The battery-operated platform is controlled with a computer via Bluetooth
The bearer cables and tethers of bridges, elevators, and cable cars are exposed to high levels of stress. For this reason, their functional reliability must be monitored on a regular basis. A new robot recognizes fissures before they pose a danger.
Slowly, very slowly, the robot climbs up the wire cable. As it crawls upward with caterpillar-like movements, it scans the steel surface and detects whether it has any defects. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing IZFP have named the system FluxCrawler. It is designed to monitor the quality of stay cables and wire ropes on a regular basis. Such cables are common features of bridges, elevators, cranes, cable cars, and ski lifts. And these checks are vital, as the tension-induced strain, wear, and corrosion that affect these steel cables mean that they are under enormous stress.
By conducting a magnetic flux leakage test, the robot not only identifies tiny fissures in the cable surface, it also recognizes deeper cracks. This process exposes the cable to a magnetic field that is “disrupted” in the event of a defect. A measurable leakage field is created wherever defects are located. “If such micro-fissures are not discovered in time, the steel can break. This is why material checks are absolutely vital to avoid deadly consequences or even catastrophes”, says Dr. Jochen Kurz, an engineer and department head at IZFP in Saarbrücken.
Test system is suitable for many cable sizes
While the testing of steel cables using magnetic flux leakage is already a common approach, until now coils were used that had to clasp the cable. But this posed a problem: since the diameter of steel cables and their jackets vary considerably, the coils’ limited diameter range meant that they could only be used in a limited number of instances. Moreover, they were unable to locate the exact angle of a defect. In contrast, FluxCrawler can be applied regardless of a cable’s diameter. The robot, which is about seventy centimeters long, scans cylinder-shaped surfaces by revolving around the cable. As a result, there is no need to clasp the cable. A permanent magnet prevents slipping and holds FluxCrawler to the cable. At the same time, it generates the magnetization required to make measurements. Between the two ends of the u-shaped magnet, a line of sensors equipped with several probes is able to rapidly scan the surface. While FluxCrawler moves around the cable, these sensors can identify the exact angle of the defect: they recognize whether defects are on the left, on the right, on the bottom or on top of the cable. The robot can carry out checks on cables with diameters ranging from four to 20 centimeters. The battery-operated platform is controlled with a computer via Bluetooth. An image of the magnetic field on the cable’s entire surface appears on the computer, and each conspicuous spot is illustrated in high resolution on the computer screen.
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