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Ilosta
IGP Priority
Next Generation Installation and Operations & Maintenance
Support received
Funding support
Improving Blade Health Monitoring
Ilosta is a technology developer, headquartered in Glasgow, that provides innovative solutions for the renewables sector to improve the lifespan and performance of their structural assets.
The company was founded by Dr Saber Khayatzadeh, a chartered mechanical engineer and certified project manager, with over 10 years industrial experience.
Their innovative software accurately detects defects like leading-edge erosion and cracks on critical engineering structures, that then classifies, maps and evaluates the damage using advanced AI algorithms
Business profile
Ilosta is a leading technology provider in the offshore wind operations and maintenance field, best known for its innovative non-contact inspection technology designed to enhance the reliability and lifespan of engineering structures. Ilosta provides analytics to inspectors, surveyors, asset owners and insurance providers to give them a deeper understanding of their asset integrity empowering them to make better informed decisions and drive profitability. Ilosta’s ambition is to become the leading supplier of data analysis to the offshore wind sector both in the UK and, ultimately globally.
Provides software solutions to support operations and maintenance activities for the offshore wind sector.
Their innovative software offers developers a more cost-effective and efficient solution to monitoring assets and predicting defects than existing products on the market.
Ilosta software identifies and classifies damage to assets up to 30 times faster than traditional analysis methods.
Ilosta sought an Innovation Grant to develop a ground-breaking, non-contact digitised tool (Crack Map™) for the inspection and life assessment of wind turbine blades, particularly in the offshore wind sector.
The main goal of this project was to improve the reliability and accuracy of health monitoring in the offshore wind energy sector through a cloud-based software platform that automatically detects, classifies, maps, and analyses damage to offshore wind blades.
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Secured commercial work with UK asset owners and signed a commercial agreement with a UK leading wind service provider. Since engaging with OWGP, Ilosta has doubled its turnover and begun exporting into international markets.
Increased IP with the development of their new product Crack Map™ and secured investment to support further technical development of this technology.
Secured larger collaborative projects, including the Offshore Wind UK/US Collaboration (£0.5m), supported by Innovate UK and National Offshore Wind Research & Development Consortium (NOWRDC) US.
Before
Before engaging with OWGP, Ilosta had successfully completed OREC’s Launch Academy programme and had been supported by SE SMART Award, The Data Lab, Innovate UK, and Zero Waste Scotland, to enable early-stage commercialisation of some of their services. Having identified that current damage detection solutions had the capacity to gather large volumes of data but were unable to provide sufficient information to effectively investigate the causes of the defects, Ilosta sought to develop a more advanced tool capable of providing this insight to help developers make informed decisions about their assets.
What they say
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The Innovation Grant from OWGP played a pivotal role in the development of our Crack Map™ technology. Thanks to this support, we were able to significantly accelerate our research and development efforts, leading to a groundbreaking solution for blade health monitoring. Moreover, it enabled us to successfully expand into international markets. The collaboration and encouragement we received were truly invaluable to our growth and success.
DR SABER KHAYATZADEH
CEO & Founder of Ilosta
