SICAME Australia, part of the global SICAME Group, has Certified V-TOL Rota-Fix™ as Recommended Drone Installer of Rotamarka™.

“This is great news”, says Mark Xavier, CEO of V-TOL. “Off the back of the manufacturer Balmoral Engineering’s endorsement of our Rota-Fix™ drone solution we now have a tripartite outcome for a world leading product where the manufacturer, global supplier and installer can truly offer a 'Supply & Apply' solution at any location electrical infrastructure can be found on the planet”, he continued.

“We look forward to rolling out V-TOL’s Rota-Fix™ in conjunction with SICAME and the Balmoral Rotamarka™. It will demonstrate how Australian companies and industry working closely together can deliver an innovative global solution,” said Dr Kye Morton, CTO of V-TOL.

For further information of V-TOL’s Drone installation solution for the placement of Rotamarka™ on electrical infrastructure go to DigitalTwin.Energy.

V-TOL Aerospace is pleased to announce that IP Australia has issued a Certificate of Registration Design for the Rota-Fix™ payload carrier, which is also Patent Pending.

The Rota-Fix™ payload carrier is designed to attach Balmoral Engineering’s Rotamarker™ product to both energised and de-energised electrical infrastructure. This certification, along with backing from industry partners such as Energy Queensland and Balmoral Engineering, is keeping the V-TOL's method of attaching Rotamarker™ visibility markers by drone at the forefront of energy infrastructure safety.

After three years of close collaborative development, testing and deployment, and despite the challenges of COVID, Balmoral Engineering working closely with V-TOL Aerospace and Energy Queensland (EQL), has certified V-TOL’s Rota-Fix™ Drone installation solution for the placement of Rotamarka™ on electrical infrastructure.

Balmoral’s Rotamarka is designed to deflect birds, low level aircraft, and potential ground based contact from electrical infrastructure. The Rotamarka™ is a world leader in infrastructure safety, as noted by Glen Cook, and is internationally recognised for EQL's safety strategy “Look Up & Live”.

“Key to our installations is the knowledge that V-TOL Rota-Fix™ has demonstrated the ability to safely install Rotamarka™ to the manufacture’s specifications without disruptions to live networks”

Gordon Hedges from Balmoral Engineering

This marks a key next step in the enabling capabilities that V-TOL Aerospace is now able to provide. Attaching the Rotamarka™ correctly, safely, and with minimal interruptions to the on-going operations of energy providers allows for on-going improvements to network safety standards without any of the typical downsides associated with this kind of work.

We look forward to rolling out V-TOL’s Rota-Fix™ and Balmoral’s Rotamarka™ using a “supply & apply” strategy wherever energy infrastructure is located. This outcome demonstrates how Australian companies and industry, working closely together, can deliver an innovative global solution.

Mark Xavier, CEO of V-TOL Aerospace

A short but sweet TV News Summary on the Ausgrid & V-TOL Rotamarka initiative at Lake St Clair.

We would like to acknowledge the wonderful flying club members at the Newcastle Paragliding Club and the Newcastle Hang Gliding Club. This is their most recent and amazing image flying above the beautiful Lake St Clair. We can see why Lake St Clair is truly a place to fly, as the view is just breath taking!  

Thank you club members for your kind words for the recently conducted safety work. It makes our efforts in developing the Rota-Fix technology and Ausgrid’s commitment to your safety even more rewarding.