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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2013
Applicants:
Manfred Topueth, Wassenberg, DE;
Michael Krauhausen, Aachen, DE;
Jochen Vochsen, Erkelenz, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMS MEER GMBH, Moenchengladbach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/245 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2408 (2013.01); G01B 11/245 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for three-dimensionally imaging a pipe centered on and extending along an axis has supports for supporting the pipe by engagement with only an inside surface of the pipe such that an outer surface of the pipe is entirely exposed. A scanner is spacedly juxtaposed with and around the outer surface of the pipe. The scanner and the pipe can be relatively axially displaced such that the scanner passes along a full length of the pipe for scanning of the entire outer surface.