How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT inspections. The Skygauge Inspection Drone provides a safer alternative to conventional UT inspection methods at height while saving customers both time and money. Rope access is the most cost-effective conventional method for conducting UT inspections at height. This comparison study demonstrates the money and time saved when using Skygauge compared to a rope access inspection team when conducting a UT inspection of five welded steel storage tanks at an oil refinery.
Skygauge Robotics reinvented the drone for ultrasonic testing, cutting inspection costs by 30-50%, and reducing inspection time by 10x. But how does our test compare to an ultrasonic reading taken the traditional way? Skygauge partnered with Paul Holloway of Holloway NDT & Engineering to prove that there is no difference between a Skygauge inspection and a conventional one.
Paul joined us at our test facility in Hamilton, ON, to run a series of tests on an industrial stack. The results were astounding, with Skygauge matching the manual results on every test conducted!
Both Paul and the Skygauge crew ran 3 tests in specific locations for consistency, including one with notable signs of external wall loss (pitting). The surface was carbon steel, with Paul and Skygauge both using a D7906 transducer.
The nominal material velocity for carbon steel was set for the handheld UT instrument and the drone software, and both transducers demonstrated correct calibration on a suitable reference block.
Readings were performed using the echo-to-echo technique to maximise repeatability and control variances due to contact force.
How does the Skygauge ultrasonic test compare to readings taken the traditional way?
Skygauge Robotics reinvented the drone for ultrasonic testing, cutting inspection costs by 30-50%, and reducing inspection time by 10x. But how does our test compare to an ultrasonic reading taken the traditional way? Skygauge partnered with Paul Holloway of Holloway NDT & Engineering to prove that there is no difference between a Skygauge inspection and a conventional one.
Paul joined us at our test facility in Hamilton, ON, to run a series of tests on an industrial stack. The results were astounding, with Skygauge matching the manual results on every test conducted!
Both Paul and the Skygauge crew ran 3 tests in specific locations for consistency, including one with notable signs of external wall loss (pitting). The surface was carbon steel, with Paul and Skygauge both using a D7906 transducer.
The nominal material velocity for carbon steel was set for the handheld UT instrument and the drone software, and both transducers demonstrated correct calibration on a suitable reference block.
Readings were performed using the echo-to-echo technique to maximise repeatability and control variances due to contact force.
“All readings performed via drone were within the maximum and minimums recorded using manual UT.”
How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT inspections. The Skygauge Inspection Drone provides a safer alternative to conventional UT inspection methods at height while saving customers both time and money. Rope access is the most cost-effective conventional method for conducting UT inspections at height. This comparison study demonstrates the money and time saved when using Skygauge compared to a rope access inspection team when conducting a UT inspection of five welded steel storage tanks at an oil refinery.
Skygauge Robotics reinvented the drone for ultrasonic testing, cutting inspection costs by 30-50%, and reducing inspection time by 10x. But how does our test compare to an ultrasonic reading taken the traditional way? Skygauge partnered with Paul Holloway of Holloway NDT & Engineering to prove that there is no difference between a Skygauge inspection and a conventional one.
Paul joined us at our test facility in Hamilton, ON, to run a series of tests on an industrial stack. The results were astounding, with Skygauge matching the manual results on every test conducted!
Both Paul and the Skygauge crew ran 3 tests in specific locations for consistency, including one with notable signs of external wall loss (pitting). The surface was carbon steel, with Paul and Skygauge both using a D7906 transducer.
The nominal material velocity for carbon steel was set for the handheld UT instrument and the drone software, and both transducers demonstrated correct calibration on a suitable reference block.
Readings were performed using the echo-to-echo technique to maximise repeatability and control variances due to contact force.
How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT inspections. The Skygauge Inspection Drone provides a safer alternative to conventional UT inspection methods at height while saving customers both time and money. Rope access is the most cost-effective conventional method for conducting UT inspections at height. This comparison study demonstrates the money and time saved when using Skygauge compared to a rope access inspection team when conducting a UT inspection of five welded steel storage tanks at an oil refinery.
Skygauge Robotics reinvented the drone for ultrasonic testing, cutting inspection costs by 30-50%, and reducing inspection time by 10x. But how does our test compare to an ultrasonic reading taken the traditional way? Skygauge partnered with Paul Holloway of Holloway NDT & Engineering to prove that there is no difference between a Skygauge inspection and a conventional one.
Paul joined us at our test facility in Hamilton, ON, to run a series of tests on an industrial stack. The results were astounding, with Skygauge matching the manual results on every test conducted!
Both Paul and the Skygauge crew ran 3 tests in specific locations for consistency, including one with notable signs of external wall loss (pitting). The surface was carbon steel, with Paul and Skygauge both using a D7906 transducer.
The nominal material velocity for carbon steel was set for the handheld UT instrument and the drone software, and both transducers demonstrated correct calibration on a suitable reference block.
Readings were performed using the echo-to-echo technique to maximise repeatability and control variances due to contact force.
