Invention Grant
US09279582B2 Method and apparatus for delivering a tool to the interior of a heat exchange tube
有权
用于将工具输送到热交换管的内部的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for delivering a tool to the interior of a heat exchange tube
- Patent Title (中): 用于将工具输送到热交换管的内部的方法和装置
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Application No.: US13891219Application Date: 2013-05-10
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Publication No.: US09279582B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Lyman J. Petrosky , Kurt K. Lichtenfels , Phillip J. Hawkins
- Applicant: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Cranberry Township
- Agency: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
- Agent Richard J. Coldren
- Main IPC: F28G13/00
- IPC: F28G13/00 ; F22B37/00

Abstract:
A delivery system for remotely driving an eddy current probe through the tubing of a heat exchanger. The system uses a flexible shaft and air pressure to move an inspection probe through the heat exchanger tubes. The flexible shaft initially drives the probe through a sealed conduit to deliver the probe to the tube end at which point a seal on the shaft near the probe head contacts the tube inner surface allowing a buildup of air pressure behind the seal, thus driving the probe through the tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140332178A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A TOOL TO THE INTERIOR OF A HEAT EXCHANGE TUBE Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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