Equipment for detecting hidden dangers in embankments, developed by Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Co, has completed performance optimization and will soon be transported to the Yellow River embankment for field testing, providing technological support for flood season safety.

An engineer checks the equipment. [Photo/Baotou news network]

The equipment combines cutting-edge detection technology with a highly mobile platform and consists of four main parts, including unmanned detection vehicles, data processing shelters, and power distribution systems. Among them, unmanned exploration vehicles feature high passability and strong off-road performance, and can flexibly maneuver across complex embankments.

Equipped with multi-source sensors such as ground penetrating radar, transient electromagnetic instruments, and elastic seismic wave detectors, the unmanned vehicles can go deep into dams in the rapid survey mode, integrate various instrument data, interpret and judge potential underground hazards, and transmit key data to the rear command cabin. The deepest hidden danger indicators can be detected at depths of 60 to 65 meters underground.

The equipment features a split structure that is practical, safe, and reliable, capable of adapting to the harsh environment of field embankment inspections. After testing, the company will optimize the design and promote cost reduction to enhance technological flood prevention.