ULC Technologies

Summary

About

About ULC Technologies

ULC Technologies combines specialised gas-network equipment with field teams that operate it for utilities and contractors. CISBOT works inside live cast-iron mains to repair joints from within the pipe, while camera and crawler systems investigate blockages, material changes and other conditions without opening every section of the network.

Inspection results also support asset records. ULC’s locating services identify pipe routes and internal features, then add geographic coordinates for utility mapping. Its wider offering includes acoustic cross-bore detection, cased-pipeline inspection and electrical-conduit surveys. The business joins equipment development with on-site operation and data delivery, allowing utilities to obtain an inspection or repair service as well as the underlying technology.

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Deployments

  • Operating use

    2024-11-15 - ULC reported that CISBOT systems had sealed more than 130 miles of live 15- to 42-inch gas mains since 2009. - CISBOT live gas-main remediation since 2009

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Supply

Supply chain relationships

  • Meta

    Outbound - Robotics System - ULC says Meta contacted ULC for the aerial fiber-deployment robot and that Bombyx was built for Meta

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Team

  • Jonathan Russell - General Manager

Timeline

Events

  • 2025-03-18 - Award - ULC Technologies named a 2025 Fast Company energy innovator

    ULC highlighted CISBOT, the DDC-125 drawdown compressor and its automated medium-voltage cable-end preparation system as examples of deployed innovation. The cable system had completed a fully remote end-preparation field test in February 2024 without human intervention at the work point. The recognition reflects ULC's expansion from gas-pipeline robotics into electric-utility automation while operating inside SPX Technologies.

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  • 2024-11-15 - Deployment - ULC deploys 12-inch CISBOT for live gas-main repair

    ULC Technologies successfully deployed its new 12-inch CISBOT for internal joint repair in a live cast-iron gas main. The robot sealed the original 60-joint scope and the customer expanded the work by another 29 joints. The 12-inch CISBOT extended ULC robotic cast-iron joint remediation into medium-diameter gas mains.

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  • 2020-09-02 - Acquisition - SPX acquires ULC Robotics utility inspection technology business

    ULC brought SPX a robotics-as-a-service operation built around CISBOT inspection and rehabilitation of live gas-distribution mains. SPX placed ULC in its Detection and Measurement segment to expand location, inspection and underground-infrastructure capabilities. At acquisition, ULC reported approximately 160 employees, a Hauppauge headquarters and a significant operating presence in the United Kingdom.

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  • 2018-06-05 - Award - DOE funds ULC pipe-dwelling inspection robot development

    The U.S. Department of Energy project targeted robotic inspection and rapid repair inside live natural-gas pipelines. ULC planned to study integration with SCADA networks so utilities could mobilize inspection in response to operating data. The funded concept placed a pipe-dwelling robot inside the network for repeatable access, distinct from one-time crew-launched inspection tools.

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Relations

Relationships

  • SPX Technologies

    Parent Company - ULC Technologies is part of SPX Technologies and operates within its location and inspection portfolio.

  • SPX Corporation

    Acquirer - SPX Corporation acquired ULC Robotics.

  • U.S. Department of Energy

    Granting Agency - DOE SBIR funding supported ULC pipe-dwelling inspection robot development.

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Shared workflows

Context tags

  • Pipeline and sewer inspection - Workflow - Live-pipe inspection and repair robots are long-running commercial systems.
  • Utility infrastructure robotics - Peer Group - Robotics for gas, electric and renewable infrastructure defines the company's market.
  • Industrial automation and robotics integrator - Stack Layer - ULC combines custom engineering, AI, sensing and field deployment.