In-furnace inspection machine utilizing a double-walled structure
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    发明授权
    In-furnace inspection machine utilizing a double-walled structure 失效
    炉内检验机采用双层结构

    公开(公告)号:US5594548A

    公开(公告)日:1997-01-14

    申请号:US462279

    申请日:1995-06-05

    摘要: A machine for inspecting the surface conditions of structural members within a furnace, particularly within a furnace operating at a high temperature or with a highly radioactive environment, such as a melting furnace for processing radioactive wastes. The machine comprises a laser-transmission optical fiber incorporated with a laser projector at one end thereof inserted into the furnace and being connected to a laser beam source outside the furnace; a fiberscope incorporated with the objective portion at one end thereof inserted into the furnace and being connected to an image sensor located outside the furnace; means for calculating the distance to a structural wall surface on which the laser beam from a tip portion of the inspection machine has fallen, by subjecting an image from the image sensor to image processing; a double-walled tube of a structure such that the laser-transmission optical fiber is incorporated through an inner tube thereof, and a coolant introduced into a passageway within the inner tube returns in the vicinity of the laser projector at the tip portion; and a double-walled tube of a structure such that the fiberscope is incorporated through an inner tube thereof, and a coolant introduced into a passageway within the inner tube returns in the vicinity of the objective portion at the tip portion.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检查炉内结构构件的表面状况的机器,特别是在高温或高放射性环境下操作的炉中,例如用于处理放射性废物的熔化炉。 该机器包括一激光传输光纤,该激光传输光纤在其一端插入炉内并与激光束源连接在炉外; 将其一端的物镜部分并入炉中并与位于炉外的图像传感器连接的纤维内窥镜; 用于通过对来自图像传感器的图像进行图像处理来计算到来自检查机的尖端部分的激光束已经下降的结构壁表面的距离的装置; 一种双层管,其结构使得激光透射光纤通过其内管并入,并且引入到内管内的通道中的冷却剂在尖端部分返回到激光投射器附近; 以及结构的双壁管,使得纤维内窥镜通过其内管并入,并且引入到内管内的通道中的冷却剂在尖端部分处返回到物镜部分附近。