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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2003
Randall K. Lewis, Fairport, NY (US);
William J. Harris, Farmington, NY (US);
Katherine J. Steinke, Rochester, NY (US);
Randall K. Lewis, Fairport, NY (US);
William J. Harris, Farmington, NY (US);
Katherine J. Steinke, Rochester, NY (US);
R. Brooks Associates, Inc., Williamson, NY (US);
Abstract
A remote inspection device for the inspection of the tubesheet in-bundle region of a steam generator. The device includes a rail system that is easily and quickly mounted to the end of tube at an in-bundle region of a steam generator, a carriage movable on the rail system for feeding at flexible, tape-like wand into the tube, and a probe mounted on an end of the flexible, tape-like wand for performing the inspection operation. The flexible, tape-like wand, which is composed of a flexible metal alloy, has a non-circular center section forming a channel for receiving cabling for the probe and opposed flat, wings on either side of the non-circular center section. Each wing has a row of feed holes positioned remote from the center section that provide engagement with a feed wheel of the carriage.