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US 12,754,167 B2Granted
Magnetic ultrasound testing system
AssigneeSimply AUT Ltd.
InventorDavid Stewart
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Abstract
A non-destructive testing (NDT) system which includes a chassis, a NDT scanner which may be an ultrasound scanner, a drive system comprising at least one drive wheel and at least one drive motor, a guidance system operatively connected to the drive system for controlling the motion of the NDT system, and a magnet assembly for adhering the NDT 5 system to a ferromagnetic object, which magnet assembly is configured to be switched on or off as required.
Claims13
A non-destructive testing (NDT) system for testing a ferromagnetic object, the NDT system comprising:
- (a) a chassis;
- (b) an NDT scanner;
- (c) a drive system comprising at least one drive wheel and at least one drive motor;
- (d) a guidance system operatively connected to the drive system to facilitate control of the motion of the NDT system;
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- (e) at least one magnet assembly for adhering the NDT system to the ferromagnetic object, which magnet assembly is configured to be selectively activated or deactivated to vary a strength of an external magnetic field of the magnet assembly at the object,
- wherein the guidance system comprises a LiDAR scanner configured to identify a profile of a surface of the object, which profile is used by the guidance system to control the drive system to steer the NDT system while magnetically attached to the object.
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A method of non-destructive testing (NDT) a ferromagnetic object, comprising:
- (a) magnetically attaching a portable NDT system to the object by activating a magnet assembly on the NDT system;
- (b) scanning the object or a portion of the object with an NDT scanner aboard the NDT system, while the NDT system guides itself along the object with a guidance system of the NDT system,
- wherein the guidance system comprises a LiDAR scanner configured to identify a surface feature of the object and the guidance system is configured to follow the surface feature;
- and
- (c) magnetically detaching the NDT system from the object by deactivating the magnet assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.