Pipeline identification and calibration apparatus
AssigneeCraig Alan Swift
InventorCraig Alan Swift
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Abstract
A pipeline identification and calibration apparatus coupled to a pipe communicates with an in-line inspection tool to help a user to determine an extent of damage suffered by the pipe is provided. The apparatus includes a communication sheet coupled to the pipe and having a pipe calibration area and a pipe identification area, the pipe calibration area having a plurality of etchings, voids or magnetic inserts having variable dimensions and spacing between adjacent members of either the etchings, voids or the magnetic inserts. The user compares data generated by the in-line inspection tool to the etchings, voids or magnetic inserts on the pipe calibration area of the communication sheet to determine the extent of damage to the pipe.
Claims7
A pipeline identification and calibration apparatus coupled to a pipe and configured to communicate with an in-line inspection tool and help a user to determine an extent of damage suffered by the pipe, the pipeline identification and calibration apparatus comprising:
- a communication sheet directly coupled to specific pipeline elements and configured to transmit information pertaining to the pipeline elements to the in-line inspection tool, the communication sheet comprising a pipe calibration area and a pipe identification area, the pipe calibration area comprising a plurality of etchings or voids comprising variable dimensions and spacing between adjacent members of either the etchings or the voids;
- wherein the ILI is configured to compare data generated by the in-line inspection tool to the etchings or voids on the pipe calibration area of the communication sheet to determine the extent of damage to the pipe.
The pipeline identification and calibration apparatus of claim 2, wherein the pipe identification area comprises identification information pertaining to the pipe, wherein the identification information comprises the serial number or batch ID of the pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.