HeloAir has the experience and technology to provide any electrical power deliverer a comprehensive patrol of its transmission and distribution lines. With our new FLIR Corona 350 camera are able to patrol and record, IR, corona events, video the entire line / right of way, provide our clients with tracking data and provide digital still pictures of any problems, all of which are geo tagged.
We can provide a turnkey service to you, helicopter, FLIR IR/Corona camera, qualified aerial observer and get reports pictures and videos to you the same day.
Other defects we can find on our routine patrols before they become a problem:
1.Structures
Leaning structures
Damaged Poles
Broken, slack , or corroded guy wires
Broken, corroded, or buried guys
Bent, Broken, missing members of braces and crossarms
Packout (corrosion build-up)
Woodpecker damage
Bird or animal activity/nests
Missing aerial numbers
Aerial light defective
2.Conductors
Damaged Conductor and Shield Wire
Loose or missing dampers
Loose or missing spacers
Blown or damaged lightning arrestors
Basketed, missing, loose, or misaligned armor rod
Splice defects
Broken or damaged bonding
3.Insulators and Hardware
Contaminated, broken, chipped, cracked, or flashed insulators
Cotter key backed out or missing
Pin loose, missing or damaged
Missing, disconnected, slipped, or misaligned hardware
4. Row
Encroachments (dirt piled under conductors, pools, trampolines, deer stands, etc.)