Method for automatically exposing a branch-off point in a line system
AssigneePipetronics, Inc.
InventorsHerbert Wind, Christian Noll
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for automatically uncovering a branch of a pipe system that is renovated with a lining tube, comprising the following steps, in particular in this sequence: a) providing an uncovering device, including a data processing unit, in the renovated pipe and arranging the uncovering device in front of the branch to be uncovered; b) inputting by means of an input unit a geometric shape to be uncovered; c) uncovering the branch by means of automatic milling, controlled by the data processing unit, of sections of the lining tube along the input geometric shape, using an uncovering unit of the uncovering device.
Claims10
A method for automatically uncovering a branch of a pipe system that is renovated with a lining tube, comprising the following steps, in particular in this sequence:
- a) providing an uncovering device, including a data processing unit, in the renovated pipe and arranging the uncovering device in front of the branch to be uncovered;
- b) inputting by means of an input unit a geometric shape to be uncovered;
- c) uncovering the branch by means of automatic milling, controlled by the data processing unit, of sections of the lining tube along the input geometric shape, using an uncovering unit of the uncovering device.
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