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Instrumentation upgrade a towering success

hen electrical, mechanical rope-access work,” comments Zinn.
and control engineering The testing that had to be carried
Wexpert Proconics was out included carbonation and cover
recently called upon to install new meter testing and taking core samples
gas-monitoring instrumentation at for laboratory testing and analysis.
a major petrochemical producer, In addition, the holes from which
it turned to rope-access specialist the material was removed had to be
Skyriders to provide the secure access patched properly.
and work-at-height required for the The testing was essential to
trunking, tubing, and cabling. determine if the smokestack was
This followed an earlier project structurally strong enough to
whereby Skyriders was called upon for accommodate the modifications in
its inspection expertise to assist with terms of wind load, among other
the tests needed for remedial work to factors. The inspection data was
the smokestack. Marketing Manager then handed over for reporting and
Mike Zinn explains that rope access recommendations.
was essential to carry out various A particularly challenging element
concrete inspections and sampling. of the project was that the sampling
An initial drone inspection of the and subsequent repair work took place
smokestack flagged various areas at a height of about 20 to 90 m and
for close-up inspection by a rope- involved equipment such as electric
access team, which resulted in further grinders and jackhammers at height.
cracking and spalling being identified.
“This is a perfect example of the Contact Mike Zinn, Skyriders,
synergy between drone inspection and Tel 011 312-1418, mike@ropeaccess.co.za

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