Inspection and asset management software
19/02/2024
Screening Eagle Technologies has announced a new version of Inspect, the company’s intelligent inspection and asset management software. Inspect 4.0 provides users with several new capabilities that are said to make work in the field easier and more productive.
The first major update for Screening Eagle Inspect is the launch of the brand-new iPhone app. Designed to empower the entire inspection process, the app focuses on the core functionalities for inspectors and engineers to carry out their jobs even better. Now users can leverage the powerful iPhone camera for brilliant picture taking, can enjoy a comfortable user experience with the light weight of the device and are enabled to use both hands when required.
Inspect 4 is also more tailored to every user’s unique requirements with the new Field Dashboard to boost productivity in daily tasks. The newly introduced widgets function further boosts productivity in the field, allowing users to customise the Field Dashboard to their needs, available on iPhone and iPad.
For those who want to use an even more powerful camera in the field, where access is not possible for example, Inspect 4 has introduced its new automatic photo sorting feature. Photos from any external camera can now be assigned and then uploaded to Inspect Web and the software algorithm does the rest to sort them out to the exact spot location.
When visual data is not enough and non-destructive testing (NDT) is needed, Inspect’s new update brings exciting new capabilities. As of now, not only can NDT sensor datasets be linked to a spot, but all imaging data can be directly overlapped onto a 2D floor plan with the new Sensor Overlay feature. The overlay on the floor plan completely changes the perspective, allowing users to create fast reports with valuable information from the data that can be understood immediately. This significantly speeds up the scanning and reporting process as there is no need to extract data or use different tools to put the report together.
To further enhance customisability, Inspect 4 is introducing custom markers that can be predefined using different shapes and colours. This allows users to quickly assess data captured and define defect types and severities according to standards and customer requirements to provide a custom solution.
Inspect’s upcoming application programming interface (API) will enable users to keep their legacy system while improving the way they collect data. The RESTful API allows users to fetch all assets, spots and reports through simple hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests to download data in its simplest form. This means that they can bring data out of Inspect and into their own system, without having to export to Excel. In the era of big data and artificial intelligence (AI), Screening Eagle believes that providing solid frameworks to exchange data is essential to protecting the built world.
Furthermore, a new connector will enable users to create valuable dashboards in the industry-standard PowerBI. Users can simply log in with their Screening Eagle ID in the PowerQuery editor and start grabbing data to use as a source for creating graphs. This is all thanks to Inspect API, which is being rolled out as a private beta version.
To facilitate the inspection workflow further, Screening Eagle aims to provide Excel integration directly into Inspect, meaning that bridge index calculations or other periodic asset assessments according to local standards can be fully used and leveraged within the app.
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