Our Mission
To revolutionise CUI and moisture detection, through accessible & scalable solutions.
Our vision, is a future where the risks posed by CUI are easily mitigated, to the benefit of all stakeholders.
Subtera is an ISO9001 certified organisation, that provides non-intrusive CUI & moisture detection solutions to help industry reduce emissions, extend the life of existing assets, and maximise process availability.
Our non-contact, real time sensing technology determines the internal or underlying condition of assets protected by insulation, non-metallic cladding, coatings and other advanced materials used globally across the energy, chemical and processing industries.
Since our formation in 2012, Subtera has researched, developed and patented its unique passive inspection technology; the company’s headquarters are at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. In late 2024 Subtera will open an Aberdeen office, from where it will support it’s UK and European customers.
Supporting industry's transition to net zero
When corrosion causes pipework and vessels to fail, unplanned or ‘fugitive’ emissions are released into the atmosphere. By detecting the early onset of CUI and moisture, our technology helps to reduce these emissions.
Additionally, as part of achieving net zero, industry must safely extend the operational life of its existing infrastructure.
Subtera’s technology has been developed to reduce unplanned emissions resulting from the harmful effects of CUI. Through the timely detection of CUI and moisture the operational life of existing infrastructure can be safely extended.
The journey towards overcoming CUI
Ancient Romans insulated hot water pipes by wrapping them in cork.
During the industrial revolution, steam pipes in Great Britain are insulated using asbestos, a material originally invented in ancient Greece.
In the early 1970s it wasn’t deemed necessary to insulate process pipes operating below 150˚C as the cost of insulation was greater than the economic cost of the thermal loss; however, during the energy crisis the equation changed, and insulation became essential for energy conservation and safety.
Due to the massive increase of insulated pipework during the 1970s, hidden corrosion forming under the insulation becomes a significant industrial challenge.
Subtera is formed to advance sub-terahertz technology development for CUI detection and to help industry reduce unplanned emissions caused by corrosion.
Due to advancing sub-terahertz sensor technology originally developed for satellite based Earth observation, Subtera joins the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre.
The Net Zero Technology Centre awards Subtera a prototype handheld CUI detection tool development project, named Pi.
Subtera begins successful field trials of its prototype system, Pi, at UK and European facilities.
Due to the encouraging results from Pi’s field testing, Subtera is selected as part of the Net Zero Technology Centre’s Open Innovation Program, and subsequently begins development of Pi360 .
Announced as winner of the North Sea Transition Authority’s NIIFTA program.
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