Aerones Super-Sized Drone Tackles Turbine Ice Removal

Most of the drones’ responsibilities nowadays involve integration with work formerly handled by people. The thing with drones is that they are efficient, they can fly, hover, and they do not risk human injury. A robotic drone would be a safer bet for more dangerous work since they can repair any damage to it. A human on the other hand can’t regenerate lost limbs. A human can’t handle intense temperatures or environmental factors. These traits make drones excellent replacements for incredibly dangerous surroundings.

Drones are more efficient in work, while it’s flying and hovering capabilities are cheaper than using a full-sized helicopter. When it comes to work tools, a drone has all the upsides and very rarely any downsides.

The Aerones Drone:

A super-sized drone has been making waves in the stratosphere lately with its utility in wind turbine maintenance. The Aerones drone is able to wash and remove ice from wind turbine blades. It is capable of such feat with the use of built-in high pressure water jets.

Previous years (and decades even) had this job delegated to human workers. Of course that would mean a much slower pace, and the risk of injury via falls, frostbite, or other workplace injury is abundant. The Aerones drone arrives to reduce these workplace hazards, while also creating a faster work output.

The Aerones Drone itself has many arms in its arsenal. It has a lot of tools that can make it extremely flexible with work. The drone has multiple sensors, thermal and HD resolution cameras, parachutes, radar technology, and an impressive stabilization system.

The cameras make quick work on spotting problems in the field. The radar tech meanwhile makes the drone capable of evading obstacles in flight. This includes evasion in low visibility weather such as fog, storm, or smoke. As an emergency procedure in case it malfunctions mid-flight and requires immediate attention, it has parachutes that can deploy any moment.

For the coup de grâce, it has a powerful stabilization system that can withstand strong winds. This proves ever so useful when dealing with the harsh windy areas where wind turbines get constructed.

The makers of this amazingly built drone says that it can remove ice from 30 blades or 10 turbines per day. This is an immense leap in efficiency from the old way, where it would take weeks of planning before work can even be done.

 

 

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