Tubing Weld Test Assembly
AssigneeTerumo BCT, Inc.
InventorsBijesh THODUVAYIL, Bravish BABU M, Monsi KURIAN
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Abstract
An assembly for testing a quality of a weld joining a first section of tubing to a second section of the tubing includes a track, a first tubing engagement structure coupled to the track and translatable along the track, a second tubing engagement structure connected to the track, an actuator, and a load cell. The actuator is operable to translate the first tubing engagement structure along the track in a first direction toward the second tubing engagement structure and in a second direction away from the second tubing engagement structure. The load cell is operable to measure at least one of a compression load and a tensile load applied to the tubing by the first and second tubing engagement structures.
Claims20
An assembly for testing a quality of a weld joining a first section of tubing to a second section of the tubing, the assembly comprising:
- a track;
- a first tubing engagement structure coupled to the track and translatable along the track;
- a second tubing engagement structure connected to the track;
- an actuator operable to translate the first tubing engagement structure along the track in a first direction toward the second tubing engagement structure and in a second direction away from the second tubing engagement structure;
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- a load cell operable to measure at least one of a compression load and a tensile load applied to the tubing by the first and second tubing engagement structures.
An assembly for testing a quality of a weld joining a first section of tubing to a second section of the tubing, the assembly comprising:
- a first tubing engagement structure configured to engage at least one of the first section of the tubing and a first side of the tubing at the weld;
- a second tubing engagement structure configured to engage at least one of the second section of the tubing and a second side of the tubing at the weld;
- an actuator that is manually operable to adjust a distance between the first and second tubing engagement structures;
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- a load cell operable to measure at least one of a compression load and a tensile load applied to the tubing by the first and second tubing engagement structures.
An assembly for testing a quality of a weld joining a first section of tubing to a second section of the tubing, the assembly comprising:
- a first tubing engagement structure including:
- a first jaw support, and
- a first set of jaws mounted to the first jaw support and adjustable to clamp and release the first section of the tubing;
- a second tubing engagement structure including:
- a second jaw support, and
- a second set of jaws mounted to the second jaw support and adjustable to clamp and release the second section of the tubing;
- an actuator operable to move the first tubing engagement structure in a first direction toward the second tubing engagement structure and in a second direction away from the second tubing engagement structure;
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- a load cell operable to measure at least one of a compression load and a tensile load applied to the tubing by the first and second tubing engagement structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.