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TX System

Infravision

Heavy-lift drone flies the pilot line across power spans; a ground puller then pulls the conductor

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Deployments: 8
Companies that ran it

How it works on your site

Infravision's TX System is an aerial stringing system: a heavy-lift drone flies a pilot or rope line across transmission or distribution spans, and an electric ground puller-tensioner then pulls the conductor through. The drone places the pilot line only; the heavy conductor pull stays with the puller-tensioner and with conventional crews or helicopters. Spans over roads and homes are strung without evacuations or long road closures; RenewEconomy reported a six-lane road crossing in Toronto that stopped traffic for five minutes. The TX System is shipping.

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Field outcomes

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Powerlink Queensland used TX System drones to string a section of high-voltage transmission line connecting Genex's Kidston Clean Energy Hub to the grid in North Queensland.

Genex Kidston Clean Energy Hub connection (275 kV), Australia

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Transgrid used Infravision's TX System drones to string its 992 transmission line in Burrinjuck Gorge near Yass, including an 800m span across the gorge, and the works were completed without incident.

Transgrid 992 transmission line, Burrinjuck Gorge, Australia

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Infravision strung power line across a six-lane road in Toronto with its TX System, stopping traffic for 5 minutes.

Hydro One urban 230 kV relocation (project name unresolved, C-10), Canada

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Infravision's TX System was used for 3 x 500 kV drone stringing at Site C with BC Hydro.

BC Hydro Site C (3 x 500 kV lines), Canada

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Yurika and Infravision staff used the TX System's stringing drones to string powerline cable across twelve long spans and attach line safety markers at an operational mine site, Yurika's first use of the technology.

Yurika mine-site stringing, Australia

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Who has run it

10 deployments · 8 companies · 3 countries

Will it work on your site

Autonomy Level: Claimed autonomous; unverified
BIM/CAD Requirements: Not applicable
Pulling Capacity: 1.5 tons (short or metric unstated)Ground puller-tensioner rating (vendor)
Max Line Voltage Kv: 765 kVVendor rating; highest customer-evidenced job 275 kV
Drone Diameter: About 2 m diameter

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