GPS World, March 2018
WATCH MARKET UAV 2 Cyberhawk Inspects 63 Dubai Oil Platforms A s part of a framework agreement with Dubai Petroleum Cyberhawk was appointed to inspect more than 350 risers on 63 offshore platforms The inspection took one month to complete followed by the production of more than 90 detailed engineering inspection reports The rationale behind Dubai Petroleums use of UAVs was to quickly complete detailed inspections of all the risers Risers are traditionally a difficult area of an offshore platform to inspect Risers are in the under deck and splash zone so options for access such as abseiling or scaffolding are limited time consuming and very expensive Using UAVs as a scanning tool the reports produced by the Cyberhawk team allowed the client to plan contact based inspections or repairs With a full inspection completed on all risers defects can be tracked over time to understand their long term degradation Daily reports were produced to notify Dubai Petroleum of potentially serious defects with detailed inspection reports then produced by Cyberhawks experienced oil and gas inspection team On the same project an additional three elevated flare stacks and 24 bridges were inspected maximizing the value of the mobilization IMAGE Cyberhawk DELAIR UAV DESIGNED FOR AERIAL SURVEYING Delair has introduced the next generation of its highperformance DT26X Lidar UAV The DT26X long range fixed wing drone combines lidar sensing capabilities with an integrated high resolution RGB red green blue camera increasing the precision efficiency and cost effectiveness of surveying and 3D mapping The DT26Xs combined payload of a lightweight sensor and integrated camera allows the acquisition of lidar and photogrammetry data in a single flight reducing cost and immediately providing detailed digital models of the inspected assets The lidar sensor is specifically designed for UAV use adding little weight or bulk to the Delair frame PHOTO Delair 40 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM MARCH 2018
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