Electronic eye: New technology born

Detecting deformations and also the wear-out rate of underground water mains is one in every of the functions of the measurement device created by the scientists of Ural Federal University unitedly with D-TEST Optical measure Systems, a look and production company.


The project is applied at intervals the framework of competencies of the Interregional Ural Scientific and academic Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies, New Materials and Energy," created by the 3 Russian regions, the Sverdlovsk, urban center, and Kurgan.

The wireless device with a rotating optical device scanner is placed within a pipe and may move at intervals it. The image from the constitutional camera is distributed to a monitor," says Sergey Pesterev, one in every of the developers. "This permits North American nation to, firstly, decrease the danger of utility breakdowns, and second, if the observation shows that the pipe continues to be in fitness and does not got to be mamma out and adjusted, it saves contractors, and so the homeowners, important sums of cash."

Similar "electronic eye" technologies developed by UrFU scientists and mixing advanced options of sensorics and optics, are utilized in the military, nuclear, oil and gas, industry, in railway transport and aviation with the aim of national security support.

Technologies developed by UrFU allowed to make dozens of high-precision and high-speed optical systems for machine-tool building, automotive trade, compound and different industries, that square measure used each within the CIS and far-abroad countries.

"The connexion of our innovative technologies and devices is explained by the actual fact that UrFU is one in every of the recognized centers for sensorics in Russia. The management and employees of the D-TEST Optical measure Systems square measure graduates of the University, and our students do sensible coaching at the corporate," says deputy director of UrFU's Center for Enterprise Communications Aleksandr Cherepanov. "We keep track on the advanced practices of the worldwide leaders within the space and provide best, best solutions."

Aleksandr Cherepanov additionally adds that the aim isn't simply to hide the stress of domestic markets, however additionally enter the international ones and contend with such "champions" as Japan.