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Patent No: IN338725 [India] Application No: 2984/DEL/2012
Title: Vehicle mounted automatic controlled mobile bridge inspection device
Issue Date: 18-06-2020 File Date: 25-09-2012
Inventor(s): Rajeev Kumar Garg; Rakesh Kumar Chak; Vinod R Dahake; Ashwani Kumar; Ram Kumar; Lakshmy Parmeswaran; Subhamay Gangopadhyay; Gautam Biswas; Jagroop Singh; Prabhu Dutt
IPC Classification: B66F
Abstract: This vehicle mounted automatic controlled mobile bridge inspection device is a vital tool for maintenance and management of bridge stocks and similar elevated structures, for the up keep of the road transportation network as part of a Bridge Management System and can also be used during rescue operation during needs of disaster mitigation.
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The main advantages :
  • It is indigenously developed and is a low-cost device that needs minimal intervention from the operator.
  • This equipment is a vital tool for the maintenance and management of bridge stocks or similar elevated structures for the upkeep of the road transportation network under a Bridge
  • Management System (BMS) is suitable for Bridges or similar structures and can also be used during rescue operations or in need of disaster mitigation.
  • This device eliminated the additional support jack placed over the bridge deck.
  • This device provides access to the complex and inaccessible conditions of the bridge and other transportation structures, such as in case of need for a rescue operation and aid to the disaster caused by an earthquake, flood, cyclone, hurricane, landslide, or fire.
  • All the joints are electro-mechanical driven, non-hydraulic, non-pneumatic, self-locking, and controlled by PLCs, which are easy to maintain and operate.
  • The rotation of the inspection platform can be done in the horizontal plane 0 degrees to 360 degrees. '
  • This facilitates a wide option to inspect the bridge where the device is installed and also the neighbouring structure or bridge where the inspection-platform can be located.
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