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Tank Cleaning Robot | See it First at ACE17

As the Deep Trekker team gets ready to exhibit at the AWWA Annual Conference and Expo (ACE) in Philadelphia (be sure to come and visit us at stand 3136!), our focus turns towards municipalities and contractors. With an increasing demand for cost-effective and reliable alternatives, let’s look at how municipalities are utilizing Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), or underater drone, in their ...

Jun. 9, 2017

By Deep Trekker Inc.

Storm Water System CCTV Inspection

The town of Renfrew is a small municipality, with storm and sanitary system including 89 km (55 miles) of pipe. In 2005, Renfrew hired a CCTV service company to inspect 75% of their system, totaling $400,000 to complete. The town understood that CCTV camera inspections of storm water pipes ensure the integrity of the system, and minimize risks of contamination, flooding, blockages and collapsed ...

Jan. 30, 2017

By Deep Trekker Inc.

A Moving Experience – The New Head Office

Deep Trekker is relocating their Head Office to a larger manufacturing facility to accommodate the increasing demand for their underwater ROVs & Pipe Crawlers. Every day, our customers are coming up with new and exciting ways to use our underwater robots. So much so, that we’ve even designed new features to make our robots smarter, new product lines to inspect inside pipelines and new ...

Dec. 9, 2016

By Deep Trekker Inc.

Hired Camera for Safe Underground Inspections

Advanced remote visual inspection equipment from Ashtead Technology Rentals helped one client explore a confined drainage and water storage network without having to venture underground himself, reducing the risk of injury and use of confined space personnel. Gordon Mills from Free Drains contacted the rental specialists when he needed to carry out a special examination of two large storage ...

Nov. 13, 2007

By Ashtead Technology Ltd

New Sewer Regulations will increase demand for Inspections

Following recent changes to private sewer ownership and in anticipation of a heightened demand for pipe inspection work, Ashtead Technology has expanded its fleet of inspection crawlers and push-rod cameras. Ashtead Technology's Alan Hasson says, "More pipes will need to be inspected as a result of the new regulations, so we have made additional investments in our instrument fleet in order ...

Sep. 1, 2011

By Ashtead Technology Ltd

With New Laser Accessory, DigiSewer III for ROVVER X Now Performs Side-Scan Imaging and Ovality Measurement on Pipes in a Single Run

Attaching to the back of a DigiSewer III side-scan camera, the new DSL7 accessory casts a ring of laser dots onto the inner wall of a pipe. These dots are captured by the camera during reverse crawl (once side-scanning is complete) and instantaneously processed by WinCan software to trend ovality along the full length of the pipe. Ovality data is essential to determining proper pipe installation ...

Mar. 22, 2013

By Envirosight LLC

New Crawler Option for ROVVER X Inspects Large Pipe with High Flow, Deep Mud and Big Obstacles

Designed to inspect even the toughest trunk lines and interceptors, the new RX400 crawler body boasts a built-in remotely operated camera lift with 17.5” of vertical travel—enough to center viewing in a 60” line, and suitable for inspecting pipe up to 10’ in diameter. The new crawler integrates seamlessly with any ROVVER X system, so an owner can use his existing controls, ...

Mar. 18, 2013

By Envirosight LLC

Latest Generation Robotic Crawler Takes Pipeline Inspections To The Next Level

What has a rotating head, modular feet, can quickly navigate up to 2.9 kilometres through turbid wastewater with ease, and deliver live video and integrity information that can aid in detecting leaks and other anomalies in underground pipes? It's the third generation robotics crawler from Pure Technologies Ltd. ("Pure" or the "Company") (TSX: PUR), a global leader in the development of ...

Feb. 9, 2016

By Pure Technologies - a Xylem brand

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