The invention relates to a
digital ray detection device for a pipeline and a detection method thereof.The detection device comprises a crawler main body, a
ray machine head and a
visual positioning module are arranged at the front end of the crawler main body, a flexible imaging plate
assembly is arranged outside the pipeline, and the flexible imaging plate
assembly is provided with an imaging driving motor; the flexible imaging plate
assembly can rotate in the circumferential direction of the outer wall of the pipeline and collect all-round
transillumination images of the pipeline, and a control and
data processing unit connected with the crawler body and the flexible imaging plate assembly is arranged outside the pipeline. In implementation, the crawler main body can be used for travelling in small and medium-sized
pipe fittings, and the crawler main body structure can be bent, so that the crawler can pass through a 90-degree
elbow without obstruction, and is suitable for a complex pipeline structure. The
visual positioning module arranged at the front end of the crawl device body can automatically recognize and track a
welding seam, the
ray mechanism carries out full
exposure on the interior of a
pipe fitting, full-circumference
transillumination of the
welding seam is achieved in combination with rotation of the flexible imaging plate assembly, and the detection efficiency and the detection precision are effectively improved.