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GIS Hydrant and Valve Inspector System

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The AMERICAN Flow Control Hydrant and Valve Inspector by Trimble® allows utilities to scan a barcode attached to all newly purchased AMERICAN Flow Control hydrants and gate valves; recording the exact specification of the hydrant or valve, while capturing its exact GPS location. The information is seamlessly transferred to the utility’s ESRI® Geodatabase either wirelessly, while in the field, or when you return to the office.

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The AMERICAN Flow Control Hydrant and Valve Inspector by Trimble® allows utilities to scan a barcode attached to all newly purchased AMERICAN Flow Control hydrants and gate valves; recording the exact specification of the hydrant or valve, while capturing its exact GPS location. The information is seamlessly transferred to the utility’s ESRI® Geodatabase either wirelessly, while in the field, or when you return to the office.

Features

  • Utilizes existing Trimble® and ESRI® technology.
  • Integrates GPS technology and 2D barcode scanning with hydrant specifications, digital photos, sketches and electronic signatures.
  • Seamless integration into ESRI® Geodatabase.
  • Interoperability with existing ESRI® ArcGIS, ODBC compliant computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) or enterprise resource planning databases (ERP).
  • Works with choice of Trimble® devices.
  • 2D External Bluetooth® barcode support.
  • Can be used on existing hydrant and valve installations.
  • Simple non-technical user interface.
  • Configurable forms for easy simple collection of field data.

Benefits

  • Establishes accurate GPS location of hydrant or valve.
  • Simple, easy to use handheld solution to maintenance issues.
  • Improves record keeping and data management.
  • Increases productivity.
  • Reduces costs by improving work flow process.
  • Standardizes field data collection.
  • Reduces data entry errors.

What does this mean?
The AMERICAN Flow Control Hydrant Inspector by Trimble® puts hydrant maintenance and record keeping directly into the hands of the mobile workforce. The Hydrant Inspector provides a complete solution to asset location and management, improves field operations, enhances system reliability, reduces costs and improves worker productivity.

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