During the six years since Ellingson Cos. invested in its first Envirosight Rovver X pipeline inspection camera, there have been several instances when Joe Bingham figured the unit had met its match on a difficult job.
In particular, Bingham — production manager for the company, based in West Concord in southeastern Minnesota — recalls the time the wheeled Rovver X was on the receiving end of an unexpected, scalding-hot bath while inspecting pipes in a food-processing plant.
“In the middle of the inspection, a boiler dumped 185-degree F water into the line, which the Rovver X is not designed to handle,”
