Single-axle inspection endoscope with a spherical camera and a method for the internal inspection of the current generating machines

摘要

Internal components of the current generating machines such as, for example, gas turbines motors, with a spherical, optical camera inspection system is to be inspected, the on a single-axis inspection endoscope with a compact diameter which is mounted within an inspection opening or a different accessible point of introduction can be inserted. The inspection of the endoscope has interlocking, non-rotatable telescopic tubes, which define a pull-out axis. Protection against torsion is telescopic tubes, which have sleeves, the sliding fashion to an axial cooperating groove on an outer circumferential surface of a gripped tube is in the engagement. The camera is along an endoscope - pull-out axis, by means of nested drive pipes advanced, and / or is retracted, in which at least an external drive spindle is encompassed on a drive tube and respective an internal thread, which are formed in an encircling the interior of the drive, are incorporated. The spherical camera has a field of view of 360 degrees and records images, without the endoscope - pull-out axis in order to rotate.