Industrial Cleaning and Coating Drones

A Look at What’s Coming in 2021

From JPCL, January 2021

By Robert Dahlstrom, Apellix; and Michael Hindmarsh, AkzoNobel

Cleaning, coating and nondestructive testing at industrial sites requires extensive manual labor, often at heights, and drones can be used to perform some of these tasks while keeping workers safely on the ground. The authors discuss how nondestructive measurement drone capabilities have evolved over the past few years and offer a preview of cleaning and coating drone systems that are currently under development. ...