CONFINED SPACE DRONE SURVEYS
Expert confined space drone inspections. Safe, fast, and cost-effective surveys for complex or hazardous assets. Eliminates dangerous human entry.
Why Use Drones for Confined Space Inspections
Traditional confined space entry requires extensive planning, specialist rescue teams, and significant operational downtime, all while carrying inherent risks. Our drone-first approach transforms this process entirely.
Eliminate Human Risk: The primary benefit is removing the need for human entry into potentially hazardous atmospheres or structurally compromised spaces.
Drastically Reduce Downtime & Costs: Inspections that traditionally take days of planning and mobilisation can be completed in a matter of hours, saving significant operational time and expense.
Obtain Comprehensive, Actionable Data: Capture a complete digital record of your asset. Our combination of LiDAR and high-resolution visual data provides far more information than a human inspection alone.
Enhanced Pre-Entry Planning: Using modular payloads like gas monitors, our drones can gather atmospheric data to improve the safety and planning of any subsequent manned operations if they are deemed essential.
Confined Space Visual Inspection
Our Advanced Confined Space Survey Capabilities
We leverage the full power of the Elios 3 platform to deliver unparalleled data from the most challenging environments.
High-Resolution Visual & Thermal Surveys
Our drone captures crystal-clear imagery essential for detailed condition analysis.
4K Visuals: A 4K camera with a 180° field of view provides reliable visual data for high-quality reports.
Powerful Lighting: An integrated 16,000-lumen lighting system illuminates the darkest spaces, ensuring no detail is missed.
Live Thermal Imaging: A built-in thermal camera allows for the real-time identification of thermal anomalies, which can be reviewed in detail post-flight.
LiDAR Mapping
The revolutionary in-built LiDAR scanner creates stabilised, survey-grade 3D models in real-time.
Live 3D Maps: Our pilots navigate using a live map streamed directly to the controller, allowing for safe completion of complex missions in dark, dusty, or previously inaccessible locations.
Accurate Measurements: From the resulting point cloud, we can perform precise distance measuring, surface analysis, and volumetric calculations.
SLAM Technology: Data is collected efficiently even in GPS-denied environments, ensuring a complete model of your asset.
IP44 Protection Rating
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Engineered for Safety & Reliability
The Elios 3 is purpose-built for internal inspections, featuring:
Collision-Resilient Cage: Protects the drone and the asset from impacts with walls, pipes, and other obstructions.
Ground-Breaking Stability: Advanced vision sensors and LiDAR provide market-leading stability, even in the toughest conditions.
IP44 Ingress Protection: Built to operate effectively in environments where water spray and dust are present.
Void LiDAR Mapping Survey
Applications Across Industries
Our confined space drone inspection services are crucial for asset managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals across a wide range of sectors:
Industrial: Storage tanks, pressure vessels, silos, and complex pipework.
Utilities: Sewer networks, clean water reservoirs, and power generation infrastructure.
Infrastructure: Internal bridge voids, culverts, tunnels, and mining shafts.
Maritime: Ship ballast tanks, cargo holds, and offshore structures.
Construction: As-built verification and inspection of inaccessible voids.
High Level Steelwork Survey
Integrated Inspection Solutions: Drone to Human
Vertex Air works seamlessly with our sister company, Vertex Access, to provide a complete inspection pathway.
Our drones can first perform a safe and comprehensive scan of a confined space. If this data reveals a defect that requires a hands-on tactile survey or immediate repair, the drone's 3D model can be used to plan a highly targeted and efficient physical inspection by Vertex Access's IRATA-certified rope access teams, saving crucial time and maximising safety.
Vertex Access Confined Space Entry Inspection
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