The Panoramo Shaft Inspection (SI) system from RapidView IBAK USA provides a complete, three-dimensional, high-resolution digital scan of manholes and other vertical cavities up to 300 feet deep in three minutes, without the dangers of confined-space entry.The system’s Optoscanner technology uses two digital cameras, one on top of the unit and the other on the bottom. They are equipped with distortion-free, wide-angle lenses, and are synchronized to provide total 3-D coverage of a manhole or other shaft 16 inches to 10 feet in diameter.“The cameras take photos that are stitched together to form a 360-degree view,” says Matt Sutton, vice
