USING ROBOTICS TO KEEP ABOVE-GROUND STORAGE TANKS IN SERVICE

Matthew Myers from Square Robot shares how new technology can keep tanks in service for longer. Everyone with an above-ground storage tank (AST) recognises the challenges associated with tank inspections. The traditional method of taking a tank out-of-service only to perform a magnetic flux leakage (MFL) inspection can be a major burden on facilities, operations, and the teams managing tanks. Venting, cleaning, and blasting the bottom floor, just for an inspection, can leave a tank out of service (OOS) for months while costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost opportunity. What if there was a better way? A way to keep tanks in service and operational during an inspection, and still come away with the confidence that your tank is in good working order, or knowing you can make the needed repairs in the most cost-effective and expedient manner. That is what in-service robotic inspection companies such as Square Robot make possible. Keeping tanks operational while providing a deep data-driven analysis that will tell you everything you need to know about the health of your tank. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES Square Robot was founded by a team of subsea robotics engineers and API...