Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for automated positioning of eddy current test probe
- Patent Title (中): 用于涡流探头自动定位的装置
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Application No.: US13963630Application Date: 2013-08-09
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Publication No.: US09273985B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Thomas O'Dell
- Applicant: BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee: BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
- Main IPC: G01D11/30
- IPC: G01D11/30 ; B66C1/54 ; F22B37/00 ; G01M5/00 ; G01N27/90
Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140033837A1 Apparatus for Automated Positioning of Eddy Current Test Probe Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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