Moving apparatus for a hollow curved pipe-arrangement and an operating
method in the pipe-arrangement by using the moving apparatus
    1.
    发明授权
    Moving apparatus for a hollow curved pipe-arrangement and an operating method in the pipe-arrangement by using the moving apparatus 失效
    移动装置用于中空弯曲管道布置以及通过使用移动装置的管道布置中的操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US4644791A

    公开(公告)日:1987-02-24

    申请号:US641677

    申请日:1984-08-17

    CPC分类号: G01M3/005

    摘要: A moving apparatus for moving a moving member within a hollow curved pipe arrangement and method of performing operations within the pipe arrangement by using the apparatus, with the apparatus including a long moving member made of a material having an elasticity and a moderate degree of flexibility, a supporting device for continuously winding the moving member therearound and for supporting the same, and a prime mover connected to the supporting device, through a rotating shaft, so as to supply an electric power to the supporting device at the time of winding the moving member, whereby an elastic strain energy is stored in the moving member by rotating the supporting device by the prime mover and winding the moving member around the same, and, while the elastic strain energy thus stored is continuously released, the moving member is allowed continuously to move within the pipe arrangement. The operations performed include drawing a wire into the pipe arrangement, and inspecting the interior of the pipe arrangement by providing an inspection device on a tip end of the moving member of the moving apparatus and performing continuous inspecting operations within the pipe arrangement while the moving member is moved within the pipe arrangement.

    摘要翻译: 一种移动装置,用于在中空弯曲管道装置内移动移动构件,以及通过使用该装置在管道装置内执行操作的方法,该装置包括由具有弹性和中等柔度的材料制成的长移动构件, 用于在其周围连续地卷绕移动构件并支撑移动构件的支撑装置以及通过旋转轴连接到支撑装置的原动机,以便在卷绕移动构件时向支撑装置提供电力 由此通过由原动机旋转支撑装置并将移动部件绕其周围而将弹性应变能存储在移动部件中,并且,当这样存储的弹性应变能量被连续释放时,允许移动部件连续地 在管道安排内移动。 执行的操作包括将线材拉入管道装置中,并且通过在移动装置的移动构件的尖端上设置检查装置并且在管道装置内执行连续的检查操作来检查管道装置的内部,同时移动构件 在管道装置内移动。

    Method of and apparatus for conducting plasma welding
    2.
    发明授权
    Method of and apparatus for conducting plasma welding 失效
    用于等离子体焊接的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4918283A

    公开(公告)日:1990-04-17

    申请号:US257889

    申请日:1988-10-14

    CPC分类号: B23K10/02 B23K9/167

    摘要: A plasma welding method has successive steps including pre-heating of members to be welded, tack welding of the members for tentatively fixing these members, keyhole welding for completely welding the members to each other, and finish padding. These steps are automatically conducted by a single plasma welding apparatus operative in accordance with a programmed sequence including data concerning the optimum conditions of operation in each step in relation to the conditions such as sizes and materials of the members to be welded. The apparatus has a welding torch, a welding head on which the welding torch is mounted for rotation, a controller adapted for storing the optimum welding conditions for successive steps of the welding process in relation to the conditions of the members to be welded, a power supply system for transmitting welding current and welding speed signal to the welding head in accordance with a command provided by the controller, and a gas supply system for supplying a plasma gas at a rate determined in accordance with a command from the controller.

    Method of and apparatus for automatically conducting all position plasma
welding of pipes
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of and apparatus for automatically conducting all position plasma welding of pipes 失效
    自动进行管道等离子体焊接的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4788409A

    公开(公告)日:1988-11-29

    申请号:US84555

    申请日:1987-08-11

    CPC分类号: B23K10/02 B23K9/167

    摘要: A plasma welding method has successive steps including pre-heating of members to be welded, tack welding of the members for tentatively fixing these members, keyhole welding for completely welding the members to each other, and finish padding. These steps are automatically conducted by a single plasma welding apparatus operative in accordance with a programmed sequence including data concerning the optimum conditions of operation in each step in relation to the conditions such as sizes and materials of the members to be welded. The apparatus has a welding torch, a welding head on which the welding torch is mounted for rotation, a controller adapted for storing the optimum welding conditions for successive steps of the welding process in relation to the conditions of the members to be welded, a power supply system for transmitting welding current and welding speed signal to the welding head in accordance with a command provided by the controller, and a gas supply system for supplying a plasma gas at a rate determined in accordance with a command from the controller.

    Piping travelling apparatus
    4.
    发明授权
    Piping travelling apparatus 失效
    管道行走装置

    公开(公告)号:US4770105A

    公开(公告)日:1988-09-13

    申请号:US892285

    申请日:1986-08-04

    摘要: A piping travelling apparatus having a plurality of continuous treads driven by motors through transmission gearing. The continuous treads are mounted to a frame and spaced apart a predetermined distance peripherally of the inner wall surface of the piping. At least one of the continuous treads is kept in contact with the inner wall surface of the piping no matter what the posture of the apparatus may be, so that the apparatus can travel without any trouble even if its posture undergoes a change when it moves along elevations and depressions on the inner wall surface of the piping or negotiates the boundary between different levels of the inner wall surface or bends of the piping. The apparatus enables a travel through piping of relatively small diameter having vertical or steeply slanted pipes to be made without any trouble.

    摘要翻译: 一种管道传送装置,具有通过传动装置由马达驱动的多个连续胎面。 连续的胎面安装到框架并且在管道的内壁表面的外围隔开预定距离。 连续的胎面中的至少一个与管道的内壁表面保持接触,不管装置的姿势如何,使得即使其姿势在其移动时其姿势发生变化,该装置也可以无障碍地行进 在管道的内壁表面上的高度和凹陷或协调内壁表面的不同层次或管道的弯曲之间的边界。 该装置能够在没有任何麻烦的情况下通过具有垂直或陡倾斜管道的相对较小直径的管道行进。