Inner rail type intelligent inspection device

By using a closed tubular track and conductive power supply design, the problem of damage and maintenance of belt conveyor inspection robots in harsh environments has been solved, achieving efficient and safe inspection operations.

CN223575382UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-21QUFU NORMAL UNIV
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Application Number
CN202422757423.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-13
Publication Date
2025-11-21
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-13

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Technical Problem

Existing belt conveyor inspection robots are easily damaged by impacts in harsh environments, and dust accumulation affects their movement. Furthermore, high-altitude maintenance is inconvenient.

Method used

The design incorporates a closed tubular track with an inspection robot inside. The robot is made of transparent material for inspection, powered by conductive strips, and driven by a servo motor to prevent external impacts and dust.

Benefits of technology

This improves the service life and mobility stability of inspection robots, reduces the need for high-altitude maintenance, and enhances inspection efficiency and safety.

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Abstract

An inner rail type intelligent inspection device relates to the technical field of intelligent inspection robots and comprises a rail (200) and an inspection robot capable of moving in the length direction of the rail (200), the rail (200) is of a closed tubular structure, the inspection robot is located in the rail (200) and comprises a main body (100), a detection module (110) is arranged on one side of the main body (100), and the detection module (110) is arranged on the other side of the main body (100). And one side, corresponding to the detection module (110), of the track (200) is made of a transparent material. The inspection robot of the inspection device runs in the closed track, collision is avoided, particularly, the inspection robot is protected, the service life is prolonged, meanwhile, foreign matter such as external particle dust cannot enter the track, movement of the inspection robot cannot be affected, workers do not need to work high above the ground at regular intervals to maintain the track, and use is convenient.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to intelligent inspection robot technical field, concretely is a kind of inner rail type intelligent inspection device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Belt conveyor is widely applied in port, factory, storage, mine and other transportation scenes as a kind of equipment with strong bearing capacity, long transportation distance and high efficient transportation capacity, however, due to the high risk of failure caused by harsh working environment and long time high load operation, it needs to be regularly inspected, originally, artificial inspection is used to belt conveyor, but artificial inspection is inefficient and can be impacted by falling objects at any time, then, for example, a kind of coal mine automatic inspection robot with application number CN202420357232.1 is used to replace artificial inspection with inspection robot, to improve efficiency, reduce artificial injury, and also can feed back detected field video and other data information to external personnel in real time, so as to analyze and diagnose the working condition of belt conveyor in advance, or timely remove fault and reduce loss, the diagnostic error of inspection robot is smaller, however, The above During the inspection process, the inspection robot is very easy to be hit by falling rocks and other foreign objects, especially for the detection part of the inspection robot, which is very easy to be damaged or affect the accuracy of its detection The design makes the inspection robot of the inspection device run inside the closed track, avoiding impact and collision, especially protecting the inspection robot, At the same time, the part of the track exposed to the outside, in harsh working environment, a large number of particles and dust in the air, easy to adsorb and deposit on the track, affect the normal movement of track robot, and regular maintenance is needed, which is very inconvenient. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0003] To solve the technical problems in the above background art, the utility model provides an inner rail type intelligent inspection device.

[0004] The utility model technical scheme is as follows:

[0005] An inner rail type intelligent inspection device, including track and inspection robot capable of moving along the length direction thereof, the inspection robot replaces artificial inspection, and the equipment in harsh environment such as storage or mine tunnel is inspected, to improve inspection efficiency and reduce artificial injury.

[0006] As the core technical concept of the utility model, the track is a closed tubular structure, and the inspection robot is located inside the track, the inspection robot includes a main body, one side of which is provided with a detection module, and the side of the track corresponding to the detection module is made of transparent material, when the present inspection device (an inner rail type intelligent inspection device) is applied to the inspection work of belt conveyor in mine tunnel, the track of the present inspection device is installed on the upper side wall of mine tunnel above the belt conveyor, and the inspection robot moves back and forth in the track, and the detection module inspects the belt conveyor below through the transparent material part of the track. Improving the service life; The detection part is a transparent thin plate structure, including but not limited to transparent thin plastic plates, glass or acrylic plates Figure 1At the same time, foreign matters such as particle dust cannot enter, and the inspection robot cannot be affected to move, that is, workers do not need to perform high-altitude operation to maintain the track, and the use is convenient.

[0007] As a preferred implementation manner, the main body of the inspection robot is internally provided with a driving machine capable of driving the main body to move along the track, the track is internally provided with a conductive strip along the length direction of the track, the main body is externally provided with a brush in sliding contact with the conductive strip, the brush is electrically connected with the driving machine, in use, the conductive strip can be electrically connected with an external power supply, and the brush on the main body always keeps in sliding contact with the conductive strip, that is, an electric circuit is formed, and the required electricity is provided for the movement of the main body, so that the high-altitude operation caused by the replacement of a battery is avoided, and the use is facilitated.

[0008] Further, the driving end of the driving machine is provided with a driving wheel in rolling contact with the track, and the driving machine is preferably a servo motor capable of bidirectional rotation, in use, the servo motor is used to drive the driving wheel to rotate, so as to push the inspection robot to move in the track.

[0009] As a further preferred manner, the driving wheel is in gear structure, and the inner side of the track is provided with a rack in engagement with the driving wheel, the servo motor is used to drive the driving wheel to rotate, the driving wheel is engaged with the rack on the inner side of the track to drive, and the accuracy of the moving stroke of the inspection robot is improved.

[0010] The inner track type intelligent inspection device described above, the conductive strip is at least provided with two conductive strips to provide direct current for the inspection robot.

[0011] Of course, the number of conductive strips can be more than three, to provide three-phase or multi-phase electricity for the inspection robot.

[0012] The inner track type intelligent inspection device described above, the detection module includes but is not limited to a camera, a sound wave sensing unit, a laser scanning unit and an infrared sensing unit, wherein the camera, the sound wave sensing unit, the laser scanning unit and the infrared sensing unit are all prior art, to detect the transmission belt of the belt conveyor or the conveying object on the transmission belt, to perform fault detection, photographing and video recording and the like.

[0013] In order to facilitate the detection module to detect the belt conveyor, the track includes a track body and a detection portion arranged on one side of the detection module, Figure 2 Figure 3 .

[0014] In order to avoid affecting the information transmission of the inspection robot, the track body is made of non-metal high-strength material.

[0015] The cross section shape of the track is circular, so as to facilitate processing and use, or the cross section shape of the track is a flat ellipse, and the upper and lower sides are flat surfaces, the upper flat surface is convenient for installation with the upper wall of the mine, and the lower flat surface is convenient for detection of the detection module.

[0016] The inspection robot of the present application is operated in the track of the closed tubular structure, and is not directly exposed to the external environment, thereby avoiding impact and collision and improving the service life of the inspection robot; and foreign matters such as particles and dust cannot enter the inside, and do not affect the movement of the inspection robot, that is, workers do not need to regularly perform high-altitude operation to maintain the track, thereby facilitating use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0017] In the drawings:

[0018] Figure 4 It is a cross section schematic view of the track in the embodiment 1 of the present application;

[0019] Figure 5 It is a structure schematic view of the inspection robot of the present application;

[0020] Figure 5 It is a cross section schematic view of the track in the embodiment 2 of the present application;

[0021] Figure 4 It is an internal structure schematic view of the embodiment 2 of the present application;

[0022] Figure 3 It is a use schematic view of the present application;

[0023] The components represented by the reference numerals in the drawings are:

[0024] 100, main body; 110, detection module; 111, sound wave induction unit; 112, laser scanning unit; 113, infrared induction unit; 114, camera; 120, movement module; 130, brush; 200, track; 210, rack; 220, conductive strip; 230, thin plastic plate; 300, transmission belt; 310, conveyed object. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] Figure 2 It is a use schematic view of the present application of the track in the mine, and the track 200 and the inspection robot capable of moving along the length direction, the inspection robot replaces manual operation, and the transmission belt 300 or the conveyed object 310 on the transmission belt 300 in the mine is inspected, so as to improve the inspection efficiency and reduce the injury of workers.

[0026] In combination Figure 1 , the track 200 is a closed tubular structure, and the inspection robot is located inside the track 200, which includes a main body 100, one side of which is provided with a detection module 110, and the side of the track 200 corresponding to the detection module 110 is made of transparent material. In use, the track 200 is installed on the upper side wall of the mine above the belt conveyor, and the detection module 110 detects the belt conveyor below through the transparent part of the track 200 during the reciprocating movement of the inspection robot inside the track 200, so that the inspection robot of the inspection device runs inside the closed track 200, avoiding impact and collision, especially protecting the inspection robot and improving the service life. At the same time, foreign matters such as particles and dust cannot enter, which will not affect the movement of the inspection robot, that is, workers do not need to work at high altitudes to maintain the track 200, which is convenient to use.

[0027] For the structure of the track 200 ​ , the cross-sectional shape of the track 200 is a flat ellipse, and the upper and lower sides are flat, which is convenient for installation on the upper side wall of the mine, and the lower side is convenient for detection of the detection module 110. The length direction of the track 200 is detachably provided with an end cover, and the inspection robot inside the track 200 can be disassembled or maintained by opening the end cover.

[0028] In this embodiment, in order to facilitate the detection module 110 to detect the belt conveyor, the track 200 includes a track 200 body and a detection part corresponding to the detection module 110. The detection part is a transparent thin plate structure, such as a transparent thin plastic plate 230 or a glass plate and an acrylic plate. At the same time, in order to avoid affecting the information transmission of the inspection robot, the track 200 body is made of non-metal high-strength material, such as fiber reinforced resin matrix composite material.

[0029] In combination ​ , the detection module 110 includes a sound wave sensing unit 111, a laser scanning unit 112, an infrared sensing unit 113, and a camera 114. The camera 114, the sound wave sensing unit 111, the laser scanning unit 112, and the infrared sensing unit 113 are all prior art, which can detect faults, take pictures, and record videos of the transmission belt 300 of the belt conveyor or the transported object 310 on the transmission belt 300.

[0030] Of course, the detection module 110 can also be electrically connected with the brush 130, so that the detection module 110 can also be powered by the brush 130, avoiding the trouble of high-altitude operation caused by battery replacement, and further facilitating use.

[0031] As an implementation manner, the inspection robot is driven to move inside the track 200 by a moving module 120, the moving module 120 comprises a driving machine arranged inside the main body 100 of the inspection robot and capable of driving the main body 100 to move along the track 200, the track 200 is provided with a conductive strip 220 along the length direction thereof, the outer side of the main body 100 is provided with an electric brush 130 in sliding contact with the conductive strip 220, the electric brush 130 is electrically connected with the driving machine, in use, the conductive strip 220 can be electrically connected with an external power supply, and the electric brush 130 on the main body 100 always keeps in sliding contact with the conductive strip 220, that is, an electric circuit is formed, and the required electricity is provided for the movement of the main body 100, so as to avoid the high-altitude operation trouble caused by the replacement of the battery and facilitate the use.

[0032] Specifically, the driving end of the driving machine is provided with a driving wheel, the driving wheel is in rolling cooperation with the track 200, the driving machine is preferably a servo motor capable of bidirectional rotation, in use, the servo motor is used to drive the driving wheel to rotate, so as to push the inspection robot to move inside the track 200, wherein the driving wheel and the servo motor are not shown in the drawings of the embodiment.

[0033] In the embodiment, at least two groups of driving wheel groups are included, and each group of driving wheel groups comprises at least two driving wheels arranged along the length direction of the track 200, so that the movement of the inspection robot is more stable; and the driving wheel is in gear structure, and the inner side of the track 200 is provided with a rack 210 engaged with the driving wheel, the driving wheel is driven to rotate by the servo motor, the driving wheel is engaged with the rack 210 on the inner side of the track 200 for transmission, and the accuracy of the moving stroke of the inspection robot is improved.

[0034] The inner side of the track 200 is provided with a groove, the rack 210 can be arranged protruding out of the groove or arranged inside the groove, when the rack 210 is arranged inside the groove, the driving wheel can be limited by the groove during the engagement with the rack 210, so that the movement of the inspection robot is more stable.

[0035] In the embodiment, the conductive strip 220 is provided with two conductive strips connected with the positive and negative poles of the external power supply respectively, so as to provide direct current for the inspection robot, of course, the number of the conductive strip 220 can be more than three, so as to provide three-phase or multi-phase electricity for the inspection robot.

[0036] Another embodiment, in combination with ​ The cross-sectional shape of the track 200 can also be circular.

[0037] The inspection robot of the inspection device operates inside the closed tubular structure track 200 and is not directly exposed to the external environment, avoiding impacts and bumps and the like, improving the service life of the inspection robot; foreign matter such as particles and dust cannot enter the inside and will not affect the movement of the inspection robot, i.e. workers do not need to regularly perform high-altitude operation to maintain the track 200, facilitating use; the track 200 is internally provided with a conductive strip 220, which cooperates with the brush 130 on the inspection robot to directly power the inspection robot, eliminating the need to charge the inspection robot or replace the battery, avoiding high-altitude operation and further facilitating use.

Claims

1. An inner rail type intelligent inspection device, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a track inspection robot, which comprises a track (200) and a track inspection robot capable of moving along the length direction of the track (200). The track (200) is a closed tubular structure, and the track inspection robot is located inside the track (200). The track inspection robot comprises a main body (100) provided with a detection module (110) on one side, and the side of the track (200) corresponding to the detection module (110) is made of transparent material. The main body (100) is internally provided with a driving machine capable of driving the main body (100) to move along the track (200), and the driving end of the driving machine is provided with a driving wheel in rolling fit with the track (200), wherein the driving wheel is a gear structure, and the inner side of the track (200) is provided with a rack (210) engaged with the driving wheel.

2. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to claim 1, wherein The track (200) is internally provided with a conductive strip (220) along the length direction of the track (200), and the outer side of the main body (100) is provided with an electric brush (130) in sliding contact with the conductive strip (220), wherein the electric brush (130) is electrically connected with the driving machine.

3. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to claim 2, wherein The conductive strip (220) is provided with at least two conductive strips.

4. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to claim 1, wherein The track (200) comprises a track body and a detection part provided on the side corresponding to the detection module (110), and the detection part is a transparent thin plate structure.

5. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to claim 4, wherein The track body is made of non-metallic high-strength material.

6. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that, The cross-sectional shape of the track (200) is circular.

7. The inner rail type intelligent inspection device according to any one of claims 1-5, characterized in that, The cross-sectional shape of the track (200) is a flat ellipse.

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