Study of a New Cleaner for Pipe Weld Beading

Abstract:

When two slender pipes were girthed weld, some of un-solidified solder liquid would ooze from the weld gap. Then the weld beading would be formed in the pipeline after solidification. It is difficult to be cleared away because of the higher hardness. Up to now, there was no effective method to solve this problem. So how to guarantee the pipeline quality was a big question, and it would influence the benefit of companies seriously. This paper presents a new cleaner to solve this problem. The cleaner was driven by direct current motor, and the cutting tool mechanism was driven by pneumatic motor which can carry different kinds of cutting tools. For the question of passing through the bend, the cleaner was designed to specified size after accurate analyzing. And another significant part was monitor, which was mainly composed of camera and video. In the end, we designed a model cleaner and manufactured it. The cleaner had been tested on spot and achieved the desired effect.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 487)
• Pages: 302-307
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.487.302
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Yuan Zhang*, Guang Han, Ying Ying Wang, Kun Li
• Keywords: Cleaner, Pass through Bend, Pipeline Robot, Weld Beading

References

[1] Meiyan Zhang, Xiaoqiu Han, Design& simulation of a piping robot based on Pro/E and ADAMS, Machinery Design & Manufacture. (7): 22-24, (2011).

[2] Xiao Zhou, Xiaohua Zhang, Zongquan Deng, The development and prospects of pipeline robot, Robot. 20 (6): 471-478, (2008).

[3] XiaomingGan, BinshiXu, The development of pipeline robot, Robot Technology and Application. (6): 5-10, (2003).

[4] Mingwei Zhang, Yanheng Zhang, Hanxu Sun, QingXuanJia, Optimal Design and Traffic ability Analysis of a Flexible Squirm Pipe Robot, Development & Innovation of Machinery & Electrical Products. 25 (1): 6-8, (2012).

[5] Yongxiong Wang, Design and control of the pipeline robot mechanism, M.S. thesis, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. (2006).

[6] SichengNian, Yanheng Zhang, Hanxu Sun, Mingwei Zhang, QingxuanJia, Force Analysis of a Flexible Squirm Pipe Robot, Journal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. 36(1): 64-66, (2013).

[7] WenbinXie, Jianguo Yang, Peizhi Li, Study on pipeline defective robot, Mechanical Engineer. (1): 14-16, (2005).

[8] Dianwu Yu, Xuliang Sun, HegaoCai, Study of squirming robot in the pipeline, Journal of Kunming University of Science and Technology. 30(3): 46-49, (2005).

[9] Shengxi Jiao, Yuanxin Zhou, Yuduo Luan, Design and Implementation of Supervisory Control System for Pipeline Desalting Robot, Machine tool & Hydraulics. 41(11): 115-118, (2013).