Millennium Projects
Technical Details
Millennium Project Number: M-2002-015
Project Title: CISBOT
Projected End Date: 2002
Projected End Date: 2006
Technical Details:
The project's objective is to design, build and field-test one complete, self-contained, and field-ready robotic system capable of internally injecting anaerobic sealant into 16", 20", 24", 30" and 36" cast iron bell and spigot joints. The system is to be designed for both low (4" to 12" water column) and medium (3 psi to 24 psi) pressure gas mains, work through a no-blow permanently installed fitting on a LIVE gas main with a perpendicular launch angle, and reach up to 250 feet in each direction to seal over 40 joints from one excavation. The robotics designer is Engineering Services Incorporated, and the field applications consultant is ULC Robotics who along with the cofunding gas utilities comprise the advisory group that is steering the project.