Feeding device for an ultrasound inspection system
AssigneeGE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH
InventorsDamian Meinert, Stephan Schmitz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a feeding device for an ultrasound inspection system, with means for transporting a test object (7), in particular a pipe, into an ultrasound inspection chamber of the ultrasound inspection system, comprising at least one guiding unit (1) for the test object with at least one, preferably three, still more preferably six elastically biased counter bearings (2) resting against a jacket surface (8) of the test object (7) via a contact part (4) in order to guide the test object during transport.
Claims18
-17. (canceled)
A feeding device for an ultrasound inspection system with means for transporting a test object, in particular a pipe, into an ultrasound inspection chamber of the ultrasound inspection system, the feeding device comprising:
- at least one guiding unit for the test object with at least three elastically biased counter bearings resting against a jacket surface of the test object via a contact part in order to guide the test object during transport,
- wherein the counter bearing, as a means for elastically biasing it, comprises a rubber buffer and in that the rubber buffer exhibits a change of the cross section in the direction of the load.
An ultrasound inspection system comprising:
- a feeding device with means for transporting a test object, in particular a pipe, into an ultrasound inspection chamber of the ultrasound inspection system, the feeding device including:
- at least one guiding unit for the test object with at least three elastically biased counter bearings resting against a jacket surface of the test object via a contact part in order to guide the test object during transport,
- wherein the counter bearing, as a means for elastically biasing it, comprises a rubber buffer and in that the rubber buffer exhibits a change of the cross section in the direction of the load.
A method for ultrasound inspection, the method comprising:
- feeding a test object into an ultrasound inspection chamber of an ultrasound inspection system using a feeding device, and
- inspecting the test object with ultrasound,
- wherein the feeding device includes:
- with means for transporting a test object, in particular a pipe, into an ultrasound inspection chamber of the ultrasound inspection system, and
- at least one guiding unit for the test object with at least three elastically biased counter bearings resting against a jacket surface of the test object via a contact part in order to guide the test object during transport,
- wherein the counter bearing, as a means for elastically biasing it, comprises a rubber buffer and in that the rubber buffer exhibits a change of the cross section in the direction of the load,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.