Traditional tank maintenance often means taking them offline, draining water (which can’t be reused!), and dealing with lengthy cleaning processes. Not exactly efficient, right?
Thankfully, the world of tank maintenance has a revolutionary hero: compact portable ROV systems! These innovative tools allow inspections, cleaning, and sanitization to happen while the tank remains operational. This minimizes downtime and keeps your water flowing smoothly.
These ROV systems come equipped with essential accessories specifically designed to maintain tank cleanliness and integrity. It’s like having a superhero sidekick for your tank!
Types of Water Storage Tanks
Here are the 8 most common water tanks on the market today.
- Fiberglass
- Pillow Tanks
- Concrete
- Stainless Steel
- Bolted Steel
- Galvanized Steel
- Polyethylene
Traditional Water Tank Inspections
Over time, water tanks that are neglected are at risk of corrosion or deterioration of their construction materials. For example, concrete tanks may develop cracks, while steel tanks are susceptible to rusting.
ROV Visual Inspection
In today’s market, there is a wide array of submersible ROVs (Remote Operated Vehicles) available, many equipped with high-lumen lighting, advanced stabilization, and camera systems. These features aid in maintaining position and capturing high-definition video footage and images for visual inspections. Underwater ROV systems enable inspectors to explore greater depths and for longer periods. Additional ROV accessories allow inspectors to mark specific positions and areas of interest for further examination.
Due to their portability and compact size, these ROVs can be quickly deployed for underwater operations without the need to schedule or coordinate with divers.
ROVs are proven to be the most efficient tools for assessing and documenting the overall condition of the interior tank coating and all critical components of potable storage tanks, including walls, floors, roofs, inlets, outlets, and vents. They are invaluable for detecting leaks, identifying harmful corrosion, and monitoring sediment buildup within storage tanks, while also providing a visual assessment of their interior condition.
Why Perform a Water Tank Inspection with an ROV?
Using an ROV removes the hazards linked with confined space entry, thereby eliminating the necessity for permits, planning, and paperwork. ROV inspections also negate the need to drain or refill water tanks, streamlining the recommissioning process significantly.
ROVs represent a promising advancement in traditional water tank inspection techniques.
Our team has identified several advantages of employing ROVs over conventional methods:
- Elimination of confined space risks, thereby obviating the need for permits, planning, and paperwork.
- Removal of the requirement to drain or refill water tanks during inspections.
- Archiving of ROV footage facilitates future planning for any necessary repair work, potentially reducing time and costs.
- Detailed and close-up views provided by ROV footage ensure thorough tank inspections.
- Enhanced tools and attachments on ROVs enable sampling from inside tanks and measurement of wall thickness.
Easily transport the ROV to the top of the tower with us. We can conduct all inspections from either the launch site atop the tower or remotely from our inspection vehicle, according to your preference. The digital video recorder will record the entire dive, capturing depth, water temperature, and heading, which we will provide to you in our final report or as part of the documentation.
Our inspection video and accompanying reports assist you in evaluating the overall condition of both the interior and exterior of your tank, enabling you to identify and budget for necessary repairs. Any corrosion, coating failures, or other irregularities will be meticulously documented and noted in the survey video and reports.
We offer tried and tested services in Crockett, Grapeland, Kennard, Latexo, Lovelady, Ratcliff, HOUSTON, TEXAS.
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Our friendly and experienced customer service team is here to help you!
Call NFPA 25 Inspections by American Tanks at +1 800 656 0167
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