Endoscopes (Fiberscopes, Borescopes, Videoscopes)
Endoscopic Perfection
The human eye – one of nature’s miracles – is the most important and often irreplaceable means we have for checking and testing. With the help of endoscopes (borescopes), our sight penetrates into the most hidden spaces – independently of a straight or curved access.
Richard WOLF, being the oldest and one of the biggest endoscope manufacturers in Europe, has paved the way of endoscopy for nearly 100 years. Countless developments, inventions and patents witness the leading position of Richard WOLF – always keeping the focus on investigating and improving optical testing in all branches of the industry.
As representative examples, 5 important milestones in the history of industrial endoscopy may be mentioned: the rotatable light connector, the swivel-prism borescope, the panoramic borescope, the Blending Scope, and most recently the Elastoscope.
Application area Range of employment
Aircraft………………………………..Engines, structure, turbines
Aviation and astronautics …………..Tightness, tubes, welding seams
Boilers, containers, tanks …………..Chemistry, pharma, heating + air condition
Breweries………………………………Pipes, tubes, valves, vats
Building + concrete…………………..Overground, underground, redevelopment
Chemistry ……………………………..Boilers, pipes, reactors, valves
Electronics …………………………….Circuit boards, electrical parts and units
Food production ……………………….Boilers, pipes, tubes, vats
Foundry …………………………………Burrs, core rests, cavities
Gear boxes ……………………………..Bearings, contact marks, wear
Heating + air condition………………..Cleanliness, corrosion, leakage
Machinery/machine manufacture ……Burrs, castings, cavities, gears
Models …………………………………..Architecture, city planing, manufacturing
Monument care ………………………..Museums, redevelopment, history of art
Motor vehicles …………………………Car bodies, engines, gearboxes
Music instruments………………………Age, bodies, cleanliness
Offshore platforms (oil + gas)………..Engines, pipes, pumps, tubes
Pharmaceutical industry ………………Boilers, pipes, reactors, valves
Pipes……………………………………..Burrs, surface, welding
Piston engines ………………………….Combustion chamber, cylinder, piston, valves
Power stations ………………………….Boilers, tubes, steam generators, valves
Precision mechanics …………………..Grooves, transitions, burrs
Refineries………………………………..Tubes, valves, welding
Roots and trees ………………………..Forestry, research
Ships…………………………………….Engines, pipes, tanks, turbines
Steel industry ………………………….Bearings, machinery, moulds, pipes
Tubes ……………………………………Cleanliness, extrusions, fittings
Turbines………………………………….Combustion chamber, compressor, turbine
Weapons …………………………………Barrels, flats & grooves, cartridge chamber
This is but an extract of applications. Many others have been already discovered and some are waiting to be investigated by Richard WOLF endoscopes.