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US 9,121,817 B1Granted
Ultrasonic testing device having an adjustable water column
AssigneeSandia Corporation
InventorsDennis P. Roach, Stephen O. Neidigk, Kirk A. Rackow, Randy L. Duvall
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Abstract
An ultrasonic testing device having a variable fluid column height is disclosed. An operator is able to adjust the fluid column height in real time during an inspection to to produce optimum ultrasonic focus and separate extraneous, unwanted UT signals from those stemming from the area of interest.
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An ultrasonic testing device, comprising:
- a housing system comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an inner housing adjustably connected to the outer housing;
- a transducer disposed within the inner housing;
- wherein the outer housing comprises an interior surface that at least partially defines a fluid cavity having a water column height;
- and
- wherein the inner housing is incrementally adjustably connected to the outer housing to increase and decrease the water column height.
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A method of ultrasonic inspection, comprising:
- placing an ultrasonic inspection device having an adjustable fluid column height upon a test article;
- wherein the ultrasonic inspection device comprise an inner housing adjustably connected to an outer housing and a transducer disposed within the inner housing;
- providing fluid to the ultrasonic inspection device;
- generating ultrasonic waves from the transducer within the ultrasonic inspection device;
- and
- incrementally adjusting the fluid column height by withdrawing or inserting the inner housing into the outer housing to perform an ultrasonic inspection scan of an article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.