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US 12,693,265 B2Granted
Tool and system for eddy current inspection
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.U.
InventorsYolanda De Frutos Galindo, Carlos Jusdado Serrano, Alejandro Arnaez Barrio
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Abstract
A tool for eddy current inspection is configured to be used with an inspection device, and includes one or more guides, wherein the, or each, guide is a disc, which may be a plastic disc. Each disc includes an adhesive on one of its surfaces, the adhesive being a detachable adhesive, i.e., it is a weak adhesive that allows removal of the disc after inspection and re-use of the disc again at another fastener position.
Claims12
A tool for eddy current inspection, configured to be used with an inspection device to inspect a fastener, comprising:
- a plurality of guides;
- a plurality of discs,
- wherein each guide in the plurality of guides comprises a corresponding disc from the plurality of discs, each disc having a diameter equal to a diameter of the fastener,
- wherein each guide in the plurality of guides is connected to another guide in the plurality of guides by a wire, and
- wherein each disc comprises a detachable adhesive on a surface thereof configured to fix the disc to the fastener, such that the disc remains stationary relative to the fastener while the inspection device is slid along a peripheral edge of the disc during inspection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.