IKAS evolution
The IKAS evolution is the newest generation of IBAK’s powerful sewer analysis software, now available and supported in North America! Intuitive by design, the inspector is in full control of acquisition and sewer data analysis. PACP, MACP, and LACP data interface capable, IKAS evolution can be adapted to the needs of modern sewer inspection and each individual user’s workflow.
360-degree cameras redefine
360-degree camera technology takes inspection to a new level. Unique worldwide in technology and function, it enables the complete interior view of main sewers and manholes to be recorded with 4K resolution in a single operation.
Manholes and sewers can be inspected quickly, because it’s unnecessary to stop and pan the camera, and condition assessment can take place in the vehicle or separately in the office.
This creates a complete and objective data basis for maintenance and rehabilitation decisions.
Key advantages of 360-degree camera technology
- Faster and more easily planned inspections: High inspection speed due to travel without stopping points or panning
- Detect damage early: Ultra-high resolution image quality ensures detection of even fine cracks, deposits and infiltrations
- Make better decisions: 100% condition detection for reliable documentation as an important basis for professional evaluation
- Optimal use of resources: Evaluation can be performed directly on site, in the office and supported by artificial intelligence (AI)
- Precise data capture: Extensive measuring functions for checking existing sewer data and planning sewer rehabilitation.
Pipe run measurement and position detection
In the case of complex and ramified pipe systems, precise knowledge of the actual pipe run and position is an important prerequisite for maintenance and exact damage localisation.
The pipe run measurement is automatically recorded and the xyz coordinates determined in the same work step as the inspection via a 3D sensor integrated in the camera.
With an additional hydrostatic height measuring system, the height can be determined with centimetre accuracy and the z-axis data verified.
Ideal areas of application for 3D GeoSense pipe run measurement
- Position and pipe run measurement in main and ramified sewers
- Collection and completion of sewer network data
- Representation of the pipe run geometry in xyz coordinates
Decisive advantages of pipe run measurement
- Precision: Geodetic recording of position as a basis for all value-preserving services related to maintenance
- Efficiency: Inspection and measurement in a single operation saves time and costs
- Flexibility: The measuring system provides realistic results in both push and cleaning mode
- Quick responsiveness: Sensor data is visualized in real time and dynamically transferred directly to the network graphics
- Simplicity: Operation, data processing and transfer are process-safe and interface-compliant
Using artificial intelligence in sewer inspection
With its own development department specifically for AI topics, IBAK is working on and developing several AI projects. One focus is automated condition detection in inspection films (ArtIST). Another equally exciting project is the AI-based autopilot for inspection equipment with pan and rotate cameras (aiControl). IBAK is also researching how AI methodology in sewer data can be used for rehabilitation planning and prediction models.
Inspections are used to record the structural and operational conditions of sewer systems. Condition detection thus forms the optimal basis for the development of maintenance and rehabilitation measures. The quality of the collected data is crucial for this.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has already proven its worth in sewer inspection and provides objective and consistent data.
Challenges in inspecting sewer systems
- Lack of qualified personnel
- Greater time requirements for manual condition detection and coding
- Demands on specialist staff are increasing
- Need for objective and consistent data
- Growing and increasingly complex wastewater infrastructure
Decisive advantages through the use of artificial intelligence
- Higher productivity:Less manual input needed
- Good planning:Permanent availability of the AI web service
- Noticeable time-saving:Inspection recordings can be analysed and evaluated more quickly
- Objective data quality:For comparable inspection results
- Make better decisions: The higher the quality of the inspection data, the more reliable the rehabilitation strategies
Explosion protection
Explosion protection, as a subarea of safety engineering, is standardised worldwide. The concepts and measures are subdivided by methodology and serve to prevent explosions and thus to provide precautionary protection for persons and objects in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Explosion hazards in sewer systems
Explosion hazards in sewer systems can be caused by the following events:
- Intrusion or discharge of gases, vapours or flammable liquids
- Sewer gas emissions from wastewater and sewage sludge over long transport distances or long storage periods
- Leakage of sewer gas from pipes carrying sewer gas
Using light waves to achieve maximum resolution
The volume of data in the world is growing exponentially. The drivers are digitization, technological progress and increasing networking. To enable data-intensive applications and processes at the point of origin in real time and without loss, a digital infrastructure with high-performance networks is needed. With its gigabit strategy, the German government is accelerating the transition from copper to fibre optic networks and aims to ensure nationwide availability by 2030. The basis for this are fibre optics. These have been used successfully in industrial applications for decades and form the foundation for a high-performance, fibre-optic-based Internet infrastructure from intercontinental underground and submarine cables through to private household connections.
IBAK as a pioneer chose the right technology and has mastered fibre optic engineering since the introduction of PANORAMO in 2002. Video images are transmitted, displayed and stored digitally in high resolution in Full HD and 4K.
Decisive advantages in the use of fibre optic cables
- Bandwidth: Brilliant image quality thanks to high transmission rates
- Range: Loss-free transmission over long distances
- Size and weight: Fibre optics are lightweight and require only a small cable diameter
- Continuously digital: Uncompressed transmission via HD-SDI (High Definition Serial Digital Interface)
- Noise immunity: Insensitive to electrical or electromagnetic interference
- Robustness: Modern optical fibres with a sturdy outer jacket are flexible and resilient
LISY satellite inspection system
LISY (Lateral Inspection System) combines tractor and camera technology for the inspection of laterals from main sewers. The characteristic feature of satellite inspection is that a camera is launched into the lateral from a tractor in the main sewer.
Laterals with bends, branches, small pipe diameters and, above all, with limited or no access possibilities can be inspected efficiently with LISY technology.
Vehicle system with LISY for main sewer and lateral inspection
With the LISY satellite system, the inspection of main sewers and laterals can be carried out from the main sewer in one operation. The inspection camera is inserted into the laterals via a motorized feed from the carriage in the main sewer.
Vehicle system with LISY and cleaning unit for main sewer and lateral inspection
The IBAK vehicle system with the LISY satellite system can perform the inspection of main sewers and laterals from the main sewer in one operation. Driven by the cleaning unit, the inspection camera is flushed into the laterals through the flushing nozzle. A practical side effect of this is the simultaneous cleaning performance.
Systematic sewer rehabilitation
Sewer systems are exposed to a variety of stresses as they are in permanent use. But also due to errors during transport and installation of the pipes as well as subsequent external loads on the pipes, damage that impairs the functionality occurs over time and can lead to the destruction of the pipelines over the long term.
With the powerful cutting and rehabilitation robots, economical repair procedures can be carried out efficiently and trenchlessly to improve the condition in the long term and preserve the asset value for future generations.
The spectrum of applications ranges from patching, reinstating connections after liner insertion, removing deposits with cutting tools or ultra high pressure water jetting technology to packer-guided sealing, injection and coating tasks.
Reasons for sewer rehabilitation
There are various causes and resulting damage patterns that can impair the functionality of the pipes and lead to defects.
- Corrosion and wear: Chemical influences damage the inner surfaces of the pipes.
- Deformation and destruction: Deformation and destruction mostly occur as a result of earth movements, which are related, for example, to insufficient compaction of the lower or lateral bedding zone of the pipe. Cracking occurs and, with further stress, fragmenting and collapse of the pipe.
- Leaky joints and connections: These are due to design weaknesses, but also in particular to faulty installation. The result is exfiltration, infiltration and also root ingrowth.
- Obstructions and deposits: Obstacles such as root ingrowth, protruding connections, crossing pipes or objects that have fallen in affect the flow and the function of the pipes just as much as deposits.
360-degree cameras redefine
360-degree camera technology takes inspection to a new level. Unique worldwide in technology and function, it enables the complete interior view of main sewers and manholes to be recorded with 4K resolution in a single operation.
Manholes and sewers can be inspected quickly, because it’s unnecessary to stop and pan the camera, and condition assessment can take place in the vehicle or separately in the office.
This creates a complete and objective data basis for maintenance and rehabilitation decisions.
Key advantages of 360-degree camera technology
- Faster and more easily planned inspections: High inspection speed due to travel without stopping points or panning
- Detect damage early: Ultra-high resolution image quality ensures detection of even fine cracks, deposits and infiltrations
- Make better decisions: 100% condition detection for reliable documentation as an important basis for professional evaluation
- Optimal use of resources: Evaluation can be performed directly on site, in the office and supported by artificial intelligence (AI)
- Precise data capture: Extensive measuring functions for checking existing sewer data and planning sewer rehabilitation.
Pipe run measurement and position detection
In the case of complex and ramified pipe systems, precise knowledge of the actual pipe run and position is an important prerequisite for maintenance and exact damage localisation.
The pipe run measurement is automatically recorded and the xyz coordinates determined in the same work step as the inspection via a 3D sensor integrated in the camera.
With an additional hydrostatic height measuring system, the height can be determined with centimetre accuracy and the z-axis data verified.
Ideal areas of application for 3D GeoSense pipe run measurement
- Position and pipe run measurement in main and ramified sewers
- Collection and completion of sewer network data
- Representation of the pipe run geometry in xyz coordinates
Decisive advantages of pipe run measurement
- Precision: Geodetic recording of position as a basis for all value-preserving services related to maintenance
- Efficiency: Inspection and measurement in a single operation saves time and costs
- Flexibility: The measuring system provides realistic results in both push and cleaning mode
- Quick responsiveness: Sensor data is visualized in real time and dynamically transferred directly to the network graphics
- Simplicity: Operation, data processing and transfer are process-safe and interface-compliant
Using artificial intelligence in sewer inspection
With its own development department specifically for AI topics, IBAK is working on and developing several AI projects. One focus is automated condition detection in inspection films (ArtIST). Another equally exciting project is the AI-based autopilot for inspection equipment with pan and rotate cameras (aiControl). IBAK is also researching how AI methodology in sewer data can be used for rehabilitation planning and prediction models.
Inspections are used to record the structural and operational conditions of sewer systems. Condition detection thus forms the optimal basis for the development of maintenance and rehabilitation measures. The quality of the collected data is crucial for this.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has already proven its worth in sewer inspection and provides objective and consistent data.
Challenges in inspecting sewer systems
- Lack of qualified personnel
- Greater time requirements for manual condition detection and coding
- Demands on specialist staff are increasing
- Need for objective and consistent data
- Growing and increasingly complex wastewater infrastructure
Decisive advantages through the use of artificial intelligence
- Higher productivity:Less manual input needed
- Good planning:Permanent availability of the AI web service
- Noticeable time-saving:Inspection recordings can be analysed and evaluated more quickly
- Objective data quality:For comparable inspection results
- Make better decisions: The higher the quality of the inspection data, the more reliable the rehabilitation strategies
Explosion protection
Explosion protection, as a subarea of safety engineering, is standardised worldwide. The concepts and measures are subdivided by methodology and serve to prevent explosions and thus to provide precautionary protection for persons and objects in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Explosion hazards in sewer systems
Explosion hazards in sewer systems can be caused by the following events:
- Intrusion or discharge of gases, vapours or flammable liquids
- Sewer gas emissions from wastewater and sewage sludge over long transport distances or long storage periods
- Leakage of sewer gas from pipes carrying sewer gas
Using light waves to achieve maximum resolution
The volume of data in the world is growing exponentially. The drivers are digitization, technological progress and increasing networking. To enable data-intensive applications and processes at the point of origin in real time and without loss, a digital infrastructure with high-performance networks is needed. With its gigabit strategy, the German government is accelerating the transition from copper to fibre optic networks and aims to ensure nationwide availability by 2030. The basis for this are fibre optics. These have been used successfully in industrial applications for decades and form the foundation for a high-performance, fibre-optic-based Internet infrastructure from intercontinental underground and submarine cables through to private household connections.
IBAK as a pioneer chose the right technology and has mastered fibre optic engineering since the introduction of PANORAMO in 2002. Video images are transmitted, displayed and stored digitally in high resolution in Full HD and 4K.
Decisive advantages in the use of fibre optic cables
- Bandwidth: Brilliant image quality thanks to high transmission rates
- Range: Loss-free transmission over long distances
- Size and weight: Fibre optics are lightweight and require only a small cable diameter
- Continuously digital: Uncompressed transmission via HD-SDI (High Definition Serial Digital Interface)
- Noise immunity: Insensitive to electrical or electromagnetic interference
- Robustness: Modern optical fibres with a sturdy outer jacket are flexible and resilient
LISY satellite inspection system
LISY (Lateral Inspection System) combines tractor and camera technology for the inspection of laterals from main sewers. The characteristic feature of satellite inspection is that a camera is launched into the lateral from a tractor in the main sewer.
Laterals with bends, branches, small pipe diameters and, above all, with limited or no access possibilities can be inspected efficiently with LISY technology.
Vehicle system with LISY for main sewer and lateral inspection
With the LISY satellite system, the inspection of main sewers and laterals can be carried out from the main sewer in one operation. The inspection camera is inserted into the laterals via a motorized feed from the carriage in the main sewer.
Vehicle system with LISY and cleaning unit for main sewer and lateral inspection
The IBAK vehicle system with the LISY satellite system can perform the inspection of main sewers and laterals from the main sewer in one operation. Driven by the cleaning unit, the inspection camera is flushed into the laterals through the flushing nozzle. A practical side effect of this is the simultaneous cleaning performance.
Systematic sewer rehabilitation
Sewer systems are exposed to a variety of stresses as they are in permanent use. But also due to errors during transport and installation of the pipes as well as subsequent external loads on the pipes, damage that impairs the functionality occurs over time and can lead to the destruction of the pipelines over the long term.
With the powerful cutting and rehabilitation robots, economical repair procedures can be carried out efficiently and trenchlessly to improve the condition in the long term and preserve the asset value for future generations.
The spectrum of applications ranges from patching, reinstating connections after liner insertion, removing deposits with cutting tools or ultra high pressure water jetting technology to packer-guided sealing, injection and coating tasks.
Reasons for sewer rehabilitation
There are various causes and resulting damage patterns that can impair the functionality of the pipes and lead to defects.
- Corrosion and wear: Chemical influences damage the inner surfaces of the pipes.
- Deformation and destruction: Deformation and destruction mostly occur as a result of earth movements, which are related, for example, to insufficient compaction of the lower or lateral bedding zone of the pipe. Cracking occurs and, with further stress, fragmenting and collapse of the pipe.
- Leaky joints and connections: These are due to design weaknesses, but also in particular to faulty installation. The result is exfiltration, infiltration and also root ingrowth.
- Obstructions and deposits: Obstacles such as root ingrowth, protruding connections, crossing pipes or objects that have fallen in affect the flow and the function of the pipes just as much as deposits.