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An autonomous robot to inspect SARP’s pipework

PREDIRE D150 autonomous robot. © G. CHANGEON/CEA-List
Veolia company SARP and CEA-List worked together for a decade to produce a breakthrough operations technology, PREDIRE. This stand-alone wastewater pipework inspection system enables rapid, reliable preliminary evaluations, for better targeted and more efficient maintenance interventions.

PREDIRE, which takes maintenance from curative to predictive, is a low-cost solution for frequent inspections. There are five units in operation with Veolia in France, with additional rollouts in progress in Japan and Australia.

Cleaning-related GHG emissions and water consumption have been cut by half. PREDIRE distills the best in technology to respond to challenges around operational performance and environmental responsibility. With its four motorized screws, high-definition imaging, automated acquisition, and embedded sensors, PREDIRE is designed to be efficient in complex environments.

Key figures

3

patents filed

2700

Km inspected

PREDIRE analyzes the condition of infrastructures in detail, so that optimized cleaning programs based on objective data can be implemented more easily.

Rebecca Cabean

Mehdi Boukallel

Research engineer — CEA-List

Contributors to this article:

  • Mehdi Boukallel, Research engineer at CEA-List
  • Jérôme Taufour, Technical Director and Operational Digitalization at SARP Veolia

 

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