System and method for inspecting fused plastic pipes

A method of determining if a fuse between plastic pipes within a fusion socket is a bad fuse, the method comprising:

• placing a source of x-ray radiation that emits x-ray radiation on one side of the fuse;
• holding a scanning plate to an opposing side of the fuse;
• initiating emission of the x-ray radiation;
• stopping emission of the x-ray radiation;
• removing the scanning plate from the opposing side of the fuse and moving the scanning plate to a scanner;
• scanning the scanning plate, creating an x-ray image of the fuse;
• transferring the x-ray image of the fuse into a storage of a computer;
• displaying the x-ray image on a display of the computer;
• and
• visually analyzing the x-ray image of the fuse to determine if the fuse is the bad fuse by recognizing a position of each of the plastic pipes to determine if the fuse is the bad fuse by the position of each of the plastic pipes within the fusion socket.

A method of determining if a fuse between plastic pipes within a fusion socket is a bad fuse, the method comprising:

• placing a source of x-ray radiation on one side of the fuse;
• receiving the x-ray radiation at an opposing side of the fuse;
• initiating emission of the x-ray radiation;
• creating an x-ray image of the fuse from the radiation received at the opposing side of the fuse;
• storing the x-ray image in a storage of a computer;
• stopping emission of the x-ray radiation;
• displaying the x-ray image on a display of the computer;
• and
• reading the x-ray image and determining if the fuse is the bad fuse by finding, in the x-ray image, any issue of the group consisting of a gap between two of the plastic pipes being greater than a predetermined distance, an end of one of the plastic pipes being further than a second predetermined distance from a length-wise center of the fusion socket, and the end of one of the plastic pipes being inserted to far within the fusion socket, thereby blocking flow to a second one of the plastic pipes.