Основні тенденції розвитку і вдосконалення внутрішньотрубних пристроїв

Abstract

As any engineering structures, pipelines require constant maintenance and technical monitoring and devices inserted into a pipeline are important tools for performing these talks. The objective of this article is to analize the modern state of intrapipe devices development in search of the ways of solutions to these two main problems, namely, maintaining constant speed of the device inside the pipeline and compensation of seal cups wear. The specific features of structures and the mode of intrapipe devices constituent parts operation are described. The possibility of hydraulic systems implementation into devices placed inside the pipeline has been considered as a prospectiveway of their improvement. It will result in increasing the operational efficiency of given devices and decreasing their maintenance costs.