Design and kinematical analysis of the contra-flow crawler in pipeline

Author

Liu, Wei ; Zeng, Ming ; Zhang, Shimin

Author_Institution

Coll. of Mech. & Transp. Eng., China Univ. of Pet. - Beijing, Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

16-18 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

622

Lastpage

624

Abstract

Aim at solving the problems of the inspection and maintenance of some special pipelines. Firstly, two kinds of contra-flow tetherless mechanical pipeline crawlers will be introduced which are invented by Weatherford Corporation and Durham University respectively. Secondly, based on the foreign research, A new design of the contra-flow tetherless crawler is put forward. Thirdly, the model of the crawler is built and then analyzed in the perspective of kinematics to check the feasibility of the design. Finally, summarize the advantages and potential applying prospects of the contra-flow crawler.

Keywords

design engineering; industrial robots; inspection; maintenance engineering; mobile robots; pipelines; robot kinematics; Durham University; Weatherford Corporation; contraflow tetherless mechanical pipeline crawlers; inspection; kinematical analysis; maintenance; Crawlers; Educational institutions; Fasteners; Fluids; Pipelines; Shafts; Transportation; contra-flow crawling; kinematical analysis; pigging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yichang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8162-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6057766

Filename

6057766