INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CHIMNEY INSPECTION IN AUSTRALIA
Sector Power Generation
Region Australia
Cyberhawk was asked by a major operator in Australia to conduct an internal and external visual and thermal inspection of a chimney stack at its nickel production plant. This project was the world’s first combined internal and external inspection of a stack using UAVs and the highest stack that has ever been inspected internally using a drone at approximately 426ft (130m), with the previous record being 400ft (100m) in Europe.
The inspection, which was completed in late 2016, was needed to identify any remedial works required to the stack during a scheduled outage in 2017. Analysis of Cyberhawk’s detailed inspection report, meant any actions required could be addressed during the shutdown which would allow the stack to continue operating safety to 2038.
The internal inspection and Cyberhawk’s inspection report uncovered a number of significant anomalies that were previously unidentified. Utilising Cyberhawk’s internal and external UAVs meant our engineers were able to assess the complete condition of the asset and resulted in the project being successfully completed.
Cyberhawk was asked by a major operator in Australia to conduct an internal and external visual and thermal inspection of a chimney stack at its nickel production plant. This project was the world’s first combined internal and external inspection of a stack using UAVs and the highest stack that has ever been inspected internally using a drone at approximately 426ft (130m), with the previous record being 400ft (100m) in Europe.