Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Deploys AR Smart Glasses, Opening a New Model for Inspection and Operations-and-Maintenance
Recently, an AR smart glasses system led and developed by the Instrumentation and Control Department of Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. was officially put into on-site use. This system is not merely a wearable device, but a digital solution designed to fundamentally address pain points in field operations, and it is driving a profound transformation in frontline inspection and operations-and-maintenance practices.
In the past, when on-site staff encountered difficult issues during complex instrument maintenance, they could only repeatedly describe the fault over the phone while backend experts tried to make judgments remotely. Communication was time-consuming and laborious, and sometimes several phone calls were needed just to explain one problem clearly. More critically, the entire process lacked records, so post-event review and traceability depended only on memory, greatly reducing reliability.
The deployment of AR smart glasses directly addresses these pain points. After on-site workers put on the glasses, backend experts can gain an “on-the-scene” view through real-time video, turning communication from abstract verbal descriptions into intuitive visual collaboration and greatly improving both decision-making efficiency and accuracy. At the same time, the entire operation is automatically recorded and uploaded to the backend for archiving, allowing retrieval at any time and ensuring that critical actions are traceable and verifiable, thus laying the foundation for quality control and knowledge accumulation.
The system also integrates thermal imaging temperature measurement, which helps identify abnormal equipment temperatures. Inspectors no longer need to carry separate temperature-measurement instruments, and abnormal points are displayed directly within the lens field of view. In addition, functions for automatic identification of equipment nameplates and comparison with work-order information can automatically verify details after a nameplate is scanned, while key operational steps provide checking prompts, effectively reducing errors from manual verification.
The successful deployment of these AR smart glasses is one of the practical outcomes achieved by Hongyanhe Nuclear Power during CGN’s first Science and Technology Innovation Month. The company stated that it will continue to practice the theme of “Contributing to the 15th Five-Year Plan, Forging Hard Power Through Technology,” further deepening intelligent operations and maintenance and digital collaboration, and providing stronger support for the safe and stable operation of nuclear power through innovation.
