Industrial Drone Inspections

Thompson offers drone inspections for increased safety and less downtime while providing high resolution images and video.

Safe Inspections that Decrease Downtime & Risk

Thompson Industrial Services is committed to providing the latest industrial cleaning technologies—automating wherever possible. We now offer safe and efficient aerial drone inspections throughout your facility. Using Thompson’s drone services on your next boiler or facility inspection ensures you keep employees safe and time minimized. We can remotely access dangerous or complex areas of your plant without human exposure or scaffolding.

Benefits

Increased Safety for Inspectors & Plant Personnel

Remote access eliminates confined space entry & scaffold needs

Drone can enter hazardous environments unsafe for human entry

Safe cage will not injure humans or equipment if it comes into contact – meaning no risk of crash or injury

Decrease Downtime & Inspection Costs

Less preparations, man hours, equipment & safety measures required

High Resolution Images & Video

Delivers images up to 0.2mm/px even in complete darkness

Inspects the unreachable with its LED lighting & thermal imagery

Applications

Internal Boiler Inspections

Internal Tank Inspections

Coal Bunkers

External Elevated Inspections

Large Diameter Piping

Fly Ash Silos

Aerial Property

Inspections

Gas/Oil Pipelines

Cooling Tower

Inspections- external

HRSG Inspections

Stack inspections

Wind & solar farms

Case Study

Problem

Ductwork issues in the ceiling of the paper machine building. The only way for the mill to access it was to spend thousands of dollars on scaffolding.

Solution

Thompson proposed our new drone technology as an alternative to the dangerous and expensive scaffolding. The drone was able to inspect hard-to-reach areas quickly and safely saving the mill significant time and money.

Result

The Paper Machine Manager at the mill reported that “the video quality was perfect and allowed us to see our problem area. If there are issues in hard to reach places, then Thompson’s drone inspection service is the way to go.”