WELD SCANNER FOR REAL-LIFE BRIDGE AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20190331610A1
• Filed: 04/28/2017
• Published: 10/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hohai University
• Original Assignee: Hohai University
• Inventors: Fu, Zhongqiu, Ji, Bohai, Wang, Qiudong, Yuan, Zhouzhiyuan
• Granted Patent: US 10,788,432 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/88 Investigating the presence of flaws or contamination
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/95 characterised by the material or shape of the object to be examined G01N21/89 - G01N21/91, G01N21/94 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2201/103 Scanning by mechanical motion of stage
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/83 by investigating stray magnetic fields
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/87 using probes

Abstract

A weld scanner for a real-life bridge and scanning method thereof is disclosed. The weld scanner includes a running portion and a scanning portion mounted on a scanner chassis. A front end and a tail end of the scanner chassis are both provided with a laser range finder. A magnet is arranged at a bottom portion of the scanner chassis. The scanning portion includes a probe slider, a bendable metal pipe and a probe connected in sequence. A gear is arranged on the probe slider, and the gear is meshed with a rack inside a scanner chassis chute. The weld scanner scans while the running portion moves forward along a weld, and scans a suspected defect position more carefully when a magnetic field change is detected.

Claims

1. A weld scanner for a real-life bridge, comprising a running portion and a scanning portion mounted on a scanner chassis, wherein a front end and a tail end of the scanner chassis are both provided with a laser range finder, a magnet is arranged at a bottom portion of the scanner chassis, the scanning portion and the running portion are connected by a chute, the scanning portion comprises a probe slider, a bendable metal pipe and a probe connected in sequence, a gear is arranged on the probe slider, and the gear is meshed with a rack in the chute, and the probe comprises a fixed sleeve, a magnet, a magnetic resistance sensor and a camera, the magnet is mounted in the fixed sleeve, the magnetic resistance sensor is mount at an end of the magnet, and the camera is fixedly mounted on an outer wall of the sleeve.

2. The weld scanner for a real-life bridge according to claim 1, wherein the magnet is an artificial permanent magnet.

3. The weld scanner for a real-life bridge according to claim 1, wherein the scanner chassis is internally provided with a power supply and a control device.

4. The weld scanner for a real-life bridge according to claim 3, wherein the control device is connected to a wireless transceiver.

7. The weld scanner for a real-life bridge according to claim 1, wherein a wheel of the running portion is wrapped with a rubber pad, a wall of the scanner chassis is provided with a wire through hole, the scanner chassis and the probe slider are provided with a USB interface, and an end portion of the scanner chassis chute is provided with a detachable fixing baffle.

8. A scanning method of the weld scanner for a real-life bridge according to claim 1, wherein:

the weld scanner scans along a weld direction and gathers signals of all members to a control device;

the control device controls the running portion and the scanning portion, and sends the signals to a client; and

the client analyzes the signals, further obtains a coordinate and a macroscopic image of a suspected defect position according to initially set coordinate positions, and controls an advancing speed of the weld scanner by controlling a frequency converter of the weld scanner, so that the weld scanner can scan the suspected defect position more carefully when a magnetic field change is detected.

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