Steel tubes and pipes are used in a variety of industries, including one of the largest in the world: the oil and gas pipeline industry. AutmationWorld.com reminds us that while pipes are as durable as they are essential, they are not permanent. “Pipeline operators are required by federal regulations to conduct a visual inspection for leaks at least 26 times a year by walking, driving or flying over their pipeline rights of way. Not only is this often manually intensive and time-consuming, but human eyes are probably the least effective way to find a leak unless it’s a major one.
That’s why operators are turning to sensors, smart instrumentation, analytical software and other digital technologies to gauge the real-time conditions in their pipeline networks, as well as the equipment that manages the flow of products within them.” “Technology will remain front and center in the effort to maintain safe pipelines,” says Gregory Tink, managing partner of Streamline Control Solutions. “Smart devices are pushing out more information, but this massive amount of data is often too much for control systems or humans to handle. That’s why you’re going to see artificial intelligence (AI) being embedded in equipment in the near future. Machine learning and cloud-based systems will take a little bit of the responsibility off humans, but it will also change what they do.”
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