eprintid: 17865 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/78/65 datestamp: 2025-10-27 10:23:37 lastmod: 2025-10-30 18:35:11 status_changed: 2025-10-27 10:23:37 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Shafi, Imran creators_name: Khan, Imad creators_name: Breñosa, Jose creators_name: López Flores, Miguel Ángel creators_name: Martínez Espinosa, Julio César creators_name: Choi, Jin-Ghoo creators_name: Ashraf, Imran creators_name: Murray, Richard creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: josemanuel.brenosa@uneatlantico.es creators_id: creators_id: ulio.martinez@unini.edu.mx creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: title: Scalable Comprehensive Automatic Inspection, Cleaning, and Evaluation Mechanism for Large‐Diameter Pipes ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_eng divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica divisions: unincol_produccion_cientifica divisions: uninimx_produccion_cientifica divisions: uninipr_produccion_cientifica divisions: unic_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: automatic inspection; gun barrel inspection system; in-pipe cleaning; intelligent systems; large-diameter pipe in-spection; rifed pipe inspection abstract: Cleaning and inspection of pipelines and gun barrels are crucial for ensuring safety and integrity to extend their lifespan. Existing automatic inspection approaches lack high robustness, as well as portability, and have movement restrictions and complexity. This study presents the design and development of a scalable, comprehensive automated inspection, cleaning, and evaluation mechanism (CAICEM) for large-sized pipelines and barrels with diameters in the range of 105 mm–210 mm. The proposed system is divided into electrical and mechanical assemblies that are independently designed, tested, fabricated, integrated, and controlled with industrial grid controllers and processors. These actuators are suitably programmed to provide the desired actions through toggle switches on a simple housing subassembly. The stress analysis and material specifications are obtained using ANSYS to ensure robustness and practicability. Later, on-ground testing and optimization are performed before industrial prototyping. The inspection system of the proposed mechanism includes barrel-mounted and brush-mounted cameras with sensors utilized to keep track of the pipeline deposits and monitor user activity. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism is cost-effective and achieves the desired objectives with minimum human efforts in the least possible time for both smooth and rifled large-diameter pipes and barrels. date: 2025-08 publication: International Journal of Intelligent Systems volume: 2025 number: 1 id_number: doi:10.1155/int/2441962 refereed: TRUE issn: 0884-8173 official_url: http://doi.org/10.1155/int/2441962 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Ingeniería Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Fundación Universitaria Internacional de Colombia > Investigación > Producción Científica Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México > Investigación > Producción Científica Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana Puerto Rico > Investigación > Producción Científica Universidad Internacional do Cuanza > Investigación > Producción Científica Abierto Inglés Cleaning and inspection of pipelines and gun barrels are crucial for ensuring safety and integrity to extend their lifespan. Existing automatic inspection approaches lack high robustness, as well as portability, and have movement restrictions and complexity. This study presents the design and development of a scalable, comprehensive automated inspection, cleaning, and evaluation mechanism (CAICEM) for large-sized pipelines and barrels with diameters in the range of 105 mm–210 mm. The proposed system is divided into electrical and mechanical assemblies that are independently designed, tested, fabricated, integrated, and controlled with industrial grid controllers and processors. These actuators are suitably programmed to provide the desired actions through toggle switches on a simple housing subassembly. The stress analysis and material specifications are obtained using ANSYS to ensure robustness and practicability. Later, on-ground testing and optimization are performed before industrial prototyping. The inspection system of the proposed mechanism includes barrel-mounted and brush-mounted cameras with sensors utilized to keep track of the pipeline deposits and monitor user activity. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed mechanism is cost-effective and achieves the desired objectives with minimum human efforts in the least possible time for both smooth and rifled large-diameter pipes and barrels. metadata Shafi, Imran; Khan, Imad; Breñosa, Jose; López Flores, Miguel Ángel; Martínez Espinosa, Julio César; Choi, Jin-Ghoo; Ashraf, Imran y Murray, Richard mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, josemanuel.brenosa@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR, ulio.martinez@unini.edu.mx, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2025) Scalable Comprehensive Automatic Inspection, Cleaning, and Evaluation Mechanism for Large‐Diameter Pipes. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 2025 (1). ISSN 0884-8173 document_url: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/17865/1/International%20Journal%20of%20Intelligent%20Systems%20-%202025%20-%20Shafi%20-%20Scalable%20Comprehensive%20Automatic%20Inspection%20%20Cleaning%20%20and.pdf