Power inspection with drone is already able to detect faults, deficiencies in high-voltage lines and prevent possible work accidents.
In Venezuela, there are already drone companies that are trained to carry out inspections on high voltage lines. It is a new model of services that have come to stay and one could say that they are already the new watchmen of electricity. The drones are usually propelled vertically at a height between 50 and 60 meters that allow them to inspect the thousands of kilometers of electricity lines in our country. The main objective is the maintenance and detection of faults through the taking of thermal images that allow detecting hot spots.
“The drones have arrived to free the workers dirty, dangerous and boring tasks”
Drones capture thermal images to detect hot spots in the network
The traditional operation of revision and inspection of lines entails many risks for the professionals who perform it, they are the ones who must climb the metal towers that hold the infinite wiring of our electrical network and, even taking all the precautions and protective measures, They assume many risks. Sometimes these inspections were done capturing aerial images with helicopters that covered large areas of land with the consequent high cost that this entailed.
How drone inspections are carried out on power lines?
These inspections at the moment and until the Regulation allows it is carried out in unpopulated areas of difficult access and far from the agglomerations of buildings. The operation is relatively simple a pilot on the ground through a camera operator makes a flight between the towers looking for anomalies in the lines. These flights can be done manually or they can also be programmed to perform them in a semi-autonomous way. In the flight, high-resolution thermal cameras are captured by hot zones that indicate the existence of some type of defect in the installation.
The professional profile of the technicians is changing
The jobs are not destroyed, but are modified, and is that the specialists who previously performed the inspection are now traditionally responsible for analyzing the information captured by the drone more efficiently. Thanks to the capture of the cameras, the inspections are carried out in a more precise way, mobilizing the maintenance managers to the exact areas where a breakdown intervention is required. The cost of services can also be reduced by up to 40%
Undoubtedly, this is a real example of drone services for the electricity network, which has achieved a very innovative and simple way to reduce service costs. In addition, the occupational accidents that occurred in this type of electrical inspection work have been significantly reduced.
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