The Elios2 drone is purpose bult for internal inspection work, and at Networx3UAV, we have found it to be an invaluable inspection tool for many different situations and scenarios.
For the chemical industry in particular, it is ideal for inspecting assets such as:
Pipe racks, Heat exchangers, Conduits, Fermenter tanks, Pressure vessels, Storage tanks, Storage silos, and Suction Ducts.
The Elios2 drone has recently been used to inspect tanks used by a large European pharmaceutical company and has created considerable savings and benefits for them in the process.
Large stainless steel tanks are used by the pharmaceutical industry for product manufacture. When a pharmaceutical company receives a new tank or when a new cleaning process is implemented for a tank, health and safety protocols are very strict in ensuring that the tanks are completely free of any contaminants.
UK Police have now been given greater powers to clamp down on the irresponsible or illegal use of drones. Specific and dedicated teams have been set up and are tasked with searching out the rule breakers, according to the BBC News website.
Operation Foreverwing was set up by the Home Office, working closely with the police, in March this year. In doing so it stated that police officers will be given "the tools needed to tackle drone misuse". Police can now confiscate drones, that it deems have been flown recklessly, or issue an on-the-spot fine. Specialist equipment and vehicles can also be confiscated.
The recent news article in the Examiner Live (https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/official-report-calls-ban-drones-20641274) about a drone that failed in mid-flight and plunged 70ft to hit the ground, when a ‘member of the public was 10 meters from where the aircraft landed’, calls for greater restrictions in drone use.
So just how safe are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s)?
A recent article on the sUAS website (https://www.suasnews.com/2020/11/dji-you-already-knew-drones-are-safe-heres-more-proof-by-the-numbers/) boldly claims that ‘drones are the safest form of aviation ever known’. The article ‘does the maths’ and using figures from the US in 2019, the shoes that “in more than 10 million flight hours, not a single person died from a drone flight. Unlike other forms of aviation, the accidental fatality rate for drones is zero.”
On 31st December last year new regulations came into force governing the use of drones in the UK and throughout Europe.
The new regulations are substantially different from the previous one, the main change being that there is no longer any distinction between commercial and recreational flying.
Our drone pilots at Networx3 UAV have been qualified to the highest industry requirements for commercial drone operation. The qualification was PfCO which stands for Permission for Commercial Operations. This qualification has now been changed to GVC which stands for General VLOS (Visual Line Of Sight) Certificate.
