Invention Application
- Patent Title: PIPE PIG FOR INSPECTING A PIPELINE
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Application No.: US15575471Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US20180172638A1Publication Date: 2018-06-21
- Inventor: Steve Banks , Sung Quek , Vladimir Torres , Bosco Fernandes
- Applicant: I2I PIPELINES LIMITED
- Priority: GB1508570.7 20150519
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/051409 WO 20160516
- Main IPC: G01N27/90
- IPC: G01N27/90 ; F16L55/38 ; F16L55/40

Abstract:
A pipe pig for travelling along the bore of a pipe, the pipe pig comprising a body formed of a deformable material comprising foam, and a plurality of electromagnetic sensors disposed about an outer surface of the body or within the body. The plurality of electromagnetic sensors include means for inducing an electric current in a wall of the pipe, and means for receiving an electromagnetic signal from the wall of the pipe, such that data about the pipe wall can be obtained as the pipe pig travels along a bore of the pipe.
Public/Granted literature
- US10444191B2 Pipe pig for inspecting a pipeline Public/Granted day:2019-10-15
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