Project Description
The Mini Z scanner is being used on-site to take images of pipe insulation and to indicate possible moisture under the insulation. This allows for detection of areas where corrosion is likely to occur and can be used to develop better maintenance plans that are directly associated with at risk areas. Due to the wide variety of insulation and cladding types as well as thicknesses, there was a lack of knowledge on how these affected the resolution of the imaging. Techworks produced a prototype that facilitated simple changing of cladding types, while an optical encoder tracked and recorded the scanning speed. This allowed for a qualitative analysis of the effect of scan speed on the captured images, which aided in the optimisation of operating parameters for the scanner.