Resident Airborne Services: entire farm, proactive, unbiased, available, unmanned

The RAS platform provides fully automated, robotics based performance, inspection and dispatch services - all resident and available on site, and all tailored to wind farms on and offshore.

It includes Windborne - our proprietary first class wind measurement instrument, the FAB Nests - marine worthy docking stations, highly wind resistant aircraft, and FABSaaS - through which customers receive a constant flow of performance and inspection data and analysis.

Predictive is only if you can collect real data constantly & on demand

The core, fundamental data set required in order to  determine the performance of a power plant is the energetic (caloric) value of  the raw material consumed for generation. In the case of wind turbines, this is the energy potential in the harvested free flowing wind. Once coupled with corresponding production values, it becomes possible to determine whether a wind turbine is performing or under-performing. 
Given that nacelle-based instrumentation is installed behind the rotor, and therefore measures the wind resource post harvesting, the need for external measurement instrumentation positioned outside of the turbine influence sphere is clear. Without such means, a true understanding of turbine performance is physically impossible. 
Windborne, is a patented, highly accurate drone-mounted wind measurement instrument.  Due to the drone’s mobility, a multitude of turbines can now be tested over the same length of time it takes to test a single turbine with other technologies 

Performance Service Stack

Wait for nothing. Just press GO

Inspection service Stack

Remote and valuable mechanical assets require constant and on demand inspection and monitoring. They don’t breakdown according to known schedules - they deteriorate and degrade over time or even suddenly. The sooner an operator is aware - the sooner a decision can be made which would significantly reduce downtime and maintenance expense.A blade inspection will currently involve, tenders, qualifications, travel, fuel, accommodation, contractors, climbers, safety hazard, employee overhead and turbine downtime. With Resident Airborne Services, all it requires is to press “Launch Blade Inspection for WTG#25” from your work station or phone, and sit back until a report is automatically generated post mission. And repeat as needed.
 

Constant asset integrity data and analytics flow

Inspection

Operator presence on site, right now.

FABCAM Dispatch

Whereas inspection and performance monitoring are services with clearly defined  objectives, dispatch services are less predictable and decisions regarding the gathering of data are often made on the spot. And this is precisely what FABCAM is there for. Whether it's an alarm, weather, people, hazard or BoP related trigger - just fly over all the while sitting comfortably in your office. You will be able to safely position the aircraft, receive live video from anywhere on site, store the visual data, share it, and then most importantly decide. Predictive and real preventive maintenance do not exist without constant data flow.