Ultrasonic Inspective Device for Simultaneous Pulse Echo and Through Transmission Inspection

An ultrasonic inspection device for simultaneous pulse echo inspection and through transmission inspection of a structure, the device comprising:

• a body;
• a reflector plate attached to the body;
• a probe attached to the body and positioned away from the reflector plate by a gap that is sized to receive the structure, the probe transmits ultrasonic signals at the structure positioned in the gap and receives reflections of the signals that are reflected from the structure and from the reflector plate;
• and
• a control unit comprising a control circuit that determines a first characteristic of the structure based on the reflections of the signals that are reflected from the structure and determines a second characteristic of the structure based on the reflections of the signals that are reflected from the reflector plate.

A method of ultrasonically testing a structure, the method comprising:

• receiving the structure in a gap formed in a body with the structure being positioned between a probe that is mounted to the body on a first side of the gap and a reflector plate that is mounted to the body on a second side of the gap;
• emitting ultrasonic signals from the probe towards the structure;
• receiving reflections of signals that reflect off one or more interfaces of the structure and reflections of signals that reflect off the reflector plate after passing through the structure;
• determining a first characteristic of the structure based on the reflections that are received after reflecting off the one or more interfaces of the structure;
• and
• determining a second characteristic of the structure based on the reflections that are received after reflecting off the reflector plate.