What is claimed is an inspection device for in-tube monitoring of main pipelines by the method of ultrasonic wall thickness metering realized in a device traveling inside the pipeline and performing measurements, acquisition of measurement data and their interpretation. The device comprises a probing
pulse generator, an ultrasonic
transducer, an
amplifier, a
comparator with an analog input, a digital
timer, a processor and a data storage module, and a controlled reference
voltage source connected in series. The output of said reference
voltage source is connected to the reference
voltage input of the
comparator, said reference
voltage source being capable of setting at least two different voltages at its output.The
comparator output is connected to one of the control inputs of the reference
voltage source that allows one to switch threshold values in the comparator, when recording the ultrasonic pulses, to use one threshold value to
record the moment of reception of the ultrasonic pulse reflected from the internal wall of the pipeline using another threshold value of the comparator to
record the moment of reception of the ultrasonic pulse reflected from the external wall of the pipeline using the other threshold value. Thus, the operator can perform direct measurements of the
transit time of the ultrasonic pulses in the
pipe wall allowing him to increase the distance monitored per
one pass of the device, and to increase the accuracy of measurements and the rate of hardware
data processing compared to the prototypes known in the art.