Method and apparatus for ultrasonically testing sheet materials using rotating test heads
AssigneeBritish Steel Corporation
InventorAlexander R. Cornforth
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for ultrasonically testing sheet material comprising rotating at least one ultrasonic sensor, mounted on a rotatable test head, about an axis of rotation substantially normal to the plane of the sheet material as it moves therepast.
Claims10
A method of ultrasonically testing sheet material comprising rotating a plurality of ultrasonic sensors mounted on and spaced about a rotatable test head about an axis of rotation substantially normal to the plane of the sheet material as it moves therepast, the testing sensors being arranged such that during different parts of their rotation upon the rotatable test head they are utilized for different testing purposes.
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