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Development of Pipe Cleaning Robot for the Industry Pipe Facility

산업배관의 이물질 청소를 위한 배관청소로봇의 개발

  • Received : 2016.10.28
  • Accepted : 2017.01.18
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the pipe cleaning robot developed to clean the gas impurities of the iron manufacturing equipments. The pipe cleaning robot is composed of two driving modules and one cleaning module. 2-DOF joint units were developed for connections among the modules. To maximize the traction power of the driving parts, it became caterpillar type. The extension links have been developed to maintain the traction force in case the pipe inner diameters change. Three cleaning modules were developed for the effective cleaning in the pipe. The driving and cleaning performance tests of the pipe cleaning robot were proceeded in the field of the iron manufacturing equipments.

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