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Known foreign and domestic developments regarding devices for velocity control of in-tube pig flaw detectors for the purpose of improving the quality and reliability of testing of tubes of gas-main pipelines laid in the ground are considered.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Podgorbunskikh, 2008, published in Defektoskopiya, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 54–65.
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Podgorbunskikh, A.M. Devices for automated regulation of the velocity of in-tube pig flaw detectors (Review). Russ J Nondestruct Test 44, 343–350 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061830908050070
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