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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Alexander Kyle Duncan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Todd William Danko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Venkata Vijayaraghava Nalladega, Watervliet, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for use in maintaining a pipe includes a motorized apparatus including a body assembly and at least one maintenance device. The at least one maintenance device includes a sprayer, a heater, and an infrared sensor. The system includes at least one controller configured to apply the at least one coating material to the interior surface of the pipe at a work location using the sprayer, heat the interior surface of the pipe at the work location using the heater to begin a cure of the at least one coating material, generate one or more infrared images of the work location using the infrared sensor while using the heater to cure the at least one coating material, and perform a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) of the work location based on the one or more infrared images.