MPW drone reveals startling damage to smokestack

MPWLEADER
September
2015
MPW drone reveals startling
damage to smokestack
Imagine climbing scaffolding the height
of nearly two football fields to inspect a
smokestack. An Ohio pulp and paper
mill decided there had to be a better
method — one that would utilize improved technology in its stack-inspection processes to eliminate downtime
and decrease manpower and procedural costs, while simultaneously
increasing safety standards.
At the request of the plant’s stack-repair contractor, MPW Industrial
Services executed a quadcopter drone
inspection before people were sent
to the top of the plant’s tallest smokestack, which stands approximately 500
feet high. Previously, the contractor
performed inspections in-person and
only during shut-downs.
The plant was aware of some damage
to the exterior concrete and interior
brick liner of its stack, but the extent of
the damage was unknown.
MPW is one of the few industrial
cleaning companies with drone-inspection capabilities. MPW quadcopters can fly to an altitude of 2.8
miles and can be remote controlled at
distances up to 1.2 miles. The drones
provide up to 4K ultra-high-definition
video at up to 60 frames per second.
Still photography capabilities include
up to 20.2-Megapixel high-resolution
still photos. Video and photo cameras
feature optical zoom up to 3.6-times.
Onboard LED lights allow photography and filming in low-and-no-light
conditions. Monitors mounted on the
controls feature real-time UHD video
display and data such as GPS coordinates, elevation, heading and wind
speed.
Without the need for a shutdown,
MPW drone pilots worked with plant
MPW quadcopter drones provide ultra-high-definition video and photography.
representatives during the inspection
to ensure the process was thorough
and included important details regarding the extent and exact location of
damage to the interior and exterior of
the stack.
expected. This included spalling
along the entire height of the stack.
• Rebar was exposed in multiple
locations.
• Structural cabling at the top of the
stack was severely damaged.
• The amount of slag within the stack
was greater than expected.
MPW sent its drone 100 feet above
the smokestack to produce high-res
interior and
exterior footage
The drone inspection lasted less
of the stack
than one hour, but was deemed
and its lighting,
walkways and
by plant managers to be superior
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• The interior brick liner had shifted
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• The condition of the stack’s exterior
concrete was much worse than
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during an upcoming
shutdown. Additionally, the
footage convinced the mill
that it was unsafe to send
in-person inspectors to the
top of the stack.
This MPW drone revealed extensive damage
to a customer’s smokestack
The drone inspection
saved the plant and its
stack-repair contractor vital
resources in the areas of:
man hours, equipment and
safety processes, while
eliminating confined space
entry and scaffolding-erection procedures.
Although they were
shocked at the condition of
their stack, plant managers
and the repair contractors were amazed by the
drone’s photo and video
capabilities. A plant engineer labeled the inspection
“a life saver far beyond
what I was expecting” and
communicated his enthusiasm about future applications for MPW technology.
Click here to view a video
about MPW’s video inspection capabilities.
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