Patent ID: 6935178

Claim:
A device for the inspection of end portions of a pipe comprising: at least one ultrasonic probe; an inspection tank which a) has a receiving chamber for receiving a probe-to-specimen contact liquid, b) defines an axial passage through which a pipe that is to be inspected can be transported along an inspection line relative to the inspection tank, c) is provided with front-side and rear-side sealing means which are adapted to the external diameter of the pipe that is to be inspected and which delimit the receiving chamber, and d) receives the at least one probe so that probe-to-specimen contact liquid is only found between the probe and the pipe that is to be inspected; a cylindrical mandrel the external diameter of which is adapted to the external diameter of the pipe that is to be inspected which has a front-side sealing by which it is in sealing contact with a first front side of the pipe that is to be inspected, which has a length that is greater than the clearance of the two sealing means, and which is provided with a clamping area at its other front side; and a holding device is provided for the mandrel and comprises a clamping device which interacts with the clamping area of the mandrel.