Infrared Thermal Images

When an electrical connection or component starts deteriorating, it typically starts generating heat. By using an IR camera, it provides the ability to view the heat generated by the component that is deteriorating or where a poor connection has been made. IR can identify when conductors are being overloaded or have imbalanced loads. Temperature anomalies are quite evident when viewing the IR images.

When the temperature anomalies have been identified, corrective actions can be implemented prior to catastrophic failure. Modern drones now have the ability to have multiple sensor payloads. For asset inspections a dual payload would be used – high resolution camera and IR camera. When the operator captures an image, both high resoution and IR are captured simultaneously.

Current: When the temperature anomalies have been identified, corrective actions can be implemented prior to catastrophic failure. Modern drones now have the ability to have multiple sensor payloads. For asset inspections a dual payload would be used – high resolution camera and IR camera. When the operator captures an image, both high resolution and IR are captured simultaneously. 

Proposed: When the temperature anomalies have been identified, corrective actions can be implemented prior to catastrophic failure.  An infrared images can be taken simultaneously when capturing high resolutions images; I.E. during the same flight.

Sensor options include high resolution RGB, infrared, corona and LiDAR.