WinCan and Flyability partner on end-to-end solution for wastewater inspection and management

January 27, 2022—Indoor drone maker Flyability has partnered with wastewater inspection software provider WinCan to make sewer inspections safer, faster, and less expensive. 

More and more, wastewater inspection professionals are using Flyability’s Elios 2 drone to collect visual data inside sewer pipes. Through this new partnership, inspectors can now import that data directly to WinCan’s sewer inspection software, allowing them to process it, analyze it, and create detailed, standards-compliant reports.

“This partnership with WinCan will bring to wastewater inspection professionals more than a data acquisition tool, but a full solution to inspect, analyze, store, and share their data in a standards-compliant way,” says Flyability co-founder and CEO, Patrick Thévoz. “The added value is huge in terms of cost and time savings, as well as in terms of safety, since inspectors can collect visual data remotely instead of in person.”

WinCan’s software can be used in any scenario that calls for wastewater pipe inspections, including inspections on domestic, commercial, or private properties. WinCan was the first company ever to make software for wastewater pipe inspections, releasing the first version of its software in 1990—today, the software is on version 12. 

With WinCan’s software, sewer inspectors using Flyability’s indoor drones to collect visual data can import POI (Points of Interest) photos and their respective stationing, obtain automatic calculations of observation distances and posture length according to the drone’s trajectory, and upload their data to the cloud at the push of a button for collaborating with colleagues and customers.

“Maintaining sewers starts with understanding sewer conditions, and Flyability’s indoor drones are a powerful tool for collecting data inside sewer systems,” says Roger Roesselet, IT Sales Manager at WinCan. “This new integration between Flyability’s drones and our software empowers wastewater inspection professionals to fully harness the power of the data they collect.”

This full, end-to-end solution will make wastewater inspections safer by avoiding the need for inspectors to enter confined spaces; cheaper by collecting visual data twice as fast as manual methods; and smarter by providing sewer inspectors with in-depth analytics, cloud-based collaboration, and standards-compliant reporting.

WinCan’s sewer inspection software is used throughout the world, supporting over 50 observation standards for wastewater inspections in over 50 different languages.

Watch this video to see a sewer inspection performed by the Civil Engineering Office of the City of Bern using Flyability’s Elios 2 indoor drone and WinCan’s wastewater pipe inspection software.

 

 

Learn more about WinCan's integration with Flyability's drones.

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About Flyability

Flyability is a Swiss company building solutions for the inspection and exploration of indoor, inaccessible, and confined spaces. By allowing drones to be used safely inside buildings, it enables industrial companies and inspection professionals to reduce downtime, inspection costs, and risks to workers. With hundreds of customers in over 50 countries in Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Maritime, Infrastructures & Utilities, and Public Safety, Flyability has pioneered and continues to lead the innovation in the commercial indoor drone space.

More information on www.flyability.com / @fly_ability

Contact: media@flyability.com, +41 21 311 55 00

About WinCan

WinCan was the first sewer inspection software ever developed and remains the most trusted brand in the market. WinCan’s parent company CD Lab developed the first software for wastewater pipe inspection in 1990. Today, WinCan is used worldwide by over 8,500 inspection professionals, offering support for over 50 observation standards and languages.

More information on www.wincan.com 

Contact: Find contact information for your country at www.wincan.com/contact-us/ or call +41 26 672 37 37

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