Design and Development of Magnetic well Climbing Inspection Robot for High Rise Ferromagnetic Surfaces

Abstract

newline Industrial infrastructures need inspection procedures to be carried out at newlineregular intervals to maintain their health and to keep pace with the safety newlinerequirements. The goal of this research work is to automate the process of newlineinspection of high-rise industrial ferrous structures like steel storage tanks newlinewhich are safety-critical infrastructures. The routine inspection tasks on these newlineinfrastructures are performed using standard Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) newlineprocedures and are carried out by the inspectors. The job requires well-trained newlinepeople to perform these operations and they have to hang on ropes or use special newlinelifters to perform the inspection procedures on the site. newlineThe presented research work will improve the safety of inspectors and newlinereduce operational costs. A novel magnetic vertical climbing robot developed newlinein the study will enable the inspectors to carry out the Ultrasonic inspection newlineprocedures at high altitudes without climbing the structure. Also, this will newlinedrastically bring down the skill and expertise required by the inspectors to a newlinegreater extent