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Method and apparatus for the detection of corrosion or the like

US4909091A · kind A · utility

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12References

24Claims

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Assignees

Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH · DE
Pipetronix GmbH · DE

Inventors

Josef Ellmann · Bocholt, DE
Helmut Stripf · Blankenloch, DE
Gunther Krieg · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 1987
Grant date	Mar 20, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 13, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/044
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for the detection of corrosion, pitting or the like in pipelines is proposed and measured results produced in an appropriate manner are digitally converted, linked with measured values concerning the place and azimuth of the individual sensors to form individual blocks, which are intermediately stored to form larger units and are finally stored in a mass store.

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