Skygauge case study

Save over 95% of the costs of a scaffolding inspection by using the Skygauge.

How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT Inspections

Project Overview

Scaffolding is slow and expensive, but it is often the most effective way to bring workers - especially unskilled or semi-skilled workers, to locations at height. If you have 40-60 inspection points around a storage tank, you often have no choice but to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to erect scaffolding. This case study demonstrates how using the Skygauge Inspection Drone instead can save you time and money, while keeping your workers safe on the ground.

CHALLENGE
  • Successfully complete a UT inspection on five (5) welded steel tanks at an oil refinery. 
  • Each tank requires 40 ultrasonic readings, bringing the total number of required UT readings to 200. 
  • Crews can remain onsite for up to eight (8) hours daily.
RESULT
  • The Skygauge reduced inspection time by 99% or more compared to a scaffolding job.
  • Choosing the Skygauge cut inspection costs by 90%.
  • Using the Skygauge, workers remained safe on the ground instead of ascending scaffolding.
  • For a full breakdown of the process, resources, and time involved in these two methods, please refer to our PDF case study.
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Skygauge case study

Save over 95% of the costs of a scaffolding inspection by using the Skygauge.

How the Skygauge replaces the costly and traditional method of scaffolding for UT inspections

  • Successfully complete a UT inspection on five (5) welded steel tanks at an oil refinery. 
  • Each tank requires 40 ultrasonic readings, bringing the total number of required UT readings to 200. 
  • Crews can remain onsite for up to eight (8) hours daily.
In the words of Paul Holloway
“All readings performed via drone were within the maximum and minimums recorded using manual UT.”
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Skygauge case study

Save over 95% of the costs of a scaffolding inspection by using the Skygauge.

How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT Inspections

Project Overview

Scaffolding is slow and expensive, but it is often the most effective way to bring workers - especially unskilled or semi-skilled workers, to locations at height. If you have 40-60 inspection points around a storage tank, you often have no choice but to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to erect scaffolding. This case study demonstrates how using the Skygauge Inspection Drone instead can save you time and money, while keeping your workers safe on the ground.

CHALLENGE
  • Successfully complete a UT inspection on five (5) welded steel tanks at an oil refinery. 
  • Each tank requires 40 ultrasonic readings, bringing the total number of required UT readings to 200. 
  • Crews can remain onsite for up to eight (8) hours daily.
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RESULT
  • The Skygauge reduced inspection time by 99% or more compared to a scaffolding job.
  • Choosing the Skygauge cut inspection costs by 90%.
  • Using the Skygauge, workers remained safe on the ground instead of ascending scaffolding.
  • For a full breakdown of the process, resources, and time involved in these two methods, please refer to our PDF case study.
Download the full PDF
Download the full case study:
Skygauge case study

Save over 95% of the costs of a scaffolding inspection by using the Skygauge.

How Skygauge Robotics saves time and money on UT Inspections

Project Overview

Scaffolding is slow and expensive, but it is often the most effective way to bring workers - especially unskilled or semi-skilled workers, to locations at height. If you have 40-60 inspection points around a storage tank, you often have no choice but to spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to erect scaffolding. This case study demonstrates how using the Skygauge Inspection Drone instead can save you time and money, while keeping your workers safe on the ground.

CHALLENGE
  • Successfully complete a UT inspection on five (5) welded steel tanks at an oil refinery. 
  • Each tank requires 40 ultrasonic readings, bringing the total number of required UT readings to 200. 
  • Crews can remain onsite for up to eight (8) hours daily.
RESULT
  • The Skygauge reduced inspection time by 99% or more compared to a scaffolding job.
  • Choosing the Skygauge cut inspection costs by 90%.
  • Using the Skygauge, workers remained safe on the ground instead of ascending scaffolding.
  • For a full breakdown of the process, resources, and time involved in these two methods, please refer to our PDF case study.
Download the full PDF
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