Products / Terra · Confined space / Culverts
Terra
All the way down the barrel.
An intelligent, tracked crawler on a tether. It travels long distances through culverts and underground pipes, records everything it passes, and can always be pulled back out.
The job
Nobody should have to crawl a culvert.
Long box culverts and small pipes are hard to inspect well. Sending a person in is slow and uncomfortable, and looking in from the ends only shows the first stretch of the barrel.
On site
The operator stays outside.
Terra goes the distance on its tracks and its tether, deep into the pipe, while the person running it stays at the entrance.
- Set upThe operator sets up at the culvert entrance with Terra and its tether.
- Drive inTerra drives the barrel on its tracks while the operator stays outside.
- CaptureIt records the walls, joints and invert as it goes.
- ReturnTerra drives back out. If it ever stops, it is pulled out on the tether.
- Reach
- Long runs underground, on its tether
- Drive
- Tracked
- Intelligence
- Onboard
- Recovery
- Pulled back on the tether
Omnia
What comes back from inside the barrel.
PIPE / JOINTJoint separationCS4
INLET / BARREL ENDCorrosion and rust staining at barrel endCS3
PIPE / EMBANKMENTPipe exposed and displaced, embankment washed outCS4
BARREL / CROWNExposed rebar with corrosion at spallCS3
BARREL / WALLCrack with efflorescenceCS2Where it's used
Structures Terra is built for.
- Box culverts
- Long concrete boxes under roads and rail, inspected from inside the barrel instead of from the ends.
- Stormwater pipes
- Municipal crossings and pipes too small or too long for a person to enter.
Questions
Asked about Terra.
Does anyone have to go into the culvert?
No. The operator stays at the entrance while Terra goes in.
What happens if Terra gets stuck?
It is tethered, so it can always be pulled back out.
Who is Terra for?
Asset owners with culverts to inspect, and inspection firms who want to sub out the culvert work.
What do we receive?
An Omnia defect report organized by element, with each finding tied to its place in the barrel, plus the data in your export format.