Method and apparatus for inspecting tubular cavities

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article – Shaping against forming surface

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264 40, 264314, 264334, B29C 700

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ABSTRACT:
To inspect an internal zone of a tubular cavity having an open end, for example, a zone of possible damage in a heat-exchanger tube, an elastically hardenable casting plastic is transported to the zone and cast against the surface embraced by the internal zone, and after hardening to an elastic casting, is pulled from the zone for inspection outside of the open end of the cavity. Being elastic, the casting is not permanently deformed when pulled from the zone, the casting providing an undistorted physical image of the surface within the zone, permitting a determination of possible damage including pitting, cracks and the like.

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