TY  - JOUR
JF  - International Journal of Intelligent Systems
KW  - automatic inspection; gun barrel inspection system; in-pipe cleaning; intelligent systems; large-diameter pipe in-spection; rifed pipe inspection
Y1  - 2025/08//
ID  - unincol17865
VL  - 2025
SN  - 0884-8173
AV  - public
N2  - Cleaning and inspection of pipelines and gun barrels are crucial for ensuring safety and integrity to extend their lifespan. Existing automatic inspection approaches lack high robustness, as well as portability, and have movement restrictions and complexity. This study presents the design and development of a scalable, comprehensive automated inspection, cleaning, and evaluation mechanism (CAICEM) for large-sized pipelines and barrels with diameters in the range of 105?mm?210?mm. The proposed system is divided into electrical and mechanical assemblies that are independently designed, tested, fabricated, integrated, and controlled with industrial grid controllers and processors. These actuators are suitably programmed to provide the desired actions through toggle switches on a simple housing subassembly. The stress analysis and material specifications are obtained using ANSYS to ensure robustness and practicability. Later, on-ground testing and optimization are performed before industrial prototyping. The inspection system of the proposed mechanism includes barrel-mounted and brush-mounted cameras with sensors utilized to keep track of the pipeline deposits and monitor user activity. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism is cost-effective and achieves the desired objectives with minimum human efforts in the least possible time for both smooth and rifled large-diameter pipes and barrels.
IS  - 1
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1155/int/2441962
A1  - Shafi, Imran
A1  - Khan, Imad
A1  - Breñosa, Jose
A1  - López Flores, Miguel Ángel
A1  - Martínez Espinosa, Julio César
A1  - Choi, Jin-Ghoo
A1  - Ashraf, Imran
A1  - Murray, Richard
TI  - Scalable Comprehensive Automatic Inspection, Cleaning, and Evaluation Mechanism for Large?Diameter Pipes
ER  -