Inspect Pipes

with

Piper the Robot

A new tool for the Pipe Inspection Industry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go where no man can go

…inside the pipe

 

 

Oil, Chemical, Industrial

Simple to Use

Features

 

Live video images can be taped in real-time or individual images are stored on video tape. A laptop with image capture is included. The robot has 4 wheel drive and uses differential steering for direction control. The head that includes the video camera can rotate and tilt simultaneous to forward motion and control. The built in software can scan the head and video tape the inner walls in real-time. The robot is programmable by the user. The robot is lowered down vertical sections with the strong communications/pull cable.

Specifications

System

1 High Resolution 450 TV line CCD Color camera with 412,000 pixels      811x508 elements

1 Camera Tilt and Rotate Head

1 150 foot cable

1 real-time video camera link

1 RS232 9600 baud computer control link

1 Laptop computer including video digitizing and robot control software

Onboard Computers

Two Motorola 68HC11 High Integration microcomputers

32 Kilobytes PROM

32 Kilobytes of battery backed RAM

RS-232 Communication port

One megabit per second network port

Physical and Electrical

Size: 9 inch wide 13.5 high by 20 long inches

Weight 22 pounds

150 foot integrated communications/ pull cable

Charger

Technical manual

Software disk