Patent ID: 7496454
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: G01M,G01N,G01R

Abstract:
1. An inspection system for removably mounting to a platform movable in relation to a generally upright mast for inspection of said mast, which comprises: (a) a mounting support assembly removably fixable to said platform; (b) a detector device carried by said mounting support assembly for scanning said mast and collecting mast scanned information, wherein said detector device is one or more of: thermal imaging detector, radio frequency detector, thermal imaging camera, image acquisition device, charge coupler device (CCD), magnetic particle inspection (MPD), video camera, digital still-camera, magnetic particle inspection (MPI), ultrasonic device, magnetic eddy current device, or magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) device; (c) a power supply carried by one or more of said mounting support assembly or said detector device and connected to said detector device; and (d) a communications device carried by one or more of said mounting support assembly or said detector device and connected to said detector device for receiving and relaying said collected mast scanned information.