An apparatus for automated inspection and repair of a tube sheet. The apparatus has a rotating gripper pod, comprising at least one tube gripper, a sliding body portion containing the gripper pod; a housing portion comprising at least one tube gripper and a tool head coupling. The tool head coupling swapably attaches to a eddy current test probe and at least one kind of tube repair tool. Novel, auto-locking tube grippers are also disclosed. A serial bus connects electronic modules within the apparatus and also connects the apparatus to an external controller.
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF EDDY CURRENT TEST PROBE
VORRICHTUNG ZUR AUTOMATISIERTEN POSITIONIERUNG EINER EDDYSTRÖMUNGSTESTSONDE
APPAREIL DE POSITIONNEMENT AUTOMATISÉ DE SONDE D'ESSAI PAR COURANTS DE FOUCAULT
2019-03-13
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F22B Verfahren der Dampferzeugung , METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION / B66C Krane , CRANES / G01M TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES , Prüfen der statischen oder dynamischen Massenverteilung rotierender Teile von Maschinen oder Konstruktionen / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF EDDY CURRENT TEST PROBE
European Patent Office | 2020
Apparatus for automated positioning of eddy current test probe
European Patent Office | 2016
|APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF EDDY CURRENT TEST PROBE
European Patent Office | 2017
|APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF EDDY CURRENT TEST PROBE
European Patent Office | 2016
|APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED POSITIONING OF EDDY CURRENT TEST PROBE
European Patent Office | 2020