Cathx Ocean Inspection, Survey & Testing
Cathx FDI Seabed
Fast Digital Inspection technique capturing pipelines, cable runs and large seabed areas at speed with UHD imaging and laser measurement from ROVs, AUVs and ROTVs.
Description
CATHX FDI® SEABED (Fast Digital Inspection) is an underwater visual data acquisition technique for capturing long lengths of subsea pipelines and cable runs and large seabed areas at speed, so inspections can be performed onshore.
Key features
- Deployable on a wide range of ROVs, AUVs and ROTVs
- UHD images and accurate laser measurement data captured at speed
- Example survey acquisition time reduced to 6 days compared with 36 days for a conventional survey
- Up to 80% reduction in survey carbon emissions and fewer people offshore
- Deliverables include UHD imagery and 3D colour point clouds without feature-matching photogrammetry
- Systems used: Sentry, Tracker and Hunter II
Applications
Oil and gas pipelines, electrical and communications cables, wind farms, marine environments, subsea mining, defence, law enforcement and fisheries.
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