Drone Inspection Services

Inspect Energized Equipment From the Air — Not the Bucket

We survey substations and power lines with an FAA Part 107 drone carrying both a 4K camera and a radiometric thermal imager. Crews stay clear of high voltage while we capture closer, sharper data than anyone can reach from the ground — with no shutdown and no bucket truck.

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High-resolution aerial drone view looking down on energized substation bus work, disconnect switches, and insulators, with a service truck parked in the yard below

Top-down 4K capture of an energized substation — equipment in service throughout

A Better Vantage Point on Every Asset

Traditional inspections put a technician on foot in a live substation — or in a bucket truck reaching toward energized equipment — just to get a clear view of a connection or the top of a structure. That takes time, staging, and exposure to real hazards.

A drone removes that trade-off. From a safe standoff distance it captures high-resolution visual and radiometric thermal imagery of the same equipment, from angles the ground crew simply cannot reach. We routinely find the root of a hot connection from the air that could not be resolved from below.

Because we fly the same repeatable path at each site, every survey is comparable to the last — so you can watch a connection's temperature trend over time instead of reacting to a failure.

Radiometric thermal drone image of a substation transformer and surrounding steel structures shown in an iron color palette

Two payloads, one flight

What We Capture

Each survey collects both thermal and visual data so you see not just that a problem exists, but exactly what and where it is.

Infrared Drone Inspections

A radiometric thermal camera captures the temperature of connections, insulators, bushings, and bus work from the air. Because the drone flies in close, we find the root of a hot connection that is difficult or impossible to resolve from the ground — before it fails.

Radiometric LWIR imaging of energized equipment
Bimonthly surveys to catch developing faults early
Close-range detail the ground crew cannot reach

Visual / Aerial Inspections

4K electro-optical imaging documents structural and mechanical condition — corrosion, damaged hardware, broken insulators, vegetation encroachment, and storm damage — across the whole site, including the tops of structures no one can safely stand on.

4K high-resolution stills and video
Top-down views of structures and dead-ends
Rapid post-storm and post-event damage assessment

Why It Matters

Improved Safety

The drone keeps our crew out of harm’s way and away from high voltage while capturing better pictures and better data — no climbing structures or walking a live yard to reach an inspection point.

Fewer Bucket Trucks

Aerial access from a drone removes most of the need to stage bucket trucks and man-lifts just to get eyes on elevated equipment, cutting mobilization cost and setup time.

Less Equipment Downtime

Inspections are performed while equipment stays energized and in service. Nothing is de-energized to be seen, so there is no production or reliability impact.

Faster Inspections

A drone survey takes roughly a quarter of the time of an equivalent inspection performed on foot, so more assets are covered in each visit.

Where we fly

Substation & Utility Applications

Substations

Bus connections, disconnect switches, insulators, bushings, transformers, and dead-end structures — imaged from above and up close without entering the yard.

Transmission & Distribution

Line hardware, splices, conductors, and pole-top equipment inspected along the right-of-way, including spans that are hard to reach from the ground.

Post-Event Assessment

Rapid aerial documentation of storm or fault damage on energized equipment, so repair crews know what they are walking into before they arrive.

Sample imagery

What the Data Looks Like

A sample of paired visual and radiometric thermal captures from live substation and line surveys.

In-flight footage from a live overhead line inspection — conductors, hardware, and structures documented from the air without a bucket truck or a line crew on site.

High-resolution 4K aerial drone photo looking down on energized substation bus work, disconnect switches, and insulators with a service truck parked below — 4K aerial — top-down detail on energized bus work and switches

Radiometric thermal drone image looking down across an entire substation yard, with transformers, bus work, and structures rendered in an iron color palette — Radiometric LWIR — full-yard thermal pass over a live substation

Radiometric thermal drone image of a substation transformer and surrounding structures rendered in an iron color palette — Radiometric LWIR — transformer and connection thermal survey

Aerial thermal image of overhead line hardware with an on-screen temperature cursor reading 63.1 degrees Fahrenheit at a connection point — Spot temperature measured in flight at a line connection

Aerial drone photo of a distribution line structure and crossarm hardware over a field, captured from above the conductors — Aerial view of distribution hardware from above the conductors

Inspection drone hovering in a clear sky alongside a transmission line as it captures overhead conductors and structures — Drone on station beside a transmission line during a live inspection

Radiometric thermal aerial image looking down a transmission corridor, conductors and hardware rendered in an iron color palette with a warm hardware signature standing out — Radiometric LWIR — thermal pass down an overhead line corridor

Aerial thermal drone image of overhead line hardware with an on-screen temperature cursor reading 63.1 degrees Fahrenheit at a connection

A sample finding

Catching a Hot Connection Before It Fails

On a routine survey the drone measured a connection running hotter than its neighbors — a classic developing fault. Because we flew in close, we pinpointed the exact connection and its temperature in flight, something the ground crew could not see from below.

That reading becomes a documented, prioritized finding. With the same flight path repeated on the next visit, the client can confirm the repair held and keep trending the connection over time.

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FAA Licensing & Compliance

Every flight is conducted legally and safely. Our surveys are flown by an FAA Part 107 certificated Remote Pilot in authorized airspace, with airspace authorization and flight planning completed before we arrive on site.

How we stay compliant

All flights performed by an FAA Part 107 certificated Remote Pilot
Operated only in authorized airspace under current FAA rules and regulations
Flight planning and airspace authorization handled before every survey
Repeatable, documented flight paths flown at each site for trend comparison

The equipment

Professional-Grade Aircraft & Payloads

We fly a purpose-built industrial inspection platform carrying both a 4K electro-optical camera and a radiometric thermal imager on a stabilized gimbal — deployed from a self-contained ground station on site.

Industrial inspection drone with a stabilized dual-sensor gimbal staged on a marked landing pad before a substation survey — Dual-sensor inspection drone staged for launch — 4K and radiometric thermal on one gimbal

The inspection drone beside its self-contained ground-station case with a large monitor and controller set up on site — Self-contained ground station — live monitoring and control from a safe standoff distance

Part 107

FAA-certified remote pilot

~4x

Faster than on-foot IR inspection

Bimonthly

Infrared survey cadence

4K + LWIR

Visual and radiometric thermal capture

Get eyes on your equipment without putting anyone in harm's way

Tell us about your site and we will scope a drone inspection around your operating schedule — energized, no bucket truck, no shutdown.

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Invizions, Inc. — 2519 State Route 61 South, Norwalk, Ohio 44857 · Office 419.663.8621