Category: Markers And Power Line Safety

Where Eagles Soar!

April 27, 2023

A V-TOL Aerospace RPAS Team operating a V-TOL Rota-Fix Hornet successfully completed its first of two contracts with Ausgrid.  The team installed Balmoral Engineering Rotamarkas along a 1km pole to pole 11kV feeder at Lake St Clair, NSW. As indicated in the attached photo, these relatively thin conductors are very difficult to see from any angle. Utilising the […]

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Free install gives Aerial Marker Program lift off – Essential Energy

March 1, 2022

Free install gives Aerial Marker Program lift off The below article is courtesy of Essential Energy and can be found on their website: https://www.essentialenergy.com.au/media-centre/media-release/mr-18032021 Regional energy distributor, Essential Energy, has launched a new Aerial Marker Program to help combat a dangerous rise in the number of safety incidents across New South Wales. Last year’s welcome […]

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New UAV drone solution perfect for utilities with difficult to access power lines

June 17, 2021

Thanks to V-Tol Aerospace, an exciting new frontier emerges giving utility companies more options and more cost effective solutions when it comes to mitigating power line strikes. Whether it be difficult to access power lines due waterways, jungle, bush or mountainous regions, a UAV solution for installing bird diverters and power line markers is become […]

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“Lucky” Phil urges powerline safety

April 16, 2021

A spate of incidents with electric powerlines has led to increased work health and safety vigilance on Phillip Crocker’s property at Muckadilla in southern Queensland. In the town known to locals as “Mucka”, about 40 kilometres west of Roma, Phil recounts four hazardous incidents on and adjacent to his 2700-hectare cropping operation. Each incident originated […]

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White Paper on power line marking around a construction site Essential Energy NSW Australia

February 4, 2021

White Paper on use of Power Line Markers for Civil/Construction Project Near Casino, NSW, Australia   Essential Energy is one of Australia’s largest electricity distribution networks.   <<Essential Energy footprint>>   Essential Energy are constantly advocating safety and awareness programs, to support a reduction of incidents on their network.   <<Example of an Essential Energy […]

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Whooping Cranes Colliding with Power Lines

November 11, 2019

Whooping Cranes colliding with Power Lines

Many species of birds collide with Power Lines throughout the world every year. Some estimates place the total number of deaths each year in the millions. Some species appear more vulnerable to Power Line Collisions than others. This is predicted to be due to a combination of factors such as; poor acuity of vision, migration […]

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Wildlife Protection (Bird Power Line Blockers)

June 1, 2019

WILDLIFE PROTECTION  Preventing birds from landing on power lines. This new innovative product advantages are: Innovative design, always corrects so that spikes are facing vertically The natural movement of the device, dissuades the bird from landing by supplying an unstable landing perch Light weight, low cost UV stable, time tested in the field for decades […]

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