This event provides an overview of Corrosion Instruments (CI) technologies and demystifies cathodic protection measurement through highly accurate and simple automated instrumentation.
CI was founded with the intent of developing instrumentation and technology that did not exist but should.
After several years in the pipeline industry, founder Sam Pattemore identified many potential improvements for monitoring and measuring cathodic protection systems. Thus, Corrosion Instruments was founded to facilitate the development of this technology.
About the speaker
Sam Pattemore
Founder and Managing Director, Corrosion Instruments
Born and bred in Darwin, Sam Pattemore said he remembers having ideas of potential products and inventions as a child. His father was an engineer, and in turn, Pattemore developed a propensity to problem solve – to find different ways of doing things. After studying interstate, a bright-eyed engineer returned to the territory to begin his career, where he spent several years in the pipeline industry. It was here where the concept for Corrosion Instruments was born. One aspect of maintaining and operating pipelines is cathodic protection (CP) – protecting the structure from corrosion by applying an electric current. As the only electrical engineer in the NT branch of the company, Pattemore was responsible for this process.