Send in the robots: Elizabethtown Gas deploys tech to help with repair project

Send in the robots: Elizabethtown Gas deploys tech to help with repair project

In January, Elizabethtown Gas completed a gas main repair in Port Elizabeth through an innovative method – advanced robotics. For the project, the South Jersey Industries subsidiary used a cast-iron sealing robot – or CISBOT, developed and deployed by New York-based ULC Technologies. Here’s how it works: The CISBOT enters live gas mains through a very small opening in the street, traveling hundreds of feet in either direction underground to inte…