wire ropes need to be inspected and tested as they have a limited life, like all consumable products. Initially in the life of the wire rope (when it is starting to be used for the first time), the wires and cable of the rope relax into position and the breaking strength expansions. Once it has hit its supreme, the breaking strength then decreases swiftly. Wire rope inspections should only be carried out by highly trained specialists. There are two ways that these reviews are carried out on wire rope: Visual and Non-Destructive. Visual and non-destructive examinations are equally as crucial but a nondestructive wire rope test is a lot less common than a visual wire rope inspection. Destructive testing only takes place when specifically required by a company to find out what type of wire rope something is that has not been labeled and is not common practice in the overall testing/inspections.
Visual Inspections – Wire Rope
The visual method is a modest yet operative method to check for external destruction done to a wire rope. Visually inspecting the entire length of rope is very essential. The rope should be inspected 2 to 3 feet at a time and examined cautiously at each stop. Whilst inspecting the wire rope it also cleaned with Lanotec and a wire brush. Though time consuming, it can determine numerous visual signs of wire rope wear, such as; bends, bird caging, hurtful, lumps, devastation, severe crushing & heat destruction.
Wearing heavy duty gloves, an inspector will grab the rope and lightly move a rag slowly along the length of rope. Broken wires will frequently stick out (porcupine) and will therefore snag on the rag. Should the rag snag on a wire, the inspector should then stop and visually assess the rope disorder. Broken wires do not always ‘porcupine’. Visual inspections should not be the only method trusted on for inspecting the wire ropes.
Due to the arrangement of a wire rope, the outer layer only represents approximately 40% of the metallic cross section of the rope. And only approximately half of this is visible due to the strand twisting inside and out. That means you are only able to visually inspect approximately 20% of the entire rope composition. You can only assume that the other 80% is in good condition. Although the peripheral 20% may look in good condition it may be concealing a great number of wire breaks and internal damage. Wire ropes with internal damage that have no signs of external damage can be tremendously dangerous. This is why an internal wire rope inspection should also be accomplished.
Infrastructure Preservation Corporation is a nondestructive testing services and robotic inspection company that has developed a patented wire rope inspection robot. The wire rope inspection service is fast, portable, wireless and accurate. IPC conducts infrastructure inspections and provides assessment reports to asset owners worldwide. The robotic device scans the wire rope for broken wires. For more information contact info@infrastructurepc.com or www.infrastructurepc.com
Wire rope inspection in the field.
Commonly, there is a continuous increase rate in the amount of wire rope breaks on equipment that has not been properly maintained. These breaks can be dangerous to workforce and the public alike. Wire ropes need to be inspected and tested as they have a limited life, like all consumable products. Initially in the life of the wire rope (when it is starting to be used for the first time), the wires and cable of the rope relax into position and the breaking strength expansions. Once it has hit its supreme, the breaking strength then decreases swiftly. Wire rope inspections should only be carried out by highly trained specialists. There are two ways that these reviews are carried out on wire rope: Visual and Non-Destructive. Visual and non-destructive examinations are equally as crucial but a nondestructive wire rope test is a lot less common than a visual wire rope inspection. Destructive testing only takes place when specifically required by a company to find out what type of wire rope something is that has not been labeled and is not common practice in the overall testing/inspections.
Visual Inspections – Wire Rope
The visual method is a modest yet operative method to check for external destruction done to a wire rope. Visually inspecting the entire length of rope is very essential. The rope should be inspected 2 to 3 feet at a time and examined cautiously at each stop. Whilst inspecting the wire rope it also cleaned with Lanotec and a wire brush. Though time consuming, it can determine numerous visual signs of wire rope wear, such as; bends, bird caging, hurtful, lumps, devastation, severe crushing & heat destruction.
Wearing heavy duty gloves, an inspector will grab the rope and lightly move a rag slowly along the length of rope. Broken wires will frequently stick out (porcupine) and will therefore snag on the rag. Should the rag snag on a wire, the inspector should then stop and visually assess the rope disorder. Broken wires do not always ‘porcupine’. Visual inspections should not be the only method trusted on for inspecting the wire ropes.
Due to the arrangement of a wire rope, the outer layer only represents approximately 40% of the metallic cross section of the rope. And only approximately half of this is visible due to the strand twisting inside and out. That means you are only able to visually inspect approximately 20% of the entire rope composition. You can only assume that the other 80% is in good condition. Although the peripheral 20% may look in good condition it may be concealing a great number of wire breaks and internal damage. Wire ropes with internal damage that have no signs of external damage can be tremendously dangerous. This is why an internal wire rope inspection should also be accomplished.
Infrastructure Preservation Corporation is a nondestructive testing services and robotic inspection company that has developed a patented wire rope inspection robot. The wire rope inspection service is fast, portable, wireless and accurate. IPC conducts infrastructure inspections and provides assessment reports to asset owners worldwide. The robotic device scans the wire rope for broken wires. For more information contact info@infrastructurepc.com or www.infrastructurepc.com
Wire rope inspection in the field.
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