Pipe inspection systems & methods
AssigneeVarco I/P, Inc.
InventorsClive Chemo Lam, John Edward Harris
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Abstract
A method for inspecting pipe, the method, in at least certain aspects, including detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an outer surface, and a generally circular pipe wall with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, locating at a first location the first part of the pipe with respect to the length of the pipe and with respect to the outer diameter of the pipe; and such a method for inspecting pipe which, in at least certain aspects, includes detecting at least a first part of a first imperfection of the pipe.
Claims36
A method for inspecting pipe, the method comprising
- detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an outer surface, and a generally circular pipe wall with an inner diameter and an outer diameter,
- locating at a first location the first part of the pipe with respect to the length of the pipe and with respect to the outer diameter of the pipe.
A method for inspecting pipe, the method comprising
- detecting at least a first part of a first imperfection in a parameter of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an outer surface, and a generally circular pipe wall with an inner diameter and an outer diameter,
- locating at a first location the first imperfection with respect to the length of the pipe and with respect to the outer diameter of the pipe.
Any invention disclosed herein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.