Inspection robots with configurable interface plates are described. An example inspection robot may have a housing with at least three removable interface plates, each removable interface plate having a coupling interface for an electronic component on a first side, and coupled to at least one of a plurality of electronic boards on a second side. The example inspection robot may further include a drive module configured to couple to at least one of the removable interface plates, and a payload configured to couple to at least one of the removable interface plates. The example inspection robot may further include a means for operating the inspection robot in response to the drive module coupled to one of the removable interface plates, and the payload coupled to any other one of the removable interface plates.

To provide a buried-pipe damage location detection device that detecting damage location of buried-pipe buried in the ground etc., having a few manual operation buttons, and having a universal design that can be used by both right-handed and left handed inspector.

There is provided an untethered, single-bodied pig for inspecting a tubular object. The pig comprises: a plurality of transducer casings (3), each transducer casing (3) including an electrical terminal (13); a plurality of transducers for detecting a condition of the tubular object, each transducer mounted on or in a respective one of the plurality of transducer casings (3); a transducer body defining a plurality of receptacles (12), each transducer casing (3) removably received in a respective one of the plurality of receptacles (12); and a plurality of compressible electrical connectors (14), each compressible electrical connector (14) at least partially arranged inside a respective one of the plurality of receptables (12), wherein each compressible electrical connector (14) is configured to be in electrical contact with the electrical terminal (13) of the transducer casing (3) received in the corresponding receptacle (12).

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for selecting a precise value within a large value range. Data received by an ultrasonic inspection device can include a range of values associated with one or more parameters to be configured for performing ultrasonic inspection of a test object. A control in a user interface of the ultrasonic testing device can be provided and can include a display portion displaying one or more parameters and one or more values within the range of values associated with the one or more parameters. The control can also include an interactive portion configured to receive a plurality of inputs. Based on the inputs, a selected value associated with a first parameter can be determined. The selected value associated with the first parameter can be displayed as a static display within the display portion of the control.

An ultrasonic detector has a housing containing a transducer, a battery or other power supply, and any other necessary electronics. At a front end of the housing is a socket into which one of a plurality of interchangeable probes can be inserted. At the rear end of the housing, there is a handle by which an operative can hold the detector in use. On the inside of the housing, extending at least partially into the handle, is an elongate chamber within which at least one probe can be stored. A cover of the handle closes a rear end of the probe storage chamber and can be removed to expose a portion of the probe storage chamber and allow a probe to be inserted or removed.

Systems and methods for testing steam traps or other similar devices in a hot water or steam system are described. A tester includes a wand that is handheld that can communicate with a handheld electronic device which in turn can communicate with a central monitor for storing and compiling readings as historical profile data. The wand includes a probe to physically contact the device to acoustically sense the performance of the device. The probe includes a probe tip and a stack of acoustic elements, an electrode, a stack mass, and a head to covert the acoustic signal into an electrical signal. The handheld device includes circuitry to process the information, interact with the user, and transmit information to and from the handheld electronic device and/or the central monitor.

A method for the ultrasound check of a test object involves moving a test probe along a test probe surface and sending ultrasound impulses into the test object by the test probe. Respective echo signals corresponding with the emitted ultrasound impulses are received by the test probe. An image of a predetermined test region of the test object is prepared on the basis of an overlapping and averaging of amplitude values of the received echo signals by a data processing unit. The respective position of the test probe when sending the ultrasound signals and/or when receiving the corresponding echo signals is captured by a capturing unit. The respectively captured positions of the test probe are considered when creating the image of the test region of the test object.

A system for displaying an area covered in a non-destructive scan of an area larger than the test probe is disclosed. Position encoders are included on the test probe to track the motion of the probe and to provide a record of the portion of the area under test that has been covered by the probe.

An acoustic device for inspection of an object. The device includes an ultrasonic source including a snap-through buckling actuator. The device may be used for non-destructive testing of objects. The device may be carried by a platform, such as a coordinate measuring machine, to allow inspection of objects or it may be embedded within an object for life cycle monitoring purposes.

A garment of vest type (1) incorporating a non-destructive control system includes, as constituent elements, an electronic measurement device (26) able to be connected to a measurement sensor, and linked to an electronic card (20) itself linked to an electrical power supply source (21) and to a viewing and control screen (27), and cables for electrically and electronically linking the constituent elements to one another.