Method and System for Inspecting an Insulation of a High Voltage Cable

A system for inspecting an insulation of a high voltage cable, the system comprising:

• an apparatus comprising:
• at least one scanning assembly for scanning a surface of the high voltage cable, and
• an attachment assembly configured for attaching the at least one scanning assembly to the high voltage cable, wherein
• the at least one scanning assembly includes a linear axis and a laser scanner attached to the linear axis and wherein the linear axis is configured to provide linear motion to the laser scanner, wherein for evaluating data acquired by the at least one scanning assembly:
• the apparatus has an electronic circuit configured to carry out the data evaluation of a method including:
• a data acquisition, including:
• scanning the surface of the high voltage cable's insulation by at least one laser scanner wherein the scanning includes moving the at least one laser scanner and the high voltage cable relative to each other along a length direction of the high voltage cable;
• and
• a data evaluation, including:
• generating a 3-dimensional model of the scanned surface based on the acquired data, or
• the apparatus is connectable to a computer for transferring the acquired data to the computer and the system further includes a computer program product comprising instructions which, when the computer program product is executed by the computer, cause the computer to carry out the data evaluation of the method.