Development of a conceptual robotic device for the measurement of internal stresses in hazardous or limited access environments.

由于有限的资源、时间和金钱，以及最近的社会和环境障碍，延长工厂寿命目前是世界上大多数工程部门的共同目标。结构完整性是延长寿命计划的关键方面，测量老化部件的内部应力状态的能力将对评估其延长寿命的潜力产生重大而深远的影响。然而，对于一些核电站，设备或人员在尝试进行测量时将经历的极端/苛刻和限制进入的环境目前阻止了此类重要工作，例如辐射核反应堆部件。VEQTER是一家世界领先的公司，为全球所有工程部门提供内部应力测量服务。VEQTER的项目将通过创建并测试一种概念验证、远程操作的机器人机器来开始解决这个问题，该机器可以在危险或受限的访问环境中测量金属部件的穿透厚度内应力。目前还不存在其他类似的能力，因此该项目将突破当前前沿科学的界限。

Plant life extension is currently a common goal for most engineering sectors worldwide due tolimited resources, time and money, and more recently social and environmental barriers.Structural integrity is a key aspect of life extension programmes and the ability to measure theinternal stress state of aged components will make a significant and profound difference toassessing their potential for life extension. However for some plants, the extreme/aggressiveand restricted access environments that would be experienced by the equipment or personnelwhen trying to carry out the measurements currently prohibits such important work, e.g. forirradiated nuclear reactor components.VEQTER is a world leading company providing internal stress measurement services to allengineering sectors worldwide. VEQTER’s project will start to address this issue by creatingand then testing a proof of concept, remotely operated, robotic machine to measure thethrough-thickness internal stresses within metallic components in hazardous or limited accessenvironments. No other capability like this currently exists and so this project will push theboundaries of current leading-edge science.