DocumentCode
1011834
Title
Pipe crawling inspection robots: an overview
Author
Roman, H.T. ; Pellegrino, B.A. ; Sigrist, William R.
Author_Institution
Public Service Electr. & Gas Co., Newark, NJ, USA
Volume
8
Issue
3
fYear
1993
fDate
9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
576
Lastpage
583
Abstract
Pipe crawling inspection robots (PCIRs) are playing an important and expanding role in remote testing and inspection of 4 in. to 8 ft. diameter pipes. PCIRs provide the power, process and pulp industries with an economical and time-saving approach to inspection of insulated, buried or inaccessible pipes. Three locomotive mechanisms of PCIRs, commonly-employed nondestructive testing (NDT) sensors and techniques, as well as field deployments are discussed in this paper
Keywords
electric sensing devices; inspection; nondestructive testing; robots; NDT; buried pipes; inaccessible pipes; insulated pipes; locomotive mechanisms; nondestructive testing sensors; pipe crawling inspection robots; power industry; process industries; pulp industry; remote testing; Cameras; Costs; Humans; Inspection; Mobile robots; Probes; Robot vision systems; Shape control; TV; Welding;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0885-8969
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/60.257076
Filename
257076
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