Device for nondestructive material testing of a test subject using ultrasonic waves
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsMichael Clossen-von Lanken Schulz, Stefan Obermayr, Michael Opheys
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Abstract
A device for the nondestructive material testing of an at least sectionally solid test subject by applying ultrasonic waves to the test subject and detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected inside the test subject is provided The device includes at least one testing head for transmitting the ultrasonic waves and for detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected from the test subject, at least one mobile carriage, on which the testing head is attached, and an elongate rail for guiding the carriage, which is adapted to the structure of the surface of the test subject. To this end, the carriage may be moved along the rail.
Claims17
A device for the nondestructive material testing of an at least sectionally solid test subject by applying ultrasonic waves to the test subject and detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected inside the test subject, comprising:
- a testing head transmitting the ultrasonic waves and detecting the ultrasonic waves reflected from the test subject;
- a reception apparatus accommodating the testing head;
- a mobile carriage, on which the testing head is attached or attached;
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- a portable elongate rail guiding the carriage, which is applied onto a surface of the test subject whereby extending along a predetermined path on the surface of the test subject,
- wherein the mobile carriage moves along the elongate rail,
- wherein the testing head moves relative to the mobile carriage,
- wherein the testing head and the mobile carriage are coupled to one another by a restoring apparatus so that the reception apparatus is restored automatically into a central position using the restoring apparatus,
- wherein the elongate rail is produced using a stereolithography method or from a material which is cured by a treatment with ultraviolet light, and
- wherein the elongate rail includes a guiding groove and/or a guiding channel, which is formed complementarily to the mobile carriage or is formed as a section of the mobile carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.