Pipeline Cleaner With Vibration Sensor For Real-Time Cleanliness Assessment
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipeline cleaning methods require manual intervention for checking cleanliness, which significantly reduces work efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A pipeline overturning lining inner wall cleaner equipped with a cleaning brush, water pump, and an inner wall cleaning judgment device that uses vibration sensors and a convolutional neural network to assess cleanliness in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual cleaning method is used, then labor intensity is high, but cleaning efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is equipped with automatic cleaning brushes, water spray nozzles, and suction devices that perform cleaning operations autonomously without manual intervention. The device moves through the pipeline and cleans the inner wall automatically, eliminating the need for manual cleaning operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical cleaning operations with an automated cleaning device that uses mechanical brushes, water spray systems, and suction mechanisms. This substitution transforms manual labor into an automated mechanical system, significantly improving cleaning efficiency while reducing labor intensity.
2Measurement precision
If cleaning device is removed for checking cleanliness, then cleanliness can be judged, but work efficiency is seriously impacted
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device is equipped with sensors, cameras, or detection devices that continuously monitor and detect the cleanliness of the pipeline inner wall during the cleaning process. The detected information is fed back to the control system, which adjusts cleaning parameters in real-time to ensure optimal cleaning performance without requiring device removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary detection system (sensors, cameras, or measurement devices) that acts as a mediator between the cleaning device and the cleanliness assessment. This intermediary enables real-time monitoring and evaluation of cleaning effectiveness while the device remains in position, eliminating the need to remove the device for checking.
3Productivity
If real-time cleanliness monitoring is implemented, then work efficiency improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning device integrates multiple functions including cleaning operations, real-time monitoring, data processing, and control into a single unified system. The monitoring components serve multiple purposes such as detecting cleanliness, guiding the cleaning process, and providing feedback for optimization, thereby reducing overall system complexity despite the added functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the monitoring system, control system, and cleaning mechanisms into an integrated unified device. The sensors, processors, and actuators are merged into a coordinated system where the monitoring functions are tightly coupled with the cleaning operations, reducing the need for separate independent systems and simplifying the overall device architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables real-time cleanliness assessment without the need to remove the cleaner, thereby improving work efficiency and convenience in pipeline cleaning.
Implementation Method 1
configured to collect vibration signals of the inner wall of the cleaner body
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a pipeline overturning lining inner wall cleaner, belonging to the technical field of pipeline inner wall cleaning. The pipeline overturning lining inner wall cleaner includes a cleaner body, where one end of the cleaner body is fixedly connected with a fixed block, one end of an outer side of the cleaner body is provided with a first spring, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected with a sleeve, the outer side of the cleaner body and an outer side of the sleeve are fixedly connected with a rotating base, respectively, one side of each rotating base is provided with a first connecting rod, one side of each first connecting rod is provided with a second connecting rod. A water pump conveys cleaning liquid to a shunt pipe and a drain pipe, and then sprays the cleaning liquid into a pipeline.