ORFEUS – Look Ahead Technology for HDD

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Damage Prevention and Mitigation -- Pipe Locating

Damage Prevention and Mitigation -- Excavation Damage Prevention

ORFEUS is a pre-commercial system based on Ground penetrating Radar (GPR) Technology. The system is attached to the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) head for obstacle detection during drilling. The system is used to detect cross bores when the installed gas lines inadvertently transects a sewer line. The technology has a maximum “look ahead” range of approximately 20 inches.

ORFEUS is a full scale European Union (EU)- financed project aiming at furthering the HDD drill tip radar that was previously proven under an earlier project entitled “Optimized Radar to Find Every Utility in the Street” to a commercial stage. The ORFEUS Radar System has been field-demonstrated in Germany, France, and Slovenia with successful initial results. The unit was also demonstrated at PG&E utility test site in April 2017.

Increased Safety - Test

Reduced Operations Cost - Test 2

ORFEUS, Operational Radar For Every drill string Under the Street, D5.19 Demonstration completion report D5.19, 2015.