Many municipal systems were installed decades ago and have been overlooked until recently, as pipeline ruptures and leakage have increased and are becoming a problem in everyday life.

Finding the right solutions to manage these problems can be difficult, since the majority of these pipelines are complex, and were built without redundancy and regular access points. This makes inspection that determines the structural condition of a pipeline more difficult, leaving many operators with no choice but to operate these pipes until they fail.

While this operate-to-fail approach has been generally adopted in the past, it is no longer viable for a modern society like now. In view of this, Chaoyoda has come up with a Pipeline CCTV Inspection Robot - JX150 that can handle the following tasks:

• Investigating unexplained flow conditions;
• Searching for illegal connections;
• Locating and assessing tuberculation of all types;
• Visually inspecting pipe walls and liners;
• Examining the condition of suspect valves;
• Screening for obstacles before using further means such as thermal imaging, sonar, mechanical arm, root cutter, toxic sensors and etc;
• Assessing internal corrosion on metallic pipes;
• Inspecting pipes near a known leak to help plan repairs.