Traverse live gas mains while sending location mapping of pipeline grid and live video of integrity of pipeline.
TRAVERSE OBSTACLES
TIGHT TURNING RADIUS
LOS RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
RANGE
FRONT PAN/TILT CAMERA
REAR CAMERA
360 LED LIGHTS
SONDE FOR GPS
COLLAPSIBLE FOR 6” ENTRY POINT
EXPANDABLE INTO 24” - 48” PIPE
TRACTION IN WET LOOSE DEBRIS
Ground-up rework of a robotic crawler. The scope of the improvement project included three main challenges: Don't get stuck in the pipe, travel further, and incorporate a LOS retrieval system.
A quick redesign of the tether mitigated the crawler getting stuck in the pipe (which historically was the main reason for crawlers being abandoned in place within pipes).
Increasing the size, mass, and traction of the crawler improved travel from 250 feet in either direction (legacy robot) to 1000 feet in either direction (which reduces the amount of dig sites, permits, time in the street, street closure, et cetera).
Soloosion created multiple rounds of prototypes to rapidly prove out concepts and later create robust pre-production prototypes for durability testing.
To bring the crawler out of the CAD design and into reality Soloosion machined various components out of raw materials.
After the custom fabricated parts were machined to spec they were assembled with the sourced components to create functioning prototypes to study performance seek out improvements.
Every fabricated part, sourced component and control system was tested in by various means driving improvements to the track assembly and electro-mechanical controls.
Once the prototypes were tested and the performance satisfied or exceeded the requirements control drawings were updated to document the improvement and create specifications for each part and system for production and inspection.
To capture every feature and specify it for production accuracy, each component needs tolerance analysis and detailed control drawings and assembly instructions.
Proper documentation and planning for production assembly allowed for precise repeatability for each finished device.
Each production device was inspected and tested to perform all functions nominally.
