Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft

Georg Gebald

Siegfried Forner

Clemens Dippold

Heinz Rohrich

A self-propelled inspection vehicle for piping systems includes a vehicle body in the form of a rigid, tightly-sealed housing having forward and rearward end faces as seen in a given insertion direction of the vehicle into the piping, a power supply disposed in the housing, a propulsion mechanism for resiliently bracing the housing against the inner surface of the piping, at least one motor connected to the power supply and to the propulsion mechanism for driving the propulsion mechanism, a television camera optical system having a given field of view being supported on the forward end face of the housing, and at least one light source associated with the given field of view being supported on the forward end face of the housing.

Self-propelled inspection vehicle

A manipulator head for the remotely controlled positioning and operation of a tool in the interior of a pipe includes:

Machining tool for pipes

A manipulator head for the remote-controlled positioning and operation of a grinding device within a pipe, which includes two support flanges having clamping devices and guide elements for extending the manipulator head; a frame rotatably mounted in the support flanges; a grinding device, fastened to the frame, with a drive and bearing member for a grinding tool, a drive device for axially adjusting the grinding device, and a feed device for radially fine-feeding the grinding tool, a motor for rotating the frame relative to the support flanges; feed line connections of the drive devices disposed on only one of the support flanges; the frame formed of two bearing flanges clamped together by spacer sleeves and clamping bolts; a base carriage guided on the spacer sleeves to travel axially to the manipulator head; a support carriage mounted on the base carriage and carring the drive motor for the grinding tool; a base plate secured, in parallel with the support flange, to the support carriage; the grinding tool comprised of a driven abrasive belt; and a retaining clip secured to the base plate.

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Kirchehrenbach, Germany

Georg Gebald