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US 11,353,407 B2Granted
Techniques for control of non-destructive testing devices via a probe driver
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorBryan Christopher Morris
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Abstract
A probe driver may include a coupling that interfaces with a conduit section at a first position of the conduit section. A probe driver may also have one or more positioning elements to reposition the conduit section to interface with the coupling at a second position of conduit section in response to one or more commands based on a recorded inspection, where through completing the one or more commands is configured to initiate a second inspection identical to the recorded inspection.
Claims15
A probe driver, comprising:
- a coupling including an inner housing and an outer housing, the coupling being configured to interface with a conduit section at a first position of the conduit section;
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- a rotation mechanism including a surface, a turning gear, and a motor;
- wherein the surface is configured to couple to the inner housing and the motor is configured to rotate the turning gear in response to one or more commands, wherein the one or more commands are operative to drive the rotation mechanism surface in rotation and cause the inner housing of the probe driver and the conduit section to rotate from a first rotational position to a second rotational position.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, via a processor, an indication to execute a macro, wherein the macro is representative of a recorded inspection;
- receiving, via the processor, a current position of a sensor coupled to a conduit section coupled to a probe driver, where the sensor is configured to be used during an inspection of an asset and positioned by the probe driver;
- wherein the probe driver comprises a rotation mechanism including a surface, a turning gear, and a driver motor, and wherein the surface couples to an inner housing of the probe driver;
- determining, via the processor, a positioning instruction to reposition the sensor from the current position to a second rotational position, wherein the positioning instruction is based on the macro;
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- transmitting, via the processor, the positioning instruction to the probe driver to reposition the sensor coupled to the conduit section;
- wherein the positioning instruction includes instructions operative to drive the rotation mechanism surface in rotation and cause the inner housing of the probe driver and the conduit section to rotate from the current rotational position to the second rotational position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.