To minimise tunarounds across large industrial facilities, North American-based Osprey Integrity use Trendspek to computer vision and predictive monitoring for their clients — transforming reactive into proactive maintenance.
Project overview
Osprey Integrity first selected Trendspek for its superior contextualisation and data management of drone data. The goal was to optimise situational awareness, and user experience, for their leading industrial clients responsible for managing large sites and facilities.
Courtland Penk, President of Osprey Integrity says:
"Having tried a variety of online asset management and inspection platforms, we chose Trendspek due to its intuitive interface, powerful inspection-suited tools, clean folder management system and best-in-class customer support."
Following data collection, Osprey's team built a comprehensive predictive maintenance program using Trendspek's tools to monitor potential risks and enable contractors, including:
“Having tried a variety of online asset management and inspection platforms, we chose Trendspek for its powerful, inspection-suited tools, clean folder management system and best-in-class customer experience support."
With 24/7 access to 3D models, teams can conduct virtual site walkthroughts to anticipate resources required.
Including insulation, leaks, ventilation issues, thermal anomalies, and structural hardware
Shareable 3D models with accurate specs allows for an improved system of engagement.
Once the facility was digitised within the Trendspek platform, Osprey Integrity created flight missions for target assets like storage tanks, piping circuits, pressure vessels, furnaces and stacks for the client.
Resultant flight routes were created to leverage existing automation of the drone technology and future advancements into nested, or ‘drone in the box’ systems.
Data was collected at regular intervals, uploaded into the Trendspek platform, and reviewed collaboratively by various stakeholders.
Once reviewed, annotations were created within the model to show precisely where a deficiency was observed, including its classification and criticality.
Recommended repair timeframe, required tradesperson and access requirements were further communicated within the platform annotation and leverage by the client to create maintenance repair work packages for issuance to the appropriate contractors.
Through collaboration between Trendspek, Osprey and their client, the program has had a dramatic impact.
By enabling early identification of deficiencies, ranging from minor to critical, this has helped to prioritise repairs and directly helped to prevent surprise maintenance events at the facility.
"Many of these deficiencies would never have been identified by traditional inspection methods, or at least not without considerable access effort and associated costs."
Outcomes
With 24/7 access to login to the platform, teams can conduct virtual site walkthroughs to anticipate resources and access required during turnaround periods, such as crane placements.
Trendspek’s Templating and Folder System also enabled Osprey to directly adopt their client's maintenance prioritisation tool, which considers the likelihood and consequence of failure to dictate repair urgency.
These customised templates were used alongside 3D structural data to guide employees, and contractors, on necessary repair actions, from insulation stripping to critical lift planning.
This provided situational awareness not previously possible without considerable administrative burden and field visits.
"Many of these deficiencies would never have been identified by traditional inspection methods, or at least not without considerable access effort and associated costs.
It’s been incredible to see this approach positively influencing a preventative maintenance mindset at the refinery."
“The maintenance departments are starting to get ahead, asset integrity is more thoroughly informed, and safety risks are identified and addressed in a more timely manner."
Outcomes
To date, a range of deficiencies have been noted throughout the facility of various classification and urgency, including:
Deficiencies were recorded into the Trendspek platform, categorised by Templated Reporting.
This consolidated data into a single platform, and created a consistent, continuous feedback loop between all parties.
With 20/20 hindsight, the client has described the decision to move to this preventative maintenance approach as a ‘No Brainer’ as it is thorough, cost effective, and sets the foundation for predictable maintenance conditions in the future.
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