Conducting a Factory Acceptance Test over the Internet

Innovative Response to COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

Through our work for Defence, BlueZone Group has been designated as an essential business and we are working hard to keep servicing our defence and other customers through challenging and rapidly changing times.

When the BlueZone engineering ream was faced with customer travel restrictions for a planned Factory Acceptance Test they found an innovative way to keep going with the test using video and voice over IP to support witness of the test over the internet. Four video cameras were deployed to capture the test of a large robotic system for pipeline inspection in the BlueZone facility in Newcastle NSW. Meanwhile, the customer observed the test in detail from their offices in Melbourne.

Engineering Manager, Norman Ballard, said that the test method was very successful. “We even provided for a ‘roving’ camera for the auditor,” said Norman, “using this camera the auditor could independently direct witness of any part of the FAT activity or detailed inspection of components and equipment.

BlueZone was very thankful for the support for this approach received from our customer and looks forward to continuing this major project with commissioning trials.

BlueZone engineers and technicians support a Factory Acceptance Test for a customer observing from a remote location.