Nowadays, one of the most demanded inspections with drones due to the safety it provides are the inspections of overhead power lines and electrical supports.
Without the need to put anyone in danger by falls from great heights or electrocution hazards, we can perform a thorough inspection from the base of the support to the highest part in a short time and safely.
Our hybrid cameras are recording video or photographs at the same time so that no detail is lost.
The cameras are a wide angle camera that allows us to have an overview of the part being inspected, a thermal camera that can detect any hot spot and a camera with a powerful zoom to perform a thorough analysis of the structure in search of cracks in the hardware, review of conductors or insulators or check if a pin is missing or a cable is in poor condition to give an example.
The main inspections we perform with drones on power lines are:
Since these installations are subject to weathering and natural wear and tear, they must be inspected periodically to avoid unplanned power outages.
Inspections are usually performed both with RGB cameras, to detect defects that are visible to the eye, and with thermal cameras to detect temperature rises above the optimum operating threshold.