Demonstration

Demonstration
Schematic of robot cutter in action

Red line indicates steelwire for moving the robot cutter forward or back

Green line indicates communicating route for wire winding

Yellow line indicates air hose to supply the pneumatic motor and lever system

Videoclip 1: Shows the robot cutter re-opening a pipe (Quicktime format - 362 Kb)
Videoclip 2: Robot Cutter operating on a concrete pipe (Quicktime format - 330 Kb)

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Number 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 explained:

1: Hosecylinder with multiple plugs for brake cylinder, cutter level movement and cable routing for electrical supply for the rotation motor

2: Robot Cutter - Motor driven by compressed air. The cutter head level is placed on an “air-bag” which absorbs shocks and vibrations.

3: Winch System - Two screened windlasses with wire-winch used for propulsion and backswing of the cutter. Each wire-winch consists of a wire cylinder with build in DC geared engine.

4: Switchboard - The movements are controlled from the switchboard with controlled pulling in both directions.
5: Automatic feed with two transmissions and a motor, that makes your cutter or camera self-propelled.