leading the Way in Confined Space Drone Inspections
Take flight now — and take command of smarter, safer inspections
CSDI goes wherever it is dangerous or difficult for a human to go to provide vast improvements in safety, downtime, and cost.
Basnight Bridge Inspection
Proof of concept for NCDOT. Inspecting the interior of an 80-foot bridge pier, which has previously been inspected via rope access.
Trusted for the Dirtiest of Dirty Work
The key factor driving the growth of the confined space drone industry is simple: Engineers, facility managers and operations teams are identifying the environments that they can – and should – inspect by drone before putting their people in harm’s way or erecting expensive scaffolding. CSDI clients are also capitalizing on these dynamics associated with today’s most advanced confined space drones:
They’re ready for prime time
The elements that make up a successful drone inspection platform – sensing components, lower latency, advanced location identification technologies, extended battery life, etc. – are finally coming together.
They augment your experts
Confined-space inspection drones represent an “advance party” for your engineering function: Your engineers or our highly qualified consultants can analyze all the relevant telemetry and prepare accompanying reports.
They’re tailored to tough conditions
In the inspection drone world, “purpose-built” means “success-built”; off-the-shelf consumer drones won’t suffice. Because of their unique mission and working conditions, confined-space drones are truly a different breed.
Increase Safety While Decreasing Downtime.
Regardless of their industry, scale or geography, our clients share one critical goal in common: To get their infrastructure inspected faster, safer and more affordably than ever before.
That’s precisely where CSDI comes in.
Through our headquarters in the Southeast U.S., we serve government and private industry clients who are primed to leverage the value that a confined space drone program can provide in reducing the need for scaffolding or rope-access to inspection sites. “Less danger, less downtime” is their basic philosophy, and we help our clients execute on innovative confined space inspection programs for:
Infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, sewer systems, etc.)
Manufacturing (tanks, stacks, chimneys, etc.)
Chemical Production (caustic environments and vessels)
Nuclear Power (routine inspections and decommissioning)
Oil & Gas (pipelines and refineries)
Mining (ventilation shafts, elevators, ore passes, etc.)
Agriculture (silos and tanks)
Emergency Response (tight access points)
Maritime (tank and hull inspections)
Water Industry (dams and clearwells)
A Powerful Tool for Your Engineers, Operations Chiefs and Facility Managers
At CSDI, we build everything we do around you -- your team’s existing capabilities, safety systems, inspection challenges and opportunities, timelines, and more. Typically, though, our client engagements begin through one or more of the following:
Drone Inspection Programs
Capturing real-time data for your engineering teams from your most difficult (and potentially deadly) locations
Inspection Drone Systems
Equipping your own in-house team with the drones, sensors, cases and gear you need to stay flying
Pilot Training
Educating your best pilots on the unique attributes (and demands) for successful inspection flights
Let’s Start A Conversation
Are confined space drones a good fit for your inspection environments? We can find out together. Let’s start with a conversation and, at your convenience, schedule a live demo. That’s perhaps the best way to consider all the variables at work and how our drone services and technologies can work for you.