Originally, endoscopes were mainly used for medical purposes and were also called medical endoscopes. What we know today as industrial endoscopes are derived from the medical side.
Today industrial endoscopes are used in all walks of life and have long been known to the public. With the innovation of technology industrial endoscopes are becoming more and more powerful, easier to use, and more and more diverse. For example, there are portable industrial endoscopes, high-definition industrial endoscopes, megapixel endoscopes and so on are more common.
In terms of applications, it involves aerospace, automotive manufacturing, medical devices, power equipment, police and military fields, petrochemical, etc.. The following describes the application of industrial borescope in some industries.
Public security and customs
Weapons manufacturing used to check mechanical gear parts wear, looseness, oil leaks, internal conditions of the barrel. Security inspection is used for public security and customs departments to check the hidden drugs, and smuggled goods. Video endoscopy technology is also used in weapons manufacturing, Nissan maintenance, security, customs inspection, search and rescue, and life detection. Search and rescue detection is used for earthquake search and rescue, sudden event search, explosion-proof inspection.
Aerospace industry
Used in aircraft turbine, blade, engine, welding surface, duct surface, combustion chamber internal regular inspection or inspection of the body, as well as rocket engine research and development, manufacturing.Used in aircraft turbine, blade, engine, welding surface, duct surface, combustion chamber internal regular inspection or inspection of the body, as well as rocket engine research and development, manufacturing.
Petrochemical
The inspection process does not require disassembly of the equipment being inspected, making it a very cost-effective inspection solution. Especially in the petroleum refinery storage tanks, heat exchangers, ball tankers, chemical industry pipeline facilities, special inspection institutes and pressure vessel production units, such as containers, cylinders, pipelines and other internal defect detection inspection.
Locomotive, engineering, pharmaceutical, food pipelines
Railroads / ships for inspection of electric locomotives, air conditioning systems, turbines, heaters, diesel engines, boiler flames, inspection of pipelines. Construction works are used for inspection of rust and dirt of steel pipes, internal diagnosis of walls, etc., condition of rusted steel bars, support shafts, cracks of bridge joints, etc. Also used for observation of cavities on the inside of tunnels, building models; diagnosis of rust and blockage of water drainage pipes. Research units are used for observation in research institutions, scientific research, laboratories, archaeology, etc.
The introduction and popularity of industrial endoscopes has strongly guaranteed the safe operation and production of industrial equipment, and also indirectly provided protection for people's normal life.