MAGNETIC ATTRACTION CONVEYING VEHICLE AND IN-PIPE INSPECTION VEHICLE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conveying vehicle and an in-pipe inspection vehicle capable of entering a pipe and traveling even if the pipe diameter is varied and a vertical branch is present.;SOLUTION: Two magnetic attraction type crawlers 1 are bonded by a hinge 4 of two-freedom, thereby, the respective crawlers 1 are closely adhered to a pipe wall according to the shape of the pipe wall and are magnetically attracted. Further, the vehicle having a device 2 for giving stabilization moment so as not to be dropped off when it travels a vertical branch part is traveled inside the pipe by operating an independently driving type motor while monitoring the inside of the pipe by a TV camera. Thereby, an article is conveyed and the inside of the pipe is inspected by the small scale vehicle.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT