Founded in 1958 in Germany, IBAK has many years of experience in producing top-of-the-line CCTV equipment and is a world leader in pipeline inspection technology. Its latest Panoramo series has lived up to the company’s reputation and showcases its formidable capacity for innovative, cutting-edge design.
Panoramo 150 and Panoramo 2
The Panoramo software provides an all-round inspection of the mainline, unlike film from a conventional pan and rotate camera, which only shows the section of view saved at the time of filming. This means that after filming, the inspector can review and stop at any position along the mainline to perform a continuous, unrestricted 360 degree pan. Additional features such as the zoom and illumination utilities enable the inspector unprecedented control over the footage without having to interact with the down-hole hardware in any way.
Additionally, an unfolded view of the mainline structure can be generated to enable the user to view the entire length of the pipeline in a single glance, and ‘jump’ to positions of interest with a single mouse click.
The Panoramo uses two integrated scanning units – at both the front and rear end – each consisting of a 186 degree fisheye lens and a high resolution digital camera. The images are taken by the two cameras at 5 cm intervals in the pipe and combined to give a 360 degree image. With a cable length of 500 m, kilometres of pipeline can be inspected from a single manhole. Coupled with the system’s ability to traverse at speeds of up to 350 mm per second, the Panoramo can complete entire sections of surveys in minutes. An additional benefit is the elimination of all moving parts from the cameras, minimising the inherent wear and tear issues common to other camera systems. The Panoramo can inspect lines from 150 mm relined to 1.8 m.
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The product has a steering function and utilises LED lighting to further increase its longevity, providing a complete, uncompromised solution to pipeline inspection.
Panoramo SI
The Panoramo SI provides an all-round inspection of the manhole. Utilising the same technology of Panoramo 150 and Panoramo 2, the 3D Opto scan offers an unrestricted 360 degree pan. Additional features such an unfolded view of the manhole can be generated to give a rapid overview of the structure, enabling the user to view the entire depth of a shaft in a single glance. The introduction of the ‘Point Cloud’ measuring tool enables 3D ‘off the wall’ measurement of objects such as debris, benching depths, inlet and outlet diameters and step irons with pinpoint accuracy.
The IBAK Panoramo SI can be used for manholes, wet wells and inspection shafts of 300 mm diameter upward.
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