Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetizers for pigging tools including a cushion
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Application No.: US16883222Application Date: 2020-05-26
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Publication No.: US10969366B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Ron Thompson , Min Xu
- Applicant: Novitech Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: Novitech Inc.
- Current Assignee: Novitech Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Main IPC: G01N27/82
- IPC: G01N27/82

Abstract:
Circumferential and axial magnetizers for a magnetic flux leakage pig. A magnet bar may comprise at least one magnet and may be configured to collapse radially inward to the shaft. Magnetizers may include a cushion disposed about the shaft and biasing the magnet bar against a pipe wall. A sensor head disposed between circuit poles at each polar end of the magnet monitors magnetic flux. The central shaft of a circumferential magnetizer or axial magnetizer may comprise a joint linking an additional smart pig module. A novel magnetizer cushion is described, as are smart pigs containing one or more circumferential or axial magnetizers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200284759A1 Magnetizers for Pigging Tools Public/Granted day:2020-09-10
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