Delivering up to 1.9 hp cutting power, the new air-powered IST PC200 from Pipeline Renewal Technologies makes quick work of lateral reinstatement. For optimum range and precision, its cutting arm articulates on four axes, each proportionally controlled with encoder feedback to reach and remember any cutting position in 8- to 28-inch relined pipe. The system is built on CANbus control architecture, which not only allows concurrent motion on all axes, but enables remote diagnostics, onboard temperature/pressure/humidity/pitch/roll sensing, easy accessorization, and swivel/zoom of the onboard camera.
“The IST PC200 makes remote cutting feel a lot less remote,” says Pete Kurz, business manager
