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US 12,747,817 B2Granted
Method for fitting a measuring device on a tube
AssigneeSiemens Mobility GmbH
InventorsHolger Leitel, Holger Schnebbe
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Abstract
A method for retrofitting a measuring facility on a tube of a fluid line of a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes using a non-cutting friction drilling process in the vehicle for creating a hole in the tube by melting the material of the tube. The measuring device is connected at the hole created by melting. A rail vehicle with a fluid line, for instance in a freight car, is also provided.
Claims12
A method for retrofitting a measuring facility on a tube of a fluid line of a vehicle or a rail vehicle, the method comprising:
- melting a hole into the tube with a non-cutting friction drilling process by melting material of the tube in the vehicle using a routing machine;
- placing an adapter facility between the routing machine and a pipe boring clamp;
- mounting the adapter facility on the routing machine forming a routing machine adapter unit by feeding screws through holes in the adapter facility and screwing the screws into the routing machine;
- placing the routing machine adapter unit on the pipe boring clamp;
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- connecting the measuring facility at the melted-in hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.