en.Wedoany.com Reported - Siberian Generating Company (SGK) has deployed robots in Kemerovo for in-pipe diagnostics of the main heating network. The work commenced with the start of summer hydraulic tests, and a robotic integrated system will inspect pipelines in the Leninsky and Zavodsky districts starting this week.

A key diagnostic target is a pipeline on Radishchev Street with a diameter of 1000 mm and a length of 762 meters. This pipeline connects to the Novo-Kemerovskaya Thermal Power Plant (Novo-Kemerovskaya TPP) and supplies heat and hot water to over a hundred residential buildings and social institutions in the Yuzhny microdistrict. The diagnostic robot moves at a speed of approximately 40 meters per hour, scanning the inner wall of the pipeline using magnetic methods.

After the inspection is completed, experts will obtain a detailed chart of the metal condition, including data on thinning locations and remaining wall thickness. Based on this information, a decision can be made on whether the heating main should continue operation, undergo local repairs, or have pipe sections replaced. Grigory Kulagin, an in-pipe diagnostics and repair engineer, stated that the defects on the chart have a butterfly-like outline, and the larger the "wings" spread, the more serious the problem.

In 2026, Kemerovo plans to inspect 22 pipeline sections, with a total length of 6.6 kilometers. Robotic diagnostic technology helps improve heating reliability and identify potentially hazardous pipe sections in advance.

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