چکیده مقاله
One of the most important requirements in repairing and maintaining of pipelines is the ability to monitor and evaluate the pipes interior This work deals with the design and prototyping of an apparatus to traverse piping systems for inspection, cleaning and or examination of the piping systems At first, the existing pipe crawlers are studied and compared Furthermore, a mechanism of a crawler is proposed and modelled and the robot tested in vertical elbowed pipes and pipes with obstacle inside A pan and tilt camera and an ultrasonic sensor are mated on the robot However, any kinds of tools and sensors may be mounted on the robot
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شیوه ارجاع
Moghadam, M.M and Tafti, R.A and Hadi, A.R,1384,Design and Manufacturing of a Pipe Inspection Crawler (PIC),01st Tehran International Congress on Manufacturing Engineering (TICME2005),Tehran