Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for evaluating a defect of a tubular object, capable of not only speedily detecting even the defect whose defective volume is small, but also identifying inner and outer surfaces having the defect. SOLUTION: The method employs a sensor equipped with a DC magnetizing coil 11 and an eddy-current flaw detection coil 12. In the method, an eddy-current flaw detection is carried out for a test tube which is or is equivalent of the tubular object 100 and has a plurality of kinds of simulated defects previously disposed on its inner and outer surfaces 101, 102, while DC magnetizing the test tube by using the sensor, and then the intensity of above DC magnetization and a test frequency of the eddy-current flaw detection coil 12 are selected so that the simulated defects can be detected, and the simulated defects located on any of the inner and outer surfaces 101, 102 of the tubular object 100 can be identified, by using both effects of a magnetic permeability change and an occurrence of eddy current E, E', and then the sensor is inserted into the tubular object 100, and the eddy-current flaw detection is carried out, while DC magnetizing the tubular object 100 in the condition of the selected DC magnetization intensity and test frequency. Which one of the inner and outer surfaces 101, 102 of the tubular object 100 has the defect is identified by using a detection signal of the eddy-current flaw detection coil 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piping inspection apparatus for linear piping in which a thickness of the linear piping can be measured quickly.SOLUTION: A piping inspection apparatus 1 for linear piping comprises a main body 33, a rotation suppression device 37 which suppresses rotation of the main body 33 in press-contact with an inner circumferential surface 101a within piping 101, a moving device 35 which moves the main body 33 in an axial direction within the piping 101 in press-contact with the inner circumferential surface 101a within the piping 101, and a measuring section 11 which is disposed at a position in the axial direction of the main body 33 and rotatable around a center axis of the main body 33. The measuring section 11 is capable of inspecting a state of the piping.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ultrasonic probe capable of performing time axis calibration, sensitivity adjustment, and speed correction of a surface wave associated with temperature change, without being affected by change in the tube diameter of a tubular object, and a method for measuring a circumferential length of the tubular object.SOLUTION: An ultrasonic probe comprises: a transmission oscillator 11 for transmitting an ultrasonic wave; a reception oscillator 12 for receiving the ultrasonic wave; a transmission opening 14 for fixing the transmission oscillator 11 and the reception oscillator 12 and changing the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the transmission oscillator 11 into a surface wave to propagate the surface wave to a tubular object 13; and a block body 16 having a reception opening 15 for receiving the surface wave propagated around the tubular object 13 and propagating the surface wave to the reception oscillator 12, at a bottom 17. Moreover, the transmission opening 14 and the reception opening 15 are provided at the same angle position in the circumferential direction with respect to the tubular object 13.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cavity testing method of concrete construct which can test a cavity for its presence and degree by boring only a single hole into the cavity. SOLUTION: In this method, at first a hole is bored into the concrete construct 100. Through this hole 130, let a given amount of gas flow in or flow out (hereinafter called "inflow, etc.") by a predetermined pressure. The volume of a cavity 120 communicating with the hole 130 based on time variation in pressure ratio obtained as the quotient of measuring pressure divided by the predetermined pressure. Then, the pressure ratio per time variation is determined by using the pressure ratio in the time zone when the pressure ratio began to be reduced after rapid depression. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bend pipe inspection device which can be inserted into a bend pipe having many bent parts on the same plane to measure thickness of the pipe and investigate the presence/absence of a damage in the pipe.SOLUTION: A bend pipe inspection device has: a link chain 14 formed by connecting a plurality of link materials 12 via rotation engagement parts 13 which become a right and left pair; a tabular wheel 15 which is attached to the rotation engagement parts 13 of the link chain 14 and in which the diameter thereof is larger than the height of the link chain 14; a bendable guide hose 16 which is inserted into the center of the link chain 14; and an inspection part 17 which is provided on the tip of the link chain 14. Each of the rotation engagement parts 13 has: a narrow connection plate part 19 which is provided opposite to the front side of one link material 12 and has a projection 18 directed toward the outside of the right and left directions; and a wide connection plate part 21 which is provided opposite to the rear side of the one link material 12 and has a round hole part 20 into which the projection 18 of the adjacent link member 12 is engaged, and the tabular wheel 15 is provided to the projection 18.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a position identification method for capillaries in a heat exchanger and a position identification device for the capillaries, which efficiently and reliably identify positions of capillaries to be subjected to various individual processes.SOLUTION: The position identification method and the position identification device 10 for a large number of capillaries 13 to be mounted on a tube plate 12 of a heat exchanger 11 include steps of: preparing a tube nest figure 21 illustrating the layout of capillaries 13 provided on the tube plate 12 and imparting an identification code that identifies its position to each capillary 19 described in the tube nest figure 21 corresponding to the capillary 13; disposing an identification slip 23 with the identification code described therein near the capillary 13 corresponding to the capillary 19; reading out the identification slip 23 corresponding to the capillary 13 by use of a reading device 25 provided in an implement 14 for carrying out an individual capillary process, upon carrying out the individual capillary process on the capillary 13; and starting the individual capillary process if the position of the capillary 13 coincides with the position of the corresponding capillary 19, or stopping the individual capillary process if the positions do not coincide.