Touchless™ Monitoring Solutions for Underground Applications Across the Globe
Underground distribution systems serve some of the most densely populated urban areas on the planet. When they fail, the impact is immediate and widespread. Failing cable insulation, degrading joints, and splices under stress all build toward the same outcome: arcing, unplanned outages, and repairs that are costly, disruptive, and difficult to execute underground.
Systems With Intelligence’s IoT-based thermal monitoring technology gives operators continuous visibility into underground operations. Developing faults get detected early. Maintenance teams act before failure occurs. Urban populations stay connected.
Why Underground Operations Demand Continuous Monitoring
Underground distribution failures don’t just inconvenience people. They disrupt businesses, affect public safety, and trigger costly emergency repairs in confined, difficult-to-access environments. The challenge is that the components most likely to fail, including cable insulation, joints, and splices, degrade gradually and invisibly. By the time a fault becomes detectable through traditional inspection, significant damage has often already occurred.
Continuous thermal monitoring changes what operators can see. SWI’s technology tracks asset conditions around the clock, identifying the thermal changes that precede failure and giving maintenance teams the advance warning they need to plan a safe, targeted intervention.
Take a Virtual Tour of SWI's Underground Monitoring Technology
Explore SWI’s Interactive 3D Explorer to see how Touchless™ monitoring is deployed across underground distribution environments. Get a clear picture of sensor placement, coverage, and what continuous underground visibility looks like in practice.