Since 2012, Li has carried out a total of 4,200 drone line inspection flights, with a flight duration of 1,000 hours. He has inspected 8,900-based electric pole tower and 2,600km corridor, and found 2,400 defects, ensuring safe and stable operation of the line and demonstrating the proud achievements of a young drone pilot.
After graduation from the university, Li Gangtao came to the maintenance company to become an ordinary inspector, shoulder the responsibility of ensuring the power grid "highway" daily maintenance. But the line environment of hardship, complexity is Li Gangtao did not think of, he often has to climb over mountains and mountains, the wind and the street. In order to solve the practical problems of long line span, steep mountain road and dangerous line patrol, Hebei Maintenance And Repair Company of State Grid established a small civil drone application research center in the transmission transport inspection center in 2012. Li Gangtao was lucky to be selected in the center and embarked on the road of drone inspection pilot.
In order to master this new skill as soon as possible, Li Kept searching and learning the knowledge related to various types of drone in his spare time. Less than a month after he came into contact with it, he became one of the first qualified drone operators of the company and obtained the qualifications of both rotor and fixed wing operators at the same time. After three months of study and practice, he mastered the essence of drone inspection system and began to use drone for line inspection.
During the epidemic this year, all areas were under closed management, and in many cases maintenance workers were unable to reach the designated locations to inspect the transmission equipment. After a week of hard work, Li Gangtao led the drone operation class and inspected all the 245-based towers in the mountainous area. In this "big battle", 11 hidden dangers were found in time, which effectively prevented abnormal accidents on the line and ensured the safe and stable operation of the line during the epidemic. "Without drones, a complex circuit like this would only be able to inspect more than 20 base towers at a time. Technology has made our work more efficient and less difficult." "Said Li.
