Drain testing and inspection - Manhole camera systems

This inspection camera tool, developt and presented from MESSEN NORD first at IFAT 2010 and further developed until now with great success provides the inspection of waste water sewers and shafts / manholes without the need of man entering. To increase the performance and to reduce the costs of sewer management are the aims of its usage.

System description:

Remote controlled manhole zoom camera (Man hole and pipeline survey camera, Pole Camera, Electronic Sewer Mirror) with a QuickLock rod system 8-16 m length, 4 LED high-powered lights and control panel for the evaluation and documentation of the state of pipelines, sewers, shafts, separators and collectors (-> Electronic channel imaging, video channel imaging)

The camera unit has a spring loaded, adjustable support to stay in the centre of pipes DN 150 - 1000 and is complete with spotlights and laser distance sensors, both horizontal and vertical tilt. For greater diameters than DN 1000 we suggest the usage of our additional tripoid support for camera positioning.

Images and videos can be saved onto an integrated SD card or via USB 2.0 on wired or wireless (WiFi) connected PC by pressing a button during the inspection, or transferred to a connected Tablet PC or Notebook and reports generated using the specially developed inspection software SCHACHT-INSPECTOR to DIN EN 13508-2 standards or included in the general inspection report according to EN 858 / DIN 1999-100 / DIN 4040-100. The standard video ports on the operating panel allow the continued use and connection of your current video inspection system.

Manhole inspection software SCHACHT-INSPECTOR in line with DIN EN 13508-2 with integrated shaft development and panorama picture creation, ISYBAU / XML interface for inspection data export and inspection report generation.

Supplied with the options: Tripod, telescopic rods 8-16 m, battery pack, WiFi-Connector, car power adapter and tablet PC with inspection software

The integrated laser distance sensor permits measurement of the shaft and containment structures examined horizontally and vertically without the necessity to entering yourself.

One tool, two uses:

1. Manhole camera

Inspection / measurement / documentation of the condition of manholes and tanks (oil separators, grease traps, collection tanks) without need for entry (shaft inspection / container inspection)

2. Video drain and pipe inspection

Assessment and documentation of the operating condition of pipes and ducts without the need to enter to permit the so-called "tailored cleaning" by drain washing / high pressure cleaning technique (electronic drain inspection, video drain inspection, deposit build-up examination)

• Application data sheet (EN)
• Data Sheet: Shaft Inspection Camera STV-3
• Example report acc. to DIN 13508-2
• Inspection caméra de typ zoomage (FR)
  
• Paper by GAMM-BUD sp. z o.o., Poland
• Application data sheet (HU)
• Application data sheet (BG)

Inspection videos at YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/MessennordDeuhttps://www.youtube.com/c/MessennordDeu

Plastics pipe DN 300 shaft to shaft, Stadt Herford

General sewer with spiral conveyor

Inspection of general serwer in operation

Shaft / Manhole inspection: Application video

Inspection video of an high pressure sewer cleaning

Documents:

Camera and software documentation (German)

Shaft inspection report (German)

STV-Advertising (Italian)

Abstracts of an article, published by BOKU, Austria 2013:

100,000 kilometers of actively used public sewer pipes in Austria, making effective sewer cleaning one of the most essential
responsibilities of sewerage Providers.
Unfortunately, given the precarious financial situations faced by many eitles
and communities, sewer cleaning also means a considerable financial bürden.
As a result, many of them have had to extend their maintenance intervals or postpone much-needed cleaning procedures.
In response, ÖWAV Rule Sheet 22 (draft Version from September II, 2012) recommends taking a proactive approach to the Operation of sewer facilities: "Forward-looking management and maintenance planning help to ensure facilities' smooth Operation and reliable waste removal, while also minimizing maintenance costs and negative effects on the envlronment." However, the prerequisite for this forward-looking management is a precise knowledge of the sewer network in question. A fast and simple method for arriving at an overview of a sewer network, how clean or dirty it is, and the thickness of accumulated deposits in comparison to the cross-section is e.g. inspecting it with a manhole camera (electronic sewer inspection). A case study of efforts implemented in the city of Salzburg show the savings potential offered
by using forward-looking management in connection with sewer cleaning.

Our sewer maintenance zoom inspection camera STV-4, known as "sewer periscope", now with FULL-HD resolution, fully wireless operating, battery driven and motoric tild control estimates the state of the art tool for sewer management applications.

Collection of sewer zoom videos recorded by our zoom inspection camera STV-4 in FULL-HD

Newly developt as high-end successor of our well-known (and some hundrets systems sold) man hole camera STV-3 and presented STV-4 first at IFAT 2016 as a new model provides the fast inspection of waste water sewers and shafts / manholes without the need of man entering end with lower costs as for the standard sewer inspection. To increase the performance and to reduce the costs of sewer management are the aims of its usage. Our worldwide users show us the meaning of this inspectian system successfully.

Established as a tool for sewer maintenance, inspections with our sewer zoom camera are in use in the meantime not only in Germany but also in the Netherlands, in Austria, in Switzerland, in Australia, in Great Britain, in Czech Republik and in Morocco succesfully with really detectable payoff.

Our distribution partners for this areas (new partners wellcomed) will show the function and advantages of this new inspection tool at your place. If you have interest, please contact us directly.

System description:

The remote controlled zoom camera STV-4 serves the assessment and documentation of the status of sewers, waste water pipes, shafts, manholes, vessels, inspection points, separators and collecting tanks without entering.

Working cable-free this Full-HD camera will be fully software-controlled by WiFi with a rugged tablet PC, notebook or camera inspection car operator work station within WiFi radio range.

Thanks motor-driven vertical adjustment this camera can be used in one-man operation mode.

Camera unit with newest generation camera chip (Full-HD with 0,01 Lux photosensitivity) and high power, high efficency LEDs will be supplied by ultra compact lithium ion high performance batteries.

Combination of highest performance camera technology and optimized lightning modules gives an astonishing far-reaching look into sewers and waste water pipes and allows a zoom in for assessing the cleanness of the pipelines and sewers to provide a “Cleaning on demand”.

Demonstration video of a zoom-inspection with the Full-HD-Sewer Periskope STV-4 (Video in HD-Resolution):
Download

Technical Parameters:

Optics: Light sensitivity 0,01 Lux, Newest generation Full-HD-Chip, 30 x optical + 12 x digital zoom, Automatical and manual focusing

Camera unit: +10°/-30° motor-driven, Rotatable in vertical direction

Diameter range: 150-6000mm

Full WiFi controlled by rugged tablet PC, notebook or inspection car, Control software included

Lightning: 12 high efficency LEDs, Power / lightning management for maximized battery operation time

Operation: WiFi control of zooming, focusing, vertical direction and lightning by notebook, handheld PC or tablet

Optimized WiFi range by router unit integrated in rod system

Control software with adjustable resolution and compression rate for video recording, license-free for installation at the Tablet-PCs, Notebooks and Inspection Cars of the operating staff

Protection: Camera IP 67 filled with shield gas, Permanent overpressure monitoring, Not explosion proof

Options:

Telescoping rod systems 6,5m/10m, Materials carbon / aluminium
Rugged Tablet PC, ready to work
Manhole grill with camera holder
Aluminium tripod with swivel bearing
Connecting rod system for higher inspection depths up to 25m
Inspection Software according to EN 13508-2

Light wight two leg stand,

GPS positioning with integrated GPS receiver,

Distance measuring as from the optical camera module as from additional laser sensors for a distance of about than 100 meters

One tool, two uses:

1. Manhole / shaft inspection camera

Inspection / documentation of the condition of manholes and tanks (oil separators, grease traps, collection tanks) without need for entry (shaft inspection / container inspection)

2. Video sewer, drain and pipe inspection camera

Assessment and documentation of the operating conditions of sewers, pipes and ducts without the need to enter, to permit the so-called "tailored cleaning" by drain washing / high pressure cleaning technique (electronic drain inspection, video drain inspection, deposit build-up examination)

Data sheet of Sewer Zoom Camera / Manhole Camera STV-4fileadmin/Media/PDF/STV-4_Documentation_English.pdf

Operation Manual Sewer Zoom Camera / Manhole Camera STV-4

Inspection videos at YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/MessennordDeu

Zoom inspection videos from our sewer periscope camera with FULL-HD resolution in our cloud

Sewer inspection video with STV-4, recorded in HD mode to decrease the data amount, released at our YouTube channel

Full-HD-Zoom-Video of a big dimension sewer, recorded with STV-4

Full-HD-Zoom-Video of a DN 2200 demonstration sewer of the German Institute IKT

Earth racket crosses storm water pipes - damage discoverd by camera zoom inspection with STV4 within minutes operation in FULL-HD

Push rod camera system RTV COLOR delivered with glass fibre sliding reels and camera cable drum, inspection of pipes with diameters from 50 - 350 mm, automatic upright image, change head, electronic distance counting and data display, TFT monitor IP65, digital video recorder, location transmitter and receiver to position and locate the depth, monitor case with daylight visible TFT display, data display, battery supply and digital video recorder. 
   
Tags: Push rod camera, House connection inspection camera, sliding camera, shock camera, shock camera, upright / upright image, automatic horizon, pipe camera, Channel camera, camera tracking, TFT Monitor Case, TV inspection software WinCam, channel TV systems, channel TV software, video documentation of cases, Insertion meters, Data display in monitor, video capture in MPEG-2, MPEG-4, AVI, Digital Image Storage 

• Data sheet - RTV-COLOR
• Data sheet - RTV-COLOR (French)

• Product overview - Construction Accessories / Offer Flyer
• Product overview - Inspection camera systems / Offer Flyer

For locating pipe transitions, or damaged areas, the inspection camera RTV-COLOR is equipped with a transmitter (pig transmitter). With the pipe locator EASYLOC the location and depth of the actual camera position can be detected.

The device is used to locate and determine the depth of wastewater drains and lines as well as other non-metallic supply lines and waste pipes. An optional module permits the coupling of the sender signal in metal lines, electrical cables or the inspection camera itself and therefore their location.

Tags: Pipe location equipment, camera tracking, depth positioning

• Additional Information locator EASYLOC RX CAM
• Application description for the locating system SEBA / KMT
• Product overview - Construction Accessories / Offer Flyer