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US 2026/0079130 A1Published application
Engagement assemblies for synchronizing rotational and translational motion with ultrasonic measurements
AssigneeHexagon Technology AS
InventorsBrian Burks, Gabriel Kalmar, William Charlesworth, Troy Otto, Phi Tran
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Abstract
A non-direct drive cylinder defect detection system is disclosed. A non-direct drivetrain system may include a plurality of rollers rotatably driven by a shaft. The plurality of rollers can receive and cause a tube to spin while rested thereon. An encoder system is disclosed and is configured to detect a rotary position of a portion of the tube.
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A non-direct drive tube defect detection system, comprising:
- a non-direct drivetrain system comprising a plurality of rollers rotatably driven by a shaft, the plurality of rollers configured to receive and cause a tube to spin while rested thereon;
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- an encoder system including an engagement assembly for engaging with an interior surface of the tube, the encoder system configured to detect a rotary position of a portion of the tube.
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A method of testing for the presence of a tube defect, comprising:
- arranging at least a portion of a tube in a measuring position relative to a plurality of rollers and an encoder system of a non-direct drive ultrasonic scanning system;
- engaging an engagement assembly of the encoder system with an interior surface of the tube;
- spinning, by the plurality of rollers, the tube;
- moving an ultrasonic transducer into proximity with the tube;
- detecting, by the encoder system, a rotary position of a portion of the tube;
- synchronizing, based on the rotary position, rotational and translational motion of an ultrasonic transducer of the non-direct drive ultrasonic scanning system;
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- determining, using the rotary position and signals from the ultrasonic transducer of the non-direct drive ultrasonic scanning system, whether a defect of the tube is present.
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