Gas Sensing

Gas Sensing

Our gas sensors are accurate, inexpensive, and automatic.

These sensors can be deployed across a target area to pinpoint gas leaks out of pipes, tanks, and other enclosed assets.

How Gas Sensing Works

Gas detectors can locate tiny leaks in pipes, roofing materials, and manifolds with very high sensitivity. They are able to detect miniscule defects before they propagate into potentially catastrophic problems. Our NDT tool manipulators can move helium sensing heads along large and high-up objects and record findings colocated with mapping data to give a high resolution map of leaks in complex plumbing networks.


Animation Of Gas Leak

Adding Helium to Non-Gaseous Targets

Helium can safely be added to water, sewage, oil, and other liquid materials. Because helium is inert, non-toxic, and lightweight, it will permeate through liquids and escape wherever there are leaks. Our gas sensors will then locate helium escape points which will also be where the liquid leaks are.


A Helium Atom

Key Features

  • • Lightweight Design: Weighing just 2.6 kg, including the battery, the sensor is highly portable.

  • • Rapid Startup: Fully automatic startup with readiness for testing in under three minutes.

  • • Selective Detection: Exceptional selectivity for helium ensures accurate readings, disregarding other gasses.

  • • Adjustable Sensitivity: The sensor's sensitivity to helium can be modified to optimize cost / helium consumption.

  • • Power Flexibility: Operable via battery power or line voltage.

  • • Remote Operation: Can be operated from a distance using hardline communication to reach difficult spaces.

  • • Modular Design: Easily swapped with other aRC instruments like radar scanning, ultrasound, and infrared.

Attritable.Accurate.Autonomous.

These systems are small and light, easily placed around a target area without inconveniencing operations. Automatic alarms can be raised when gas is detected.

Technical Specifications

  • • Operating Temperature: -5 to +35 °C or 20 to 95 °F.

  • • Battery Pack: Detachable and sealed with at least 12 hours of charge.

  • • Lowest Detectable Helium Concentration: 2 parts per million.

  • • Maximum Humidity: 90%

  • • Maximum Detectable Leak: Ranges from 5 x 10^-6 atm·cc/s to 5 x 10^-7 Pa·m^3/s

Applications

  • • Leak Detection: Quickly pinpoint leaks in equipment, pipes, and other equipment in areas above or below ground.

  • • Equipment Maintenance: Regular inspection of machinery for faulty seals and joints.

  • • Repair Planning: Locate water intrusion sources for accurate, effective repairs, even deep underground.

ASTM, ISO, and EN Standard Tools

We use industry-established and leading tools in our robots. Clients are assured that they are getting accurate and regulatory-acceptable data more efficiently thanks to our robots.


Custom Software

Whether instantiating a record or collecting data for new certifications, our sensor and software suite effectively collect large amounts of data at reasonable cost.