US 12,135,297 B2
Automated circumferential pipe scanning system
John Musgrave, Anchorage, AK (US); Elliott Morris, Anchorage, AK (US); and Kelly Morris, Anchorage, AK (US)
Assigned to Mistras Group, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US)
Filed by Mistras Group, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,355.
Application 18/131,355 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,248, filed on Aug. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,639,905.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280289 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 23/18 (2018.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 23/18 (2013.01) [G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 2223/04 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3303 (2013.01); G01N 2223/40 (2013.01); G01N 2223/628 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe scanning system for circumferentially scanning a pipeline, the pipe scanning system comprising:
a track system configured to secure to a circumference of a pipeline; and
a scanning device comprising:
a drive carriage comprising:
a motor;
a power source configured to provide power to the motor;
one or more drive components in mechanical communication with the motor, wherein the one or more drive components, when driven by the motor, are configured to move the drive carriage about the circumference of the pipeline along the track system;
a resilient member configured and arranged to apply a biasing force to at least one of the one or more drive components that is at least partially disposed within the drive carriage in response to the drive carriage encountering a first portion of the track system; and
a scanning system configured to obtain information associated with one or more defects present in a portion of the pipeline.