Tool advances pipe location and construction planning.
Pipeline & Gas Journal › Vol. 224 Nbr. 4, April 1997
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A newly developed ground penetrating radar system offers a method of locating buried piping without the need for excavation. The first information management tool developed especially for underground pipelines, it facilitates pipe location, lowers cost and enhances information quality. Called Pipe Hawk, the technology was developed for seven years with funding from 11 New York gas companies through the consortium NYGAS. It works by getting information on the location of below-ground piping of any material and translating this into digital information. Such information can be used among computer applications, enabling productivity improvement.
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Tool advances pipe location and construction planning.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has long been used by the scientific community to develop an image of below-ground environments. Systems have been developed where a device containing minimal sensing electronics is controlled by an operator, with an umbilical cable to a van full of instruments and scientists to analyze the signals.
A robust single-unit development of GPR has now been developed for the utility industry, offering a method of locating buried piping of any material, without excavation. Pipe Hawk[TM] is the result of a seven-year development ...See the full content of this document
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