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Power Line and Support Inspections with Drones

Technical inspection companies use industrial drones (UAS) to inspect high-voltage power lines, composed of cables and towers, and avoid problems related to maintenance and deterioration of materials. Traditional inspection can be dangerous and costly, even requiring power outages.

The use of drones for power line inspection offers multiple advantages, including:

1. Risk mitigation for inspection personnel working near power lines.
2. Reduction of preventive, programmed or extraordinary inspection costs.
3. Time savings in problem identification and real-time feedback on maintenance status and usage conditions of towers and critical components.
4. Detailed verification of each electrical part, joints, insulators, materials and other undesirable situations.
5. Maintaining a safe distance through a powerful stabilized optical zoom, providing stable, high-definition video and single frames.
6. Verification of the maintenance status of conductors, supports, insulators and transformers in towers.
7. Ensuring the continuity of electric service without interruptions, performing inspections on live power lines without affecting customers.

In terms of power grid management, drones provide detailed and accurate data, automate inspections and enable timely repairs by utility technicians, reducing downtime. The main advantages include vegetation management by creating 2D and 3D models that measure the distance between vegetation and power lines to maintain a safe distance.

In addition, the drones perform frequent on-demand inspections to monitor the safety, reliability and integrity of the power grid, accurately detect defects and provide real-time temperature readings of assets using radiometric thermal sensors.

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