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Design of a Mechanical Sealing Device for Robotic Water Distribution Pipe Rehabilitation
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Author(s)
Yeung, Yip Fun
Genevriere, Emily
Youcef-Toumi, Kamal
Date Issued
2020
Journal
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Publisher
ASME International
Citation
Yeung, Yip Fun, Genevriere, Emily and Youcef-Toumi, Kamal. 2020. "Design of a Mechanical Sealing Device for Robotic Water Distribution Pipe Rehabilitation." ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE), 6.
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Abstract
Copyright © 2020 ASME. Water distribution pipe maintenance is a global concern. In this study, we propose a Rehabilitation In-Pipe Robot (R-IPR) to perform pipe rehabilitation operations and contain induced contamination. The robot features three modules: A pipe cleaning module, a mechanical sealing module, and an in-pipe manipulator module. This study emphasizes the comprehensive design of the mechanical sealing module. We introduce a multi-layer compound structure of the seal to deal with two characteristics of tuberculated pipe surfaces: 1. macroscopical surface roughness, 2. overhang in foundation profile. The prototype excels in sealing foundation overhang and requires 45% lower compression load than a baseline seal to function. The prototype seal is integrated into the R-IPR. Finally, experiments of the overall system demonstrate the successful performance of the first contamination-less in-pipe rehabilitation..
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10.1115/IMECE2020-23048
