Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Robotic inspection device for tank and pipe inspections
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Application No.: US16676240Application Date: 2019-11-06
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Publication No.: US11415260B2Publication Date: 2022-08-16
- Inventor: Amer D. Hajri , Rashid D. Al Hajri , Fikri A. Suwailah , Kazem H. Al Musabbeh
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01B7/06
- IPC: G01B7/06 ; G01N27/82 ; G06T7/00 ; F16L55/26 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/232 ; F16L101/30

Abstract:
Robotic inspection device for tank and pipe inspections includes a housing configured to be positioned on a portion within a flow apparatus. The portion has a wall with a coating on the wall. The coating has a coating thickness. The device has a magnetic transducer mounted to the housing. The magnetic transducer is configured to measure a magnetic flux permeability through the coating on the wall. A computer system is mounted to the housing. The computer system is operatively coupled to the magnetic transducer. The computer system includes one or more processors and a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving magnetic flux permeability measured by the magnetic transducer at a location on the portion and determining a coating thickness at the location based on the magnetic flux permeability measured at the location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210131604A1 ROBOTIC INSPECTION DEVICE FOR TANK AND PIPE INSPECTIONS Public/Granted day:2021-05-06
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