Yateks Africa · Flagship inspection platform
The XPlus is the top of the Yateks range: a remote visual inspection system built around a computing platform rather than a simple camera and screen. Joystick control drives full 360° four-way articulation with a patented locking brake, and probes run from 2.3 mm to 8.4 mm. ISO-Reliability Partners supplies, supports and services the full Yateks range across Africa.
The XPlus is aimed at inspections where the report matters as much as the look: turbine sections, wind assets, rail components and pressure systems. It runs an Android-based operating system with three neural processing units, 8 GB of RAM and a 128 GB solid-state drive, so recordings, log files and future software tools all live on the instrument itself.
Probe steering is precise and lag-free, and the patented automatic brake holds the tip where you put it. That matters on long inspections, because the view stays put while you photograph it, annotate it or bring someone over to look.
An on-screen display shows where the camera head is pointing. Deep inside a casing you lose all sense of orientation, so knowing the tip attitude is the difference between a repeatable inspection and a guess about which blade you were looking at.
The high-resolution, high-contrast screen adjusts to ambient brightness. As a result the same instrument works in a dark turbine hall and outdoors on a wind tower, without the washed-out screen that makes defect calls unreliable.
Probes use CMOS sensors with multipixel technology, in a choice of depth of field ranges and viewing directions, including multi-camera heads. Illumination options cover white-light fibre, LED, infrared and UV, and some heads carry built-in sensors such as temperature.
Two USB-A sockets, one USB-C, HDMI out for an external HD screen and an audio socket for a microphone. You can narrate a video as you record it, which is far quicker than writing the commentary up afterwards. A real-time clock timestamps defined inspection periods.
ISO-Reliability Partners holds the Yateks range for the African market. You get local quoting, probe selection advice and after-sales support from the same team that handles our oil analysis and preventative maintenance programmes.
The XPlus takes interchangeable probes, so one base unit covers a wide range of access points and lighting conditions. Diameter, illumination and viewing direction are specified separately, which is what lets the instrument suit several very different inspections.
Diameter
2.3 – 8.4 mm
The range spans tight-access work through to large-bore inspection. The probe outer skin is tungsten-braided for abrasion resistance in service.
Illumination
White · LED · IR · UV
White-light fibre and LED cover general inspection. Infrared and UV heads open up fluorescent penetrant work, leak tracing and contamination checks that white light alone will not show.
Optics and sensing
MPT CMOS
Multipixel-technology sensors are offered in several depth-of-field ranges and viewing directions, including multi-camera heads. Some heads carry built-in sensors such as temperature.
| Operating system | Android-based, icon-driven touchscreen interface |
|---|---|
| Memory | 8 GB RAM, upgradable |
| Storage | 128 GB built-in SSD |
| Processing | Three built-in neural processing units (NPUs) |
| Display | High-resolution, high-contrast, adjustable to ambient brightness |
| Ports | 2 × USB-A, 1 × USB-C, HDMI output, audio socket |
| Audio | Microphone input for dubbing video recordings |
| Timing | Real-time clock for measuring defined periods |
| Wireless | Built-in WLAN and Bluetooth |
| Articulation | Full 360°, four-way |
|---|---|
| Tip control | Joystick, with patented automatic locking brake |
| Tip orientation display | Steering Map probe head positioning |
| Probe diameters | 2.3 mm to 8.4 mm |
| Image sensor | CMOS with multipixel technology (MPT) |
| Head options | Multiple depth-of-field ranges, viewing directions, multi-camera heads |
| Illumination | White-light fibre, LED, infrared, UV |
| Built-in sensors | Temperature sensing available on selected heads |
| Insertion tube | Robust outer skin with tungsten braiding |
Working lengths, battery life, ingress protection and operating temperatures vary by configuration. Ask us for the full XPlus datasheet and we will send the figures for the probes you are considering.
Because the XPlus runs a full operating system, Yateks lists a set of functions as upgradeable rather than fixed at purchase. Availability differs by configuration and firmware version, so treat the list below as a roadmap and confirm what is active on your unit before you buy on the strength of it.
We will confirm in writing which of these are enabled on the configuration we quote you. If 3D defect measurement is a firm requirement today rather than later, tell us and we will point you at the right instrument for it.
This is the instrument for inspections that are scheduled, documented and audited, rather than quick look-and-see checks. These are the sectors it is built for.
Visual inspection works best alongside fluid data. Pairing videoscope findings with oil analysis and condition monitoring tells you both what the wear looks like and what it is made of.
The G Series is a fixed-view borescope for routine daily checks. The M-ADV adds joystick articulation in a light handheld body. The XPlus sits above both: four-way articulation, a far wider probe and illumination range, and a computing platform that stores and processes the inspection record.
It means the tip bends on two axes rather than one, so you can reach any point in a 360° sweep instead of only up and down. On a turbine blade or a weld root, that is the difference between seeing the defect and seeing past it.
UV heads support fluorescent penetrant inspection and leak tracing, where a dye glows under ultraviolet light. Infrared heads pick up thermal detail that white light cannot show. Both are specified per probe, so tell us the inspection method and we will match the head to it.
Yateks lists built-in measurement with a 3D point cloud among the upgradeable functions rather than as a standard feature. If measurement is a firm requirement now, ask us about the Realta 3D and P Series instruments, which are built around it.
Recordings sit on the 128 GB internal SSD. Copy them over USB-A or USB-C, or use the built-in WLAN. HDMI drives an external HD screen if someone else needs to watch the inspection live.
Yes. ISO-Reliability Partners supplies the Yateks range across Africa from Germiston, Gauteng, and handles quoting, training, spares and service locally. Call +27 10 449 6414 or send us a message.
Tell us the asset, the access opening, the reach and the inspection method, and we will specify the probes and camera heads and quote it. No obligation.