Achieve the full useful lifespan of your equipment through inventory management

Achieve the full useful lifespan of your equipment through inventory management

More often than not, utilities might not have complete and detailed information about their critical assets (condition, quantity and location of various power line components like splices, transformers, fuses and line separators). 

In this particular case, Skyqraft was tasked by a major European utility to produce insights (images, GPS location, quantity, condition) of all splices on a 70 kV grid.

What did our software do?

Staying on top of your critical asset needs helps you reduce asset downtime and costs

• Achieve the full useful lifespan of your equipment. Having full visibility and control of the state of your power grid components helps you reduce asset downtime and costs. You will be able to predict and plan your maintenance and purchasing needs far in advance.

A few concrete examples of inventory reports that Skyqraft has been asked for:

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Where are all the splices in the grid?

Where are all my transformers?

Do we still have old transformers with expansion vessels?

Do we have wildlife protection equipment on all transformers?

How many splices do we have per km on average?

How many chain insulators do we have?

Where are all the fuse boxes?

• Plan grid renovation projects from the office. Grid improvement projects are always in the pipeline, be it digging down a stretch of the powerline or replacing old poles with new ones. By using Skyqraft’s visualization tool, you will be able to access  individual images of each pole plus overview images of the corridors, making planning and projection a considerably easier. To give you a concrete example, Skyqraft can generate  a report of the state of your wooden cross arms, allowing you to plan your actions, repair and purchases accordingly. 
• Improved operational efficiency - Instead of sending your staff out to the grid to manually take inventory, By viewing the power line images at the office, you can simply use Skyqraft’s visualization tool and get your inventory report in a few quick clicks. By being able to do this from the office, you will be saving costs, time spent and C02 emissions generated, by avoiding unnecessary site visits.