Top Innovators
Scott Alford represents the Innovations in Predictive Maintenance team at Arizona Public Service.
PUF's Lori Burkhart: Scott, talk about the innovation that led to your winning the Nancy Fitzroy Top Innovator Award for Environment and Safety and its benefits to Arizona Public Service.
Scott Alford: Our Predictive Maintenance strategy includes twenty-six team members who are trained and certified in numerous inspection technologies, including a Boston Dynamics Spot the dog robot, a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)/Firstlook Tank, hot stick mounted cameras, and drones to ensure highly effective and safe non-contact inspections.
We're one of the only Transmission & Distribution groups doing predictive maintenance with advanced robotics, which allows us to do added work more effectively and efficiently, and it creates a safer environment for our workforce.