Robotic maintenance of the EDF transmission (63 to 400 kV) network: feasibility study and effects on tower design

Author

Soler, R. ; Guillet, J.

Author_Institution

R&D Dept., Electr. de France, France

fYear

1993

fDate

12-17 Sep 1993

Firstpage

459

Lastpage

468

Abstract

This article presents the main findings of a study on the advantages of robotics for live line maintenance on high and very high voltage lines in France. The study includes two sections. The first part consists of determining what line and substation maintenance work can be done by remote controlled operation or by robots and how much it would cost. The objective of the second section is to determine whether the use of robot technology can help reduce the size of lines and substations, making it possible to integrate them better into the environment

Keywords

industrial robots; maintenance engineering; poles and towers; power overhead lines; substations; transmission networks; 63 to 400 kV; EDF; EHV; France; feasibility study; live line maintenance; overhead transmission lines; robotic maintenance; substation; tower design; Costs; Force control; Guidelines; Maintenance; Poles and towers; Research and development; Robot control; Substations; Technological innovation; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Construction and Live Line Maintenance, 1993. Proceedings from ESMO-93., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1340-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDCLLM.1993.316226

Filename

316226