In the average utility, only 10-35% of pipes require near-term maintenance. However, using traditional time-based methods, it's hard for operators to understand where those problem areas are, without spending significant money and resources. Dr. Ivan Howitt, then a professor at UNC-Charlotte, wanted to explore whether acoustic technology could be a potential solution to this problem.
With the help of funding from the National Science Foundation, he developed a portable tool using sound waves to rapidly assess sewer lines for blockages. This new acoustic inspection technology, called the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool, or SL-RAT, won WEF's Innovative Technology Award in 2012.
With the help of funding from the National Science Foundation, he developed a portable tool using sound waves to rapidly assess sewer lines for blockages. This new acoustic inspection technology, called the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool, or SL-RAT, won WEF's Innovative Technology Award in 2012.
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Our products integrate customer needs with innovative technology to provide valuable & actionable insights. Assess 10-20,000 feet per day for blockages in collection systems with this highly portable acoustic inspection tool. Download acoustic scores to a cloud-based software to edit, analyze, visualize and archive acoustic scores.
The award-winning SL-RAT utilizes patented acoustic technology to provide real-time blockage assessments in 6 - 12 gravity lines. Quick, durable, easy to use, and cost-effective, the SL-RAT makes it possible for collection system operators to better allocate their cleaning and CCTV resources.
Robert Mitchard While our efforts to clean, inspect, and televise are admirable, we've sought other technologies that might better utilize existing resources, and provide more timely assessment of our overall collection system.We believe we've found such technology with the SL-RAT.
Robert Mitchard While our efforts to clean, inspect, and televise are admirable, we've sought other technologies that might better utilize existing resources, and provide more timely assessment of our overall collection system.We believe we've found such technology with the SL-RAT.
Western Virginia Water Authority is a mid-sized utility in Southwest Virginia that provides water and. InfoSense's BuyBoard vendor status, awarded by the National Purchasing Cooperative, is now extended to states. InfoSense, Inc., manufacturer of the Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT), is now an approved.
A1: Our technology relies on the fact that sound traveling through air mimics the flow of water through a pipe. We use an active transmitter - think of it as the part "yelling" down the pipe, coupled with a receiver - the "brain" that uses sophisticated algorithms and a patented process to interpret blockages based on what it "hears" coming through the pipe.
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