CAM-337
The cladding hangs in strips and underneath it is all rust
Nine in the morning at the pipe rack. The cladding on the main line hangs in strips and leaves the pipe bare, rusted end to end. Below, on the concrete, fallen sheets are scattered around. The column behind has rust running down from its top nozzle. A worker in a helmet is looking up at the rack from the ground. IRIS marks every stretch with cladding missing and counts the sheets that are already on the floor.
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AI-generated image
What IRIS understands
What it recognises in this scene
- cladding hanging off in strips
- column with rust running down it
- cladding sheets on the floor
- tank with staining on its shell
- worker checking the rack from below
What this camera measures
An alert says something is happening. The reading says how much.
- 09:05time of the photo
- 6stretches with cladding missing
- 11sheets fallen on the floor
- 14 mlength of the affected stretch
- 182 ddays since the previous photo of the same framing
The figures on this screen are an example from the illustration, not any client's measurement.
The rule
You decide once. IRIS applies it always.
If
cladding comes loose, insulation breaks open or sheets fall in the stretch being watched
Then
- alert maintenance with the camera, the time and a photo of the stretch
- store the image beside the one from the same framing at the previous inspection
- count the affected stretches and the fallen sheets in the report
The instruction that set it up«Tell me if cladding comes loose or sheets fall under the rack, and keep me the photo so I can compare it with the one from six months ago.»
What changes
What changes for whoever answers for the plant
Outside damage does not appear overnight: it creeps. And what proves it is the comparison. The same camera, the same framing, six months on: that is where you see whether the cladding loss has grown, whether there are more sheets on the floor, whether the stain has run further down the support. With that, maintenance decides which stretch gets the ultrasonic gauge first, instead of walking the whole rack with a notebook.
What people usually ask
Can a camera measure the wall thickness of a pipe?
No. Wall thickness is measured by ultrasonic inspection, and a technician does that with their own kit. A camera sees the outside: cladding come loose, insulation torn open, rust running down, a support out of shape, sheets on the floor. That alone is reason enough to go and measure. IRIS says where to look; the thickness comes from the ultrasound.
What good is the camera then, if it does not measure?
It is for comparing. The same camera, the same framing, six months on. Put the two images side by side and you can see whether the cladding loss has grown, whether more sheets have come down, whether the stain has run further along the support. That dated before-and-after is what puts the inspection list in order.
Does it detect corrosion under insulation?
Not while the insulation is intact: if it is covered, it cannot be seen. What it does pick up are the outward signs of that problem — an open joint, a lifted sheet, a stain running down the pipe, water weeping from a lap. Those are the points where the inspection starts. The confirmation always comes from the test, not from the image.
Other cameras
- CAM-320 · A jet from the pump and a pool that keeps growing
- CAM-321 · Flame and smoke in the pump row
- CAM-322 · The flare is not burning the way it always does
- CAM-323 · The tank is overflowing from the top
- CAM-324 · The tank hatch is open and nobody is up there
- CAM-325 · The hose is coupled to the wrong header
See it for yourself
No extra alarms here. Just what needs looking at.
Not a recorded video, not an explanatory drawing: a summary of the real screen, with a different case every time it starts. There is a lot more behind it.
- The alert fires
- You open it
- You confirm or dismiss
Next step
Who watches the cameras of a whole city?
23 cases: 18 raise an alert when something happens and 5 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
Who watches an entire motorway?
10 cases: 8 raise an alert when something happens and 2 only measure. You see each image as it is, and then with what IRIS understands on top.
And the best part
One camera,and you already have a watchman. Four thousand cameras, and you have four thousand watchmen.
None of them tires, none of them looks away and none of them works shifts. And there is nothing to install: the cameras you already have can start understanding what they see.
Tell us your problem and we will say whether IRIS understands it, or not yet.
We reply the same working day.