If cameras and transporters are the backbone of pipeline inspection, then certainly computers are heart.
When we look at ads for inspection equipment, we see state-of-the-art cameras and transporters, but rarely a mention of computers. Yet, without today’s computing technology, we could not do pipeline inspections to the standards we expect.
Computers have been used to conduct inspections since the late 1980s, but it wasn’t until 2001, when video recordings transitioned from VHS tapes to digital, that computers took on their current role. Today’s computers not only collect the inspection data but also record the video live, directly to the hard drive.
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