Industrial Drones and Comprehensive Data Analysis Pave the Way for Safer Inspections in Utility Management

MarketScale

In the rapidly evolving world of industrial drones, collaborations between industry leaders likeExertis Almo and DJI are setting new standards in efficiency, safety, and innovation. While Exertis Almo is recognized for its strategic move to cater to sophisticated surveillance and security solutions through expanding its product offerings, DJI has been pushing the envelope with its Mavic 3 Enterprise Series. …

Josh Riedy Builds Thread To Modernize The Power Grid

Bruce Rogers | Forbes

Few people understand the challenges America faces in modernizing an outdated power grid like Josh Riedy, the co-founder and CEO of Thread, an asset management platform for the power and utility industries.

Riedy’s grandfather founded an electric utility cooperative in the sparsely populated, unforgiving terrain and weather of North Dakota where an ice storm could take out 95% of the utility polls in a service region, leaving people without power for weeks and sometimes longer.…

The POWER Interview: Diving Into Data With Autonomous Inspection of Utility Assets

Darrell Proctor | Power

Companies offering the ability to collect data for use by electric utilities are finding their services in demand as the power generation sector embraces digitization.

It’s an industry that promotes innovation, as utilities need to track the real-time performance of thermal and renewable energy generation assets, and gain more insight about how their equipment is operating across their service territory.…

Prepare or Face ‘The Perfect Storm for Disruption’

Nevelyn Black | Energy Central

Extreme weather, integrating renewable energy sources and keeping up with regulations and technology is demanding more from utilities. According to industry experts, utilities will have to take a data-driven approach.  Data collection started with smart meters but in recent years more avenues have opened to make better use of that data…

The First Step Toward Modernization in the Utility Industry

Every industry faces challenges while working toward modernization, and electric power transmission and distribution companies are working toward a unique set of objectives, with many aiming to advance their network or achieve carbon neutrality. However, the first step in working towards these is understanding what processes and systems need to be updated first.…

Thread, which develops a platform to autonomously inspect utility assets, raises $15M

Kyle Wiggers | TechCrunch

Thread (not to be confused with Threads), a startup developing a robotics platform to collect inspection data for utilities, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Badlands Capital with participation from Minnkota Power Cooperative, Generational Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, Excell Partners, Homegrown Capital and Kevin O’Leary’s Wonder Fund North Dakota.…

Uptime 162: Volkswagen Flies Kites

Allen with Weather Guard Lightning, Joel with WindPowerLabs & Rosemary with Pardalote Consulting on introduces Thread as "... enabling the asset owners or ISPs or even O&Ms to be able to inspect on their own..."

Capturing Tank Inspection Data

oil storage tanksLearn how Falcker Innovations is streamlining their industrial inspection workflows using Thread's Software as a Solution (SaaS) asset care platform, UNITI.

Teams

Avoid digitizing written notes & annotated line drawings. Instead, collect data digitally.

Combine design drawings, infrastructure plans, & inspection data in one place.

Turn reactive repair into proactively managed assets, reduce downtime, & optimize maintenance schedules.

Use Cases

Quickly pull asset data together into workorder & inspection reports before sending teams out.

Eliminate redundant truck rolls & unproductive field operations.

Enable rigorous & repeatable robotic & sensor data acquisition without the need for external contractors.

Integrations

Remove integration & automation gaps, enabling teams to better focus on their work & get more done, faster.

Enrich engagement across various teams including engineering, workorder management, & field operations

Store all data in one place including automatically ingested imagery, manual uploads, digitized field notes, & more.

All data, no matter the format or the richness, is associated with an asset in UNITI.

Package outcomes into reports & work orders in UNITI or integrate with your work order manager.