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、时间和资金，以及最近的社会和环境障碍，延长设备寿命是目前世界上大多数工程部门的共同目标。结构完整性是寿命延长计划的一个关键方面，测量老化部件内部应力状态的能力将对评估其寿命延长潜力产生重大而深远的影响。然而，对于某些工厂，当试图进行测量时，设备或人员将经历极端/侵略性和受限的访问环境，目前禁止此类重要工作，例如辐照核反应堆组件。VEQTER是世界领先的公司，为全球所有工程部门提供内应力测量服务。VEQTER的项目将开始解决这个问题，通过创建和测试概念验证，远程操作，机器人机器，以测量危险或有限访问环境中金属部件内的厚度内应力。目前还没有其他类似的能力，因此这个项目将推动当前前沿科学的边界。

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.