Versatrax 100 Micromag
Magnetic Robotic Inspection Crawler
Description
The Inuktun Versatrax 100 MicroMag™ is a magnetic robotic crawler for wet or dry visual inspection of ferrous metal structures. It is waterproof to 30 m and can be steered on vertical, horizontal and inverted surfaces, including when operated underwater.
The MicroMag™ vehicle has a flat aluminium chassis, two Inuktun Microtracs™ aluminium crawler tracks and rare earth magnets. It travels at up to 10 m per minute, carries a payload of 4.54 kg and runs on a tether of 61–183 m. The front camera is an Inuktun Spectrum 45™ colour camera with a 1/4 in CMOS pick-up (NTSC or PAL), 3.6 mm lens, 1.0 lux sensitivity, 420 TV lines, 360° continuous pan, 280° tilt and 6 × 0.5 W LED lights with variable intensity; auxiliary lighting is 2 × 20 W halogen.
The Versatrax 100 MicroMag™ control system runs on 115 VAC or 230 VAC with 550 W minimum power and comes as a portable Pelican case or 19 in rack mount controller with two joysticks, a custom keypad and a custom graphic user interface. The tether reel and encoder are portable in a Pelican case. Options include an 8 in colour LCD monitor, pendant control with 7.6 m interconnect cable, a rear facing Inuktun Crystal Cam® auxiliary camera, a miniature tether reel for up to 107 m, a digital video recorder and a drop camera adapter.
A UT Probe & Wire Brush option adds ultrasonic thickness measurement of ferrous metal surfaces in air or underwater, using a Cygnus Mini ROV™ UT probe and a wire brush for surface preparation on a shared pivot. Measurement range in steel is 3–250 mm with the standard 2.25 MHz probe, with 0.1 mm accuracy when calibrated to Cygnus Instruments procedures and 0.05 mm resolution. Listed applications include reactor heads, pressure vessels, storage tanks, ship hulls, bridges, offshore platforms and wind turbines.