阅读说明：本技术 一种螺旋式前进的微小型管道机器人 (Spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot ) 是由 刘永生 陈一馨 来泺 于 2020-04-01 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供的一种螺旋式前进的微小型管道机器人,包括摄像头、驱动头、内齿轮圆筒、机架、电机和保持架,其中,摄像头安装在摄像头安装架上,所述摄像头安装架与驱动头连接,驱动头与内齿轮圆筒连接,内齿轮圆筒与电机连接,电机与机架连接,同时,保持架与机架连接；通过机器人携带的摄像头拍摄传回的图像或视频,可以方便地判断管道内壁的真实状态,进而制定出有针对性的维护方案,可大大减小管道巡查的工作量。(The invention provides a spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot which comprises a camera, a driving head, an inner gear cylinder, a rack, a motor and a retainer, wherein the camera is arranged on a camera mounting rack, the camera mounting rack is connected with the driving head, the driving head is connected with the inner gear cylinder, the inner gear cylinder is connected with the motor, the motor is connected with the rack, and meanwhile, the retainer is connected with the rack; the camera carried by the robot shoots the returned image or video, so that the real state of the inner wall of the pipeline can be conveniently judged, a targeted maintenance scheme is made, and the workload of pipeline inspection can be greatly reduced.)

1. A spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot is characterized in that: the device comprises a camera (1), a driving head (3), an internal gear cylinder (4), a rack (5), a motor (6) and a retainer (7), wherein the camera (1) is arranged on a camera mounting rack (2), and the camera mounting rack (2) is connected with the driving head (3); the driving head (3) is connected with the internal gear cylinder (4), the internal gear cylinder (4) is connected with the motor (6), the motor (6) is connected with the rack (5), and meanwhile, the retainer (7) is connected with the rack (5).

2. The spiral advancing micro-pipe robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the gear (13) is sleeved on an output shaft of the motor (6) and is meshed and connected with one end of the inner gear cylinder (4).

3. A spiral advancing micro-pipeline robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein a central shaft (10) is arranged in the inner gear cylinder (4), one end of the central shaft (10) penetrates through the driving head (3) to be connected with the camera mounting frame (2), the other end of the central shaft is welded on an L-shaped plate (9), a L-shaped plate (9) is connected on the rack (5) through a bolt, and meanwhile, a central hole for accommodating a camera driving and signal transmission cable is formed in the central shaft (10).

4. The spiral advancing micro-pipe robot as claimed in claim 3, wherein: the driving head (3) is fixedly connected with the inner gear cylinder (4) through a bolt, the inner gear cylinder (4) is assembled with the central shaft (10) through a bidirectional thrust bearing (11), and the bidirectional thrust bearing (11) is sleeved on the central shaft (10).

5. The spiral advancing micro-pipe robot as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the driving head (3) comprises a driving body (301), the driving body (301) is of a triangular prism structure, meanwhile, an annular groove is formed in the circumferential direction of the driving body (301), three wheel carriers (302) are installed in the annular groove, and the three wheel carriers (302) are installed at three vertex angles of the driving body (301) respectively; meanwhile, every two adjacent wheel carriers (302) are connected through a first spring (303); the wheel carrier (302) is provided with a wheel (304), the axis of the wheel (304) forms a certain included angle with the axis of the driving body (301), and the wheel carrier (302), the driving body (301) and the wheel (304) are connected through a long shaft (305).

6. The spiral advancing micro-pipe robot as claimed in claim 5, wherein: one end surface of the driving body (301) is provided with a round hole for mounting the camera mounting rack (2); the other end surface is welded with a bearing end cover (306) used for pressing the bidirectional thrust bearing (11).

7. The spiral advancing micro-pipe robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the retainer (7) comprises a retainer body (701), three wheel feet (702) are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the retainer body (701), one end of each wheel foot (702) extends into the retainer body (701) and is connected with a thrust pile (704) welded inside the center of the retainer body (701) through a second spring (703), a wheel shaft (705) is arranged at the other end of each wheel foot (702), and a wheel (706) is mounted on each wheel shaft (705).

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of automatic control, and particularly relates to a spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot.

Background

Since the 70 s of the 20 th century, pipelines of various materials and sizes have been used in large quantities in the industries of chemical industry, nuclear power, petroleum, water supply and drainage, natural gas and refrigeration. Pipelines for conveying materials or media are subjected to severe environments such as pressure, impact, corrosion, pollution and the like in the pipelines, and the conditions of cracks, mechanical damage, pitting corrosion, fatigue and silting are bound to occur. Especially when the material is flammable and explosive, and has corrosive, volatile, toxic, and radiative properties, the importance and difficulty of detecting the pipeline is not insignificant.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a spiral advancing micro-pipeline robot, which solves the defects that the detection and maintenance of the inner wall of the existing micro-pipeline are huge in cost and difficult to maintain.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the technical scheme that:

the invention provides a spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot which comprises a camera, a driving head, an inner gear cylinder, a rack, a motor and a retainer, wherein the camera is arranged on a camera mounting rack, the camera mounting rack is connected with the driving head, the driving head is connected with the inner gear cylinder, the inner gear cylinder is connected with the motor, the motor is connected with the rack, and meanwhile, the retainer is connected with the rack.

Preferably, the gear is sleeved on the output shaft of the motor and is engaged with one end of the internal gear cylinder.

Preferably, a central shaft is arranged in the inner gear cylinder, one end of the central shaft penetrates through the driving head to be connected with the camera mounting frame, the other end of the central shaft is welded on the L-shaped plate, the L-shaped plate is connected to the rack through a bolt, and meanwhile, a central hole for accommodating a camera driving and signal transmission cable is formed in the central shaft.

Preferably, the driving head is connected with the inner gear cylinder through a bolt, a bidirectional thrust bearing is arranged between the inner gear cylinder and the central shaft, and the bidirectional thrust bearing is sleeved on the central shaft.

Preferably, the driving head comprises a driving body, the driving body is of a triangular prism structure, meanwhile, an annular groove is formed in the circumferential direction of the driving body, three wheel carriers are installed in the annular groove, and the three wheel carriers are respectively installed at three vertex angles of the driving body; meanwhile, every two adjacent wheel carriers are connected through a first spring; the wheel carrier is provided with wheels, the axes of the wheels and the axis of the driving body form a certain included angle, and the wheel carrier, the driving body and the wheels are connected through a long shaft.

Preferably, one end surface of the driving body is provided with a round hole for mounting the camera mounting rack; the other end surface is welded with a bearing end cover used for pressing the bidirectional thrust bearing.

Preferably, the holder includes the retainer, and the circumference equipartition of retainer has three round foot, and the one end that the wheel is sufficient stretches into in the retainer and is connected through second spring and the inside thrust pile of welding at retainer center, and the other end that the wheel is sufficient is provided with the shaft, installs the wheel on the shaft.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:

the spiral advancing micro-miniature pipeline robot provided by the invention can conveniently realize the patrol and maintenance of the inner wall state and defects of the micro-miniature pipeline; the camera carried by the robot is used for shooting the returned image or video, so that the real state of the inner wall of the pipeline can be conveniently judged, a targeted maintenance scheme is made, and the workload of pipeline inspection can be greatly reduced; the structure is simple to operate and high in reliability.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a side view of a micro-pipe robot;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a micro-pipe robot;

in the figure, 1, a camera, 2, a camera mounting frame, 3, a driving head, 4, an internal gear cylinder, 5, a frame, 6, a motor, 7, a retainer, 8, a nut, 9, L-shaped plates, 10, a central shaft, 11, a two-way thrust bearing, 12, a screw and 13, a pinion.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a robotic drive head;

in the figure, 301 is a driving body 302, a wheel carrier 303, a spring 304, a wheel 305, a long wheel shaft 306 and a bearing end cover.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a robot holder;

in the figure, 701, a retainer body, 702, a wheel foot, 703, a spring, 704, a thrust pile, 705, an axle and 706, wheels are arranged.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the spiral advancing micro pipeline robot provided by the invention comprises a camera 1, a camera mounting frame 2, a driving head 3, an internal gear cylinder 4, a frame 5, a motor 6 and a retainer 7, wherein the camera 1 is mounted on the camera mounting frame 2, the camera mounting frame 2 is mounted on a central shaft 10, the driving head 3 is connected with the internal gear cylinder 4, the internal gear cylinder 4 is connected with the motor 6 through a gear 13, and the motor 6 is mounted on the frame 5; the retainer 7 is connected with the frame 5 through bolts.

Wherein, gear 13 suit is on the output shaft of motor 6, drives gear 13 through motor 6 and rotates.

The gear 13 is meshed with one end of the internal gear cylinder 4; the internal gear cylinder 4 is rotated by the rotation of the gear 13.

The gear 13 and the inner gear cylinder 4 are eccentrically arranged.

One end of the L template 9 is connected to the frame 5 through a bolt, the other end is welded to a central shaft 10, the central shaft 10 is arranged in the internal gear cylinder 4, and the free end of the central shaft 10 penetrates through the driving head 3 and is connected with the camera mounting frame 2 through a screw 12.

The driving head 3 is connected with the inner gear cylinder 4 through a bolt, a two-way thrust bearing 11 is arranged between the inner gear cylinder 4 and the central shaft 10, and the two-way thrust bearing 11 is sleeved on the central shaft 10.

The outer ring of the two-way thrust bearing 11 is sleeved with the inner gear cylinder 4, and the inner ring is sleeved on the central shaft, so that the inner gear cylinder rotates under the driving of the motor by taking the central shaft as the center under the condition that the central shaft does not rotate. The bearing function is to ensure that the inner gear cylinder and the central shaft rotate stably and coaxially.

The central shaft 10 is provided with a central hole for accommodating a camera driving and signal transmission cable.

As shown in fig. 3, the driving head 3 includes a driving body 301, the driving body 301 is a triangular prism structure, meanwhile, an annular groove is formed in the circumferential direction of the driving body 301, three wheel carriers 302 are installed in the annular groove, wherein the three wheel carriers 302 are respectively installed at three vertex angles of the driving body 301; meanwhile, every two adjacent wheel carriers 302 are connected with each other by a first spring 303.

The wheel carrier 302 is provided with a wheel 304, the axis of the wheel 304 forms a certain included angle with the axis of the driving body 301, and meanwhile, the wheel carrier 302, the driving body 301 and the wheel 304 are connected through a long shaft 305; the wheel carrier 302 can freely move within the driving body 301; the long axle 305 is a clearance fit with the wheel 304 to ensure that the wheel 304 rotates freely.

One end surface of the driving body 301 is provided with a round hole for mounting the camera mounting frame 2; a bearing end cap 306 is welded to the other end surface of the driving body 301, and one end of the bearing end cap 306 is installed in the inner gear cylinder 4 and is used to press the thrust bi-directional bearing 11 and prevent the thrust bi-directional bearing 11 from moving in the axial direction.

As shown in fig. 4, the holder 7 includes a holding body 701, three wheel feet 702 are uniformly distributed on a side wall of the holding body 701 along a circumferential direction thereof, one end of the wheel foot 702 extends into the holding body 701 and is connected with a thrust pile 704 welded inside the center of the holding body 701 through a second spring 703, wherein one end of the second spring 703 is installed in the wheel foot 702, and the other end is welded on the thrust pile 704.

The other end of the wheel foot 702 is provided with a wheel shaft 705, a wheel 706 is arranged on the wheel shaft 705, the wheel 706 is in clearance fit with the wheel shaft 705, the free rotation of the wheel 706 is ensured, the wheel shaft 705 is in interference fit with the wheel foot 702, and the looseness of the wheel shaft 705 is ensured.

Two connecting rods are arranged on the frame 5, and the retainer 701 is connected with the two connecting rods.

The working process is as follows:

the pipeline robot operator places the robot in a pipeline, the pipeline robot control platform transmits a control signal to a motor 6 through a control cable, an output shaft of the motor 6 drives a gear 13 to rotate, an inner gear cylinder 4 is driven to rotate through gear meshing, and a driving head 3 connected with the inner gear cylinder 4 through a bolt is driven to rotate, a wheel 304 in the driving head 3 is pressed on a pipeline wall under the action of a spring 303, and an included angle is formed between the axis of the wheel 304 and the axis of a driving body 301, so that when the driving head 3 rotates, the motion track of the wheel 304 on the pipeline wall is a spiral line shape, and the pipeline robot travels along the direction of the pipeline axis.