A2072 IntroScan

DESCRIPTION

A2072 IntroScan is an Industrial-Robot from IntroScan Technology. It is built for Data Collection, Inspection, Scanning. Key figures: 18 kg, 480 min runtime.

A2072 IntroScan is an autonomous robotic in-line scanner-flaw detector for steel process pipelines, used above all on the piping of gas compressor stations. It drives inside pipes, bends, tees, reducers and valves from DN 300 to DN 1400 without the pipeline being cut open or cleaned, steering around contaminated areas, and finds, classifies and sizes defects in the pipe metal and welds, detects foreign objects and dirt, and locates places where the protective coating has come away. It is loaded through existing manholes, vent lines from DN 300 or process openings of about 340 x 240 mm. Magnetic motor-wheel modules built on rare-earth magnets hold it to the wall with a 600 N breakaway force, so it can climb vertical and oily surfaces and move along or around the pipe in any direction; Hall sensors detect wheel lift-off and three-axis MEMS inclinometers in each module trace the route and support automatic motion control. A two-axle platform lets it pass unequal tees and obstacles. For inspection it carries an antenna array of 32 dry point-contact ultrasonic transducers (20-80 kHz, shear-horizontal guided waves, defects deeper than 10% of wall thickness, up to 4 m inspected from one position) and front and rear HD camera modules with 5 MP sensors, 180-degree lenses, LED floodlights, a projection laser and a methane sensor. With no tether, it is controlled and streams data and video in real time over a Wi-Fi radio link up to 1,500 m from the entry point, running up to 8 hours on 200 Wh lithium iron phosphate polymer batteries.

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