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AltoMaxx Technologies

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We Are AltoMaxx
AltoMaxx works alongside our partners and clients to realize the incredible potential of drone technology. It’s our goal to drive the RPAS industry forward-by providing our clients and partners with the best tools and technical services in the world.

Relying on our team of world-class technical experts, dedication to continuous improvement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients we deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions across industries and geographies to realize the possibilities of drone technology.

Our Expertise

From construction projects to real estate purchases, to resource development and safety, the need for accurate information is critical to the development and management of projects and operations – and drones have revolutionized how we collect, analyze, and disseminate that information.

Enterprise Drone Program
AltoMaxx can help companies and organizations identify what questions they should be asking as they develop RPAS/UAS programs, either internally, externally, or as a hybrid of both. We help you understand the realities as well as the art of the possible as new systems, applications, sensors, and techniques constantly evolve and new solutions are developed to make drone operations more tailored to each industry and applications.

AltoMaxx can engage at any stage of the program to make sure your drone program delivers what you need and is a success.

Drone Ground Penetrating Radar
Ground Penetrating Radar has applications across a wide range of industries with an even wider range of potential applications. From locating existing utilities and underground infrastructure, to detecting buried landmines and unexploded ordinance, to discovering cultural artifacts and archaeology sites – the potential applications for drone-based GPR technology are nearly limitless.
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a non-intrusive subsurface investigation method used to map underground features, detect soil disturbances, and locate buried objects and structures.
Conducting GPR surveys can be a costly, difficult, and dangerous undertaking. Harsh field conditions, unpredictable weather, and remote locations all contribute significant risks to field staff when collecting GPR data.

Drone technology overcomes typical challenges presented by traditional Ground Penetrating Radar surveys. Utilizing a GPR enabled drone ensures the same benefits as traditional ground-based assessments, while also providing additional operational advantages. Commercial drones are lightweight, easily transportable by car, capable of flying autonomously at low altitudes with high precision, and have the ability to reach areas that are inaccessible to ground based surveyors. Implementing a drone based approach improves delivery speed, data reliability, and site accessibility – all while reducing operational risks and program costs.

Fugitive Emissions Management
The Oil & Gas, Energy, Industrial, and Government sectors are all under increasing pressure and public scrutiny to reduce methane emissions that impact ambient air quality and contribute to climate change.

Most methane emissions result from leaks or irregular releases from pressurized containment and are difficult to detect. Individually, these small leaks do not pose an immediate impact to human health or the environment. However, rapidly expanding industrial activity means that fugitive emissions now account for a measurable amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.

In response, governments across the globe have made fugitive emissions management and regulation a priority – with a specific focus on the identification, quantification, and reduction of methane emissions.

The Oil and Gas industry has seen the development or amendment of various federal and provincial regulations in recent years. Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and the development of the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) Directive 60 requirements have place increased pressure on the industry. Oil and Gas companies have struggled to adapt, as options for reliable, accurate, and cost-effective compliance were not available through traditional means.

A true option is now available curtesy of technological innovation. Utilizing a drone-based methane sensor, AltoMaxx has revolutionized the speed and efficiency of methane leak identification. With quantification capabilities and data management options, AltoMaxx offers a truly end-to-end solution for fugitive emissions management. Through AltoMaxx drone services, Oil and Gas companies can efficiently complete annual or tri-annual surveys, adhere to reporting requirements, and achieve regulatory compliance.

Drone Services for Power Utilities
Drone Services provide a significant increase in safety, efficiency, and reliability for power utilities operations. Drones are capable of conducting routine inspections and providing essential data for optimal management of critical assets.

The importance of energy in our society cannot be understated. From manufacturing to transportation, technological innovation, and everything in between, all economic activity requires power.

The Energy industry relies on the ability of power utilities to supply clients with uninterrupted power, efficient load distribution, and minimal system downtime. Technological innovation has influenced the industry at a rapid pace, increasing delivery of critical success factors. Power producers and utilities with flexible business models and operations have seen the greatest success in this rapidly changing environment. Drone services are an innovation that has seen rapid uptake in the industry. The adoption of this emerging technology is due to the many applications and benefits of drones as a tool, and due to the enhanced efficiency and reduced risk provided by drone services.

Power utilities rely on inspections and maintenance programs to ensure the safe and effective operation of critical infrastructure. However, inspections of power corridors, transmission and distribution lines, and other important assets can take large amounts of time and money to carry out. Drone-based services are a safe and efficient solution to the inspection and management needs of power utility professionals.

At AltoMaxx, we work with clients across all phases of the power lifecycle to deliver drone-based solutions tailored to their needs. Our state-of-the-art solution uses the latest drone technology, proven data capture techniques, and Artificial Intelligence to provide efficient management and optimization of critical asset, infrastructure, and inspection data. Our experience in linear infrastructure, asset management, surveying, mapping, and modeling helps our clients deliver safe and efficient maintenance programs, avoid costly outages, and meet the demands of regulators and clients.

Confined Space Inspections
Regardless of the purpose for an inspection in a confined space, one constant holds true, confined space inspections require more planning, specialized skills, equipment, labor and time to access or dismantle the system. Depending on the nature and location of the inspection, a confined space could also pose significant risks.

First, there are the physical challenges. Gaining access, limited mobility, ease of using equipment within the space, communication, and regulating the body temperature of inspectors create an environment of constant and significant risks throughout the inspection.

In addition to these physical challenges, there is also the risk of the unknown. Inspectors operating in a confined space could be exposed to several health hazards ranging from site contamination to hazardous gasses, chemicals, inadequate oxygen, fire, or explosion.

While a confined space drone may not be suitable to replace all aspects of the confined space environment, it can help provide preliminary visual inspections more quickly, at a lower cost, and with significantly lower risk. However, using drones for this type of work requires a specialized drone, a means to control the drone beyond visual line of sight, the skill to operate the drone without traditional self-leveling or GPS support, and, in some cases, a certification to undertake the work.

By working with AltoMaxx, you gain a partner that has the equipment, expertise, and experience to safely and successfully support your confined space program. As the only RPAS consulting company in North America to be provided a DNV-GL certification, AltoMaxx has the ability to use Remote Inspection Techniques (RIT) as an alternative means for a close-up survey of the structure of ships and mobile offshore units in accordance with Class Programme DNVGL-CP-0484.

Our unmanned aerial vehicle operations meet all industry-specific policies and procedures required to conduct confined space inspections and provide you with reduced inspection costs, reduced inspection time, better asset management, and improved safety – all while providing a comprehensive data collection platform.

Contact AltoMaxx
+1 833-258-6629

Hours of Operations
Monday – Friday
7:00am – 4:00pm EST

Locations:

St. John’s, NL
004-40 Aberdeen Avenue, A1A 3L5

Toronto, ON
7111 Syntex Dr, Floor 3, Mississauga, L5N 8C3

Calgary, AB
3307A 114 Ave SE, T2Z 3X2

Vancouver, BC
201-15350 Croydon Drive, V3Z 1H4

Bellingham, WA (USA)
4332 Samish Crest Drive, 98229

Abu Dhabi (UAE)
M04, Al Falah Building, Al Falah Street

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Services

Drone Bathymetry

With drone bathymetry, we can safely analyze coastal and shallow areas as easily as we can open water. Bathymetric sensors translate sound into images allowing you to see into the depths of rivers, lakes, and oceans. Bathymetry is the measurement of the depth of water in oceans, rivers, or lakes. Bathymetric maps look similar to topographic maps, but use lines to show the shape and elevation of underwater features as opposed to land. The data collected through Bathymetric survey techniques is used to monitor climate change; develop hydrodynamic models to predict tides, currents, and hazards; or study the habitat of benthic organisms to aid in conservation and monitoring. While high-resolution methods have yet to be perfected for deep ocean bathymetry, its provides a high degree of accuracy where used in relatively shallow water. Traditionally, these methods rely on ship based sonar to collect and compile data for studies. However, this method has some limitations. Since sonar can only measure a set area at a given time, and ships are confined to defined pathways, a ship-based solution often requires several passes on a single route in order to “stitch” data together. An additional challenge is that ships are confined to certain depths, making near shore bathymetry or bathymetry of shallow areas difficult or impossible to capture. As such, Ship based solutions (while ideal in deep water environments) can prove to be costly and difficult to implement in near-shore or shallow water environments. In these situations, a drone-based bathymetric survey provides a significant advantage. Additionally, the drone’s precise positioning while following the survey routes, ability to fly at a constant speed and low altitudes capabilities, result in high accuracy measurements on the first pass. As a Level 2 Distributor, Partner, and Trainer of SPH Engineering, which develops the UgCS line of equipment, we have the experience and the technology to complete these inspections safely and quickly. Our platforms use 450Khz single-frequency or 30-50 / 200Khz dual-frequency transducers – Providing a maximum depth of 100-200 m.

Drone Magnetometry

Using a magnetometer on a drone enables us to scan the area and detect metals comparably faster than handheld devices, allows the creation of geo-referenced maps of the area, and removes the risk of injury to ground-based inspectors. Magnetometry is the science of measuring the strength and direction of magnetic fields – providing a valuable tool in Archeology, Mineral Exploration, and Public Safety. Originally developed in the 1800’s by Carl Friedrich Gauss to formulate his law of magnetism, the application and use of Magnetometry has grown over its decades of use to become one of the most widely used geospatial survey techniques in the world. In delivering these types of surveys, a Magnetometer is used to measure the strength and direction of magnetism in a specific area. Measuring magnetism allows for the detection and identification of any magnetic metals or materials, and allows an operator to deliver inspections that may include Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) searches, locating buried infrastructure, archaeological inspections, or any survey searching for metal objects weighing a few hundred grams or heavier underground. While valuable, delivering these type of inspections can be time consuming and hazardous. The magnetometer is not an active sensor, so it only measures the magnetic field at the point where it is located. That means detecting objects (especially small ones) requires comprehensive coverage of an entire site – a process that can take days with traditional ground based surveys. In addition, delivering these surveys in undeveloped areas requires field staff to trek into potentially unsafe or unfamiliar locations, adding both time and risk to the project. That is where the benefit of a drone-based system comes into play. The type and sensitivity of magnetometers does mean that magnetic inspections differ greatly from other aerial surveys. While typical drone-based surveys derive benefit from higher altitude capture with a high degree of accuracy and detail, drone-based magnetometry requires the platform fly as close to the surface as possible. As a Level 2 Distributor, Partner and Trainer of SPH Engineering, which develops the UgCS line of equipment, we have the experience and the technology to complete these low altitude inspections safely and quickly. Our platforms use a SENSYS MagDrone magnetometer, and true terrain-following systems with a precise laser altimeter – allowing our drones to fly as low as 1m AGL while rapidly collecting data on magnetic metals and materials.

LiDAR

Our LiDAR drones use a combined LiDAR+RGB Module to create a 3D point cloud and model, and our experienced operators understand which data points to manipulate to allow you to measure distances between objects, monitor for vegetation encroachment, or monitor and measure changes in your critical infrastructure. Perhaps one of the most powerful modeling tools on the market, LiDAR has been in use for decades as a proven technology to record precise 3D modeling data. Technological evolution has seen usage in the commercial industry increase in recent years, as LiDAR systems have become smaller and more affordable while continuing to provide increased quality and quantities of data. LiDAR refers to the process of using laser light reflection to collect massive quantities of data to create a 3D representation of a real-world object or location. The quantity and quality of data LiDAR produce make it the best choice where there is a need to capture a large volume of data with a high amount of detail. For example, where there is a need to capture data where buildings or vegetation should be excluded since the number of pulses fired allow closer data groupings than other modeling technologies – allowing LiDAR to see around surface structures to the bare earth below. While the large quantities and quality of data provide useful insights, LiDAR does have a high cost of implementation. Additionally, while LiDAR provides truth through height volume, each individual data point provides a level of uncertainty – meaning an inexperienced operator may select the wrong set of data points crucial to determining the size, shape, or height of a structure or asset.

Drone-based Photogrammetry

Photogrammetry is best used where there is a need to capture the visual details of a site, as its key benefit is that it can be used to verify what is being seen. Photogrammetry’s visual capability provides a number of potential uses. From more traditional site survey and management applications, to its emerging use as a rapid deployment tool in disaster management and public safety – the use of photogrammetry is still evolving today. Photogrammetry refers to the process of using overlapping photographs to create a map, drawing, or 3D model of a real-world object or location. It’s perhaps the oldest form of visual surveying, with initial uses appearing alongside the advent of photography in the mid 19th century. Photogrammetry has evolved in tandem with technologies to both capture and analyze data, leading to its continued use and relevance as a method for developing 2D and 3D models. Photogrammetry does have its drawbacks. While traditional aerial photogrammetry provides useful data, its usage is limited by the high cost of implementation. Conversely, terrestrial-based Photogrammetry relies on an operators photography skills and can place field staff in potentially harsh field conditions or unpredictable weather. That’s where we come in. Our drone-based photogrammetry solution has the ability to capture incredible detail and use grid-photo capability to take multiple photos at a specified zoom level from a single vantage point. To put it simply, our drones excel at capturing data from a large area quickly, accurately, and affordably. This provides the same benefits as traditional methods, but with a reduction in risk and cost.

Drone Thermal Imaging

Thermal cameras translate thermal energy (heat) into visible light, creating the ability to see in low or zero-light situations, peer through obscuring smoke or fog, and detect imperceptible variances in temperature. Thermal imaging can be applied in a wide range of commercial industries including Public Safety, Wildlife Management, Building and Asset Management, and Healthcare. Originally developed for military use as a night vision instrument, thermal imaging cameras have quickly migrated to other industries in a wide range of uses. Like standard digital cameras, thermal cameras produce and display a digital copy of what the lens sees. The difference is that thermal cameras use infrared radiation (or heat) to generate the image – resulting in the ability to see beyond the range of visible light and view things that were previously invisible to the naked eye. In recent years handheld and mountable devices become readily available in the industry, and the ability to integrate thermal cameras into drone platforms has emerged as a necessity in delivering efficient and cost effective inspections. By working with AltoMaxx you gain a partner that understands those efficiencies – and has the equipment, expertise, and experience to safely and successfully support your operations.