Robotics for Construction and Maintenance of Pipes

More stringent requirement on the integrity of safety-related components in power plants with a view to ensuring the availability of these installations and to rationalizing in-service inspections and repairs have resulted in the continuous and rapidly advancing enhancement of the inspection and repair methods used. This piping systems are increasingly being visually inspected, tested and possibly subjected to remote-control repair from the interior using remotely controlled inspection vehicles. Such service equipment have been developed, constructed and successfully used by Siemens. This calls for machines with high levels or reliability and which may be operated by means of remote control. This report shows you a selection of service robotics for the work on pipes.